I'm going to post a snippet from this article and then further indulge into it.
As you may know, I suffer from a mental illness and I have others that do too in my family. Some of them are undiagnosed, but you can tell. Anyway, while there may not be a direct link I think creativity and mental illness can go hand and hand into some ways. Why? Because most people with a mental illness have a creative sense of thinking. Look at people like Robin Williams and Kanye West. West while Bipolar and has admitted it is a extraordinary musical artist and producer. Why? The reason is that most people with the illness when focused can master a skill. Like how I am with computers and fitness. When I'm focused and in a warrior mood I'm on beast mode. However, I feel it's not a direct link, so I agree with this article.
It reminds me of this Black schizo girl Maya.
Anyway, what are your thoughts and I want serious responses. Because this isn't a troll thread.
Is There a Link between Creativity and Mental Illness?
by PHILIP PERRY
- Over a year ago
Chester Bennington, late lead singer of Linkin Park. Getty Images.
The world was recently saddened with the deaths of rocker Chris Cornell and Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington. Each committed suicide after wrestling for years with major depression. Comedians, musicians, writers (gulp!), and other creative types are known to struggle with mental illness. This is by no means a new observation. Aristotle once said, “No great genius has ever existed without a strain of madness.”
Michelangelo, Beethoven, van Gogh, Emily dikkinson, and so many others who through their work, altered the course of human existence, were also known to wrestle with powerful inner demons. That doesn’t prove a link, however. We could as a society merely romanticize the artist riddled with madness and eccentricity. So has science found a link? And if so, what can it tell us about this relationship?
Is There a Link between Creativity and Mental Illness?
As you may know, I suffer from a mental illness and I have others that do too in my family. Some of them are undiagnosed, but you can tell. Anyway, while there may not be a direct link I think creativity and mental illness can go hand and hand into some ways. Why? Because most people with a mental illness have a creative sense of thinking. Look at people like Robin Williams and Kanye West. West while Bipolar and has admitted it is a extraordinary musical artist and producer. Why? The reason is that most people with the illness when focused can master a skill. Like how I am with computers and fitness. When I'm focused and in a warrior mood I'm on beast mode. However, I feel it's not a direct link, so I agree with this article.
It reminds me of this Black schizo girl Maya.
Anyway, what are your thoughts and I want serious responses. Because this isn't a troll thread.
