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Friday, May 6. 2011

Creative genius and mental illness

It's an old topic, but always of interest. A Conversation With Dr Richard Kogan.


Many people, rightly or wrongly and for better or worse, reject Psychiatric medicines which can be remarkably helpful things at times, but also emotion-blunting at times. Fortunately, it's a free country.

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I love it. "Bach, Haydn, and Mendelssohn..." were "...relatively free of significant psychopathology." The rest of them, by implication, were freaking nuts!
#1 Big___Al on 2011-05-06 17:04 (Reply)
Creative geniuses are often imaginative, intelligent, idiosyncratic, solitary, insightful, self-reliant, theoretical, analytical, ahead of their time... a combination of traits which if not tempered with courage and wisdom about the “common” human condition, can easily lead to issues - usually anxiety and depression related. Power, status quo, tribalism, the mindless masses... often fear and take advantage of creative geniuses. Creativity isn't a function of being "addled", but IMO the reverse is more likely.

At least that’s what the crew on my former starship tells me.
#2 Commander Clopfelter on 2011-05-07 16:43 (Reply)

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