History CreatorBreakdown / OtherMedia

* Veteran Japanese wrestler Masao Orihara had to retire temporally in July 2004 after suffering an anxiety attack in a tour with Wrestling/MichinokiProWrestling. It turned out he was a domestic abuse survivor and the rigors of Japanese wrestling had caused it to resurface. He underwent therapy and, after a short tenure as a wrestling teacher for children, eventually returned to the rings in 2005.

** Kizuna Tallis, author of the Asia Side Story, admitted that the gradual decay of the creative team's friendship and her attempts to keep the peace, in addition to some personal issues she was grappling with at the time, did a great deal of damage to her mental health. In 2021, after publishing an abrupt and random GainaxEnding for her story (wherein she, among other things, broke up a ship and [[TakeThat called out other elements]] in the story she [[CreatorBacklash had never liked]] , she announced that she was quitting writing for the Spectrumverse altogether, admitting that between obligations in her offline life, a general loss in interest, and finding a degree of CreatorRecovery in writing solo projects away from the "franchise", she was too mentally burnt out on what happened with the original to feel excitement over writing for the universe anymore.

* Usa Ritsu had to take a 5 year break in writing fan fiction due to constant struggle with bipolar disorder.

** Kizuna Tallis, author of the Asia Side Story, admitted that the gradual decay of the creative team's friendship and her attempts to keep the peace, in addition to some personal issues she was grappling with at the time, did a great deal of damage to her mental health. In 2021, after publishing an abrupt and random GainaxEnding for her story (wherein she, among other things, broke up a ship and [[TakeThat called out other elements]] in the story she [[CreatorBacklash had never liked), she announced that she was quitting writing for the Spectrumverse altogether, admitting that between obligations in her offline life, a general loss in interest, and finding a degree of CreatorRecovery in writing solo projects away from the "franchise", she was too mentally burnt out on what happened with the original to feel excitement over writing for the universe anymore.

* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'' suffers major ScheduleSlip issues due to the author's frequent bouts of depression, not to mention other physical health issues.
* ''Fanfic/CitadelOfTheHeart'' has been plagued by so many ScheduleSlip issues regarding Creator/MF217's experiences throughout 2019, most notably the death of his grandfather, the death of one of his dogs, and mental health hitting an all-time low as a whole. This led to the creation of the infamous Chapter 16 of ''Digimon Re: Tamers'', in which Brondramon escapes into the real world and leaves Seattle an absolute wreck with [[spoiler:Grandis killed off]]. The overall consequence of this was basically written in such a way that it becomes quite clear that [=MF217=] had actually contemplated [[spoiler:abruptly ending ''Digimon Re: Tamers'' on such a bleak DownerEnding as to escape having to continue to write for his own works, which ''almost'' became a reality until he made a CreatorRecovery and managed to write the chapters which revealed that Brondramon's escape was only a simulation. Even [=MF217=] admits this is an AssPull, but considering he had seriously considered abruptly ending the story literally the chapter prior, this is a sort of [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality Acceptable Break from Reality]] once he decided to resume working on it after regaining his sanity.]]

* Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio's behavior started getting increasingly erratic after his second release from WWE. He started getting into fights at bars and backstage at events and even made up a story about getting stabbed in one such fight. He also started no-showing events he was booked for, and posting weird Periscope videos (in which he looked like he was coked out of his mind), that included him challenging people such as Wrestling/TripleH and Wrestling/TheNewDay to fights at his restaurant (which would close down in November 2017), and even alleging that the former had a hand in the release of his then-fiancee Wrestling/{{Paige}}'s sex tapes. As far as his professional life goes, while his ''ring work'' is still somewhat consistent, his character work and overall appearance has been gradually degrading to the point that fans are starting to get genuinely worried. For evidence, look no further than his promo at ''[[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Bound for Glory 2017]]'', which had him turn heel by blaming the fans for the domestic violence charge that forced ''Impact'' to suspend him and strip him of the Impact World Championship. It was so uncomfortably bad that it was cut out of the UK airing of the show.

** While not as dramatic as some of the examples around, much of Cleese's humour also stemmed from his background -- his typically British middle-class upbringing with rather distant and unexpressive (if not necessarily unloving) parents and his school-life (including suffering a growth spurt that ended up with him being 6ft tall at the age of 13, which naturally made him something of a target). He once remarked that becoming a comedian was a way of at least controlling why people were laughing at him.

