Does the pain enhance their creativity and clarify things for them?
2006-07-01 05:09:53 · 12 answers · asked by curious 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
I don't know if "most" are... but I know many that are. Read "Touched by Fire" by Kay Redfield Jamison. I think you'd be surprised. I was. And to answer the question answered by another of your readers, the connection is the depth and breadth inside a person. People who are depressed and suicidal are often ill because they are able to feel things on a level others are not aware of. I think they just use a different part of their brain, one that somehow seems to be correlated with creativity. Being creative is an outlet for them to express something that otherwise others seem unable to grasp. Statistically, I can't help you. But I can tell you that those who endure great pain often must reach inside theirselves for great strength to survive it and finding a way to express that pain helps them release it. I think that's why it's so common. Creative expression is not a choice for them... it is a need.
2006-07-01 05:25:03 · answer #1 · answered by Jessica 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I am a writer and poet and have suffered manic psychosis for 18 yrs and 8 yrs of recovery.
2006-07-01 12:14:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although everything is Relative and NOT FIXED:
because they understand and know many things that ordinary people doesn't, and usually they don't find anyone that understands them, they become depressed and even may commit suicide.
You must have experienced the feeling when you find out that no one understands you, to understand what i mean.
2006-07-01 12:20:44 · answer #3 · answered by Loiterer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possibly there's a leaning towards depression, a lot of creative people are deep thinkers (not all) & when one thinks deeply about the human condition there's always the possibility of getting depressed...
2006-07-01 12:18:40 · answer #4 · answered by Tanya 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL! Well, I suppose it could be true; I heard the single most depressed group of people are professional comics!
2006-07-01 12:13:59 · answer #5 · answered by silvercomet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just plain suicidal and depressed really.
that definitely turns us into creative beings
2006-07-01 22:09:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they read too much creepy crap. and think its normal. or its a sterotype, and if ur a writer and u dont do that u think that u arent being a "true" writer? help much, baby doll?
2006-07-01 12:16:00 · answer #7 · answered by aloha from hawaii 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they arent
some might be but most arent
i am a writer
2006-07-01 12:14:11 · answer #8 · answered by trouille123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt research would bare that out. What would the connection be?
2006-07-01 12:12:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nay. it is merely an alternative perception of life from the norm. something uncomprehensible to you...which is why you ask
2006-07-01 12:18:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