Possibly perfectionism? I experience this form of creative paralysis a lot—as soon as I get enough into the weeds of one creative form I start seeing the endless ramifications of the tiniest decision and basically can just not move a step without trying to achieve endlessly deep optimisation over the whole. Meanwhile people who can just not give a fuck and let the creative juices flow get shit done.
Possibly perfectionism? I experience this form of creative paralysis a lot—as soon as I get enough into the weeds of one creative form I start seeing the endless ramifications of the tiniest decision and basically can just not move a step without trying to achieve endlessly deep optimisation over the whole. Meanwhile people who can just not give a fuck and let the creative juices flow get shit done.