** Kizuna Tallis, author of the Asia Side Story, admitted that the gradual decay of the creative team's friendship and her attempts to keep the peace, in addition to some personal issues she was grappling with at the time, did a great deal of damage to her mental health. In 2021, after publishing an abrupt and random GainaxEnding for her story (wherein she, among other things, [[ShipSinking broke up a ship]] and [[TakeThat called out other elements]] in the story she [[CreatorBacklash had never liked]]), she announced that she was quitting writing for the Spectrumverse altogether, admitting that between obligations in her offline life, a general loss in interest, and finding a degree of CreatorRecovery in writing solo projects away from the "franchise", she was too mentally burnt out on what happened with the original to feel excitement over writing for the universe anymore.

* The ''[[Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon Abraxas]]'' author worked on the ''Abraxas: Empty Fullness'' one-shot "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46831738/chapters/117962629 Sermones ad Mortuos]]" partly as a coping mechanism after the death of a family-member.

* Camille Bacon-Smith, in her book ''Enterprising Women'' (one of the first ethnographical studies of FanFic writers) admitted shock over how many fanfic writers were dealing with serious Real Life issues (divorce, abandonment, family strife, rape recovery, poverty, discrimination) and using their work as an outlet to address it because there were few other outlets available.

* The writer of ''[[Fanfic/UltimateSleepwalker Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'' and ''[[Fanfic/UltimateSpiderWoman Ultimate Spider-Woman: Change With The Light]]'' began having ScheduleSlip issues in 2015 due to severe stress from real-life issues and exhaustion from doing new stories for each series every month in addition to other writing projects and various real-life complications. Even after ''Ultimate Sleepwalker'' was completed in 2016, issues of ''Ultimate Spider-Woman'' came out every couple of months due to the same fatigue issues. Eventually, the series was put on hiatus until the author completed a novel for another series, but he plans to resume and complete ''Ultimate Spider-Woman'' once the novel is complete.

* Discussed In-Universe in ''Fanfic/FortuneLoverTGSBetaSaruRipTPlusEng0Point75SincereDotZip''. [[CharacterNarrator Parasite_Ib]] suggests whoever wrote the titular GameMod must be heartbroken and in grief.

* ''Fanfic/CitadelOfTheHeart'' has been plagued by so many ScheduleSlip issues regarding Creator/MF217's experiences throughout 2019, most notably the death of his grandfather, the death of one of his dogs, and mental health hitting an all-time low as a whole. This led to the creation of the infamous Chapter 16 of ''Digimon Re: Tamers'', in which Brondramon escapes into the real world and leaves Seattle an absolute wreck with [[spoiler:Grandis killed off]]. The overall consequence of this was basically written in such a way that it becomes quite clear that [=MF217=] had actually contemplated [[spoiler:abruptly ending ''Digimon Re: Tamers'' on such a bleak DownerEnding as to escape having to continue to write for his own works, which ''almost'' became a reality until he made a CreatorRecovery and managed to write the chapters which revealed that Brondramon's escape was only a simulation. Even [=MF217=] admits this is an AssPull, but considering he had seriously considered abruptly ending the story literally the chapter prior, this is a sort of NecessaryWeasel once he decided to resume working on it after regaining his sanity.]]

* Wrestling/MattHardy went into both a personal and professional downward spiral after Wrestling/{{Lita}} cheated on him with Wrestling/{{Edge}}, mainly because, for a long time, he was completely unable to get over it (as shown by how he posted a video reenactment of his breakup with Lita ''years'' after the relationship ended). It derailed his career for almost a decade, including getting him fired from both WWE and TNA. He would eventually recover, however, and in fact use this spiral as inspiration and fuel for his "Broken" Matt Hardy gimmick, which many consider as the greatest work he's done in his ''entire'' career.
* Wrestling/{{Edge}} also had a hard time during his feud with Matt, mainly because he and Lita genuinely felt guilty for betraying Matt like that and indirectly causing him to lose his job. One of the reasons they agreed to the storyline was because they wanted to get Matt his job back. During interviews, he has called this period the most stressful of his career and coped by channeling the hatred of the fans into making himself a better heel -- and eventually one of the most iconic heels in WWE history.

** While the other authors had some sort of emotional support in their offline lives during the fallout (be it family members or other friends), [=Sledge115=] (author of the ''Adrift'' side story) largely had to deal with it on his own, stating that he was afraid his parents would make him cut off all contact with the rest of the team and stop working on the story if they knew what was going on with his fallout with Red and the true extent of the emotional toll it had on him.

* UsaRitsu had to take a 5 year break in writic fan fiction due to long struggle with bipolar disorder.

