Oh yes, I so agree w/you on the therapeutic nature of writing! And yet, yeah, when you're depressed it can be so hard to do something even if you know from experience that it will help. :/ Sometimes I am suffocated by routine but mostly I think I am reassured by it, so 750 Words has been really good for me, as I just started it & now feel like it's something that's just part of my routine. I've been able to stick to it through some rough mental health patches so far, but we'll see...

Re: your second paragraph--me & the other mods had been pondering, a while ago, what else might be activity for this comm. I wonder if there's some scope here? Like... I don't know. Some sort of communal thing where people talk about their WIPs & make a challenge to finish one (or more!) by a certain time, or whatever? Maybe even w/a buddy system? I don't know... do you feel like that sort of thing might be a helpful sort of challenge at all?