I heard somewhere that people with Bipolar disorder tend to be very intelligent. Does anyone know more about this issue?
2007-07-05 10:06:25 · 9 answers · asked by Creme de la Creme 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I think that experiencing emotional extremes gives Bipolar people a unique perspective that affects various types of intelligence.
Read the book "Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament" by Kay Redfield Jamison.
2007-07-05 11:07:33 · answer #1 · answered by atomzer0 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the people I have met with bipolar are usually the same as everyone else. It can affect a creative and intelligent person but there is no connection between art and mental illness. There is such a concept as the artistic temperament. Jim Morrison, Mick Jagger, Johnny Rotten, Patti Smith, Tori Amos, Mary J. Blige, Marianne Faithful and others had this type of attitude. I think someone like Courtney Love or Janis Joplin was messed up because of unresolved issues from childhood, the way the music industry treats women, personal issues, drugs, bad relationships and verbal abuse. Courtney Love was born with autism and could qualify as a borderline personality. So the art can take a different direction because of drugs, mental illness and such. I don't think there is a connection. I have met many who are not creative and intelligent and many artists who haven't got drug problems and mental illnesses.
2016-05-19 01:06:45 · answer #2 · answered by saundra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can draw from experience. I am a recovered schizophrenic, and my best friend (well, he's more that that) is bipolar. We both have IQs over 120, if i remember correctly they are pretty close to being the same. We're both creative, although in different aspects. He's more into being creative in humor, i'm a more visual arts and writing person. We've both had to endure some tough stuff at early ages (i'm now 20, he's now 23). And we draw from those experiences and use them to understand and empathize with others. We actually met while we were both having a hard time with our illnesses. I've known him over 2 years now, and he's one of the best friends I've ever had!
2007-07-05 10:25:27 · answer #3 · answered by pocketful_of_sunshine 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I concur.
I know several bi polar people who fit this bill. I know of no studies, but am going on what I know personally. When they are on top - they shine with such brilliance! When they are down, man, the intelligence gets all fogged up.
We all know that being bi polar is a chemical imbalance - however, the brain is such an unexplored territory!
2007-07-05 10:32:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have bipolar. my doc says that people with bipolar do not tend to be smarter, however, they do tend to be more creative because of the mania or hypomania. a lot of people think that creative people are smarter, but its not true, of course all of these answers are subjective, even doctors'.
2007-07-05 10:34:12 · answer #5 · answered by Algore 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lets see a lot of Bi-polar people are commedians. And Bi-polar people are more apt to have diabetes. I tend to think faster and accomplish more when i'm Manic.
2007-07-05 14:52:58