** While the other authors had some sort of emotional support in their offline lives during the fallout (be it family members or other friends), [=Sledge115=] largely had to deal with it on his own, stating that he was afraid his parents would make him cut off all contact with the rest of the team and stop working on the story if they knew what was going on with his fallout with Red and the true extent of the emotional toll it had on him.

** Kizuna Tallis, author of the Asia Side Story, admitted that the gradual decay of the creative team's friendship and her attempts to keep the peace, in addition to some personal issues she was grappling with at the time, did a great deal of damage to her mental health. In 2021, after publishing an abrupt and random GainaxEnding for her story (wherein she, among other things, [[ShipSinking broke up a ship]] and [[TakeThat called out other elements]] in the story she [[CreatorBacklash had never liked]]), Kizuna announced that she was quitting writing for the Spectrumverse altogether, admitting that between real life obligations and a general loss in interest, she was too mentally burnt out on what happened with the original to feel excitement over writing for the universe anymore and wanted to move on to simpler solo projects.

** Head author [=Redskin122004=] admitted sometime after the split that he'd been dealing with several problems in his professional and personal lives (including incompetent managers at his job regarding the former and reeling from the death of a family member for the latter) during the time period, which he had kept bottled up, leading to him lashing out at the other authors and fueling the acrimonious feelings that drove the team's split. Since then, after taking a long break from writing to collect himself, left [=FIMFiction=] completely.

** Doctor Fluffy, author of the ''Starvation'' and ''Light Despondent'' side stories, was especially hurt by the the events leading up to the original main story's cancellation and the final interactions he had with Red, to the point that he's made it clear he [[WeUsedToBeFriends wants absolutely nothing to do with Red ever again]]. He also went on to quit writing for the Spectrumverse in 2021 and focus his energies on different things.

** Head author Redskin122004 admitted sometime after the split that he'd been dealing with several problems in his professional and personal lives (including incompetent managers at his job regarding the former and reeling from the death of a family member for the latter) during the time period, which he had kept bottled up, leading to him lashing out at the other authors and fueling the acrimonious feelings that drove the team's split. Since then, after taking a long break from writing to collect himself, left [=FIMFiction=] completely.

* ''Fanfic/CitadelOfTheHeart'' has been plagued by so many ScheduleSlip issues regarding Creator/MF217's experiences throughout 2019, most notably the death of his grandfather, the death of one of his longest lived dogs, and then his general sanity hitting an all time low as a whole. This lead to the creation of the infamous Chapter 16 of ''Digimon Re: Tamers'', in which Brondramon escapes into the real world and leaves Seattle an absolute wreck with [[spoiler:Grandis killed off]]. The overall consequence of this was basically written in such a way that it becomes quite clear that [=MF217=] had actually contemplated [[spoiler:abruptly ending ''Digimon Re: Tamers'' on such a bleak DownerEnding as to escape having to continue to write for his own works, which ''almost'' became a reality, until he regained his sanity and managed to write the chapters which revealed that Brondramon's escape was only a simulation. Even [=MF217=] admits this is an AssPull, but considering he had seriously considered abruptly ending the story literally the chapter prior, this is a sort of NecessaryWeasel once he decided to resume working on it after regaining his sanity.]]

** ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainCourtOfCyclamen'': After the controversy of the BadFuture in Chapter 9, the author confessed that she's completely sick and tired of the dark themes in the story (particularly [[spoiler:Bede's suicide and One keeping it in the dark so that Chloe could grow]]) and feels like there's nothing but bias and hatred in Chloe's life when in reality, she's a scared girl who is doing a mission that a ten-year-old ''shouldn't'' be doing in the first place and is at the point ready to delete the entire story like it never existed in the first place.
** ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria'': By the author's admission in a comment for "The Pirate Car", she's gotten exhausted trying to fix a lot of {{Authors Saving Throw}}s from ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail''.

* Creator/NimbusLlewelyn has more than once confirmed that ''Fanfic/TheWizardInTheShadows'', written during his middle teens, was a product of this. It was a response to/main way of working through his RealLife issues at the time (many of which were tied to a miserable time at boarding school) with main character Harry Potter being depicted as an unpredictable MoodSwinger thanks to a few years in a CrapsackWorld with no apparent way home, who goes from manically cheerful to snarkily irreverent to grouchy loner to UnstoppableRage with little to no warning. However, it does end on a lighter, happier, and hopeful note, one carried into its aborted sequel, and his following series, ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' which, despite some extraordinarily dark moments, ultimately has a message of hope and symbolizes CreatorRecovery.

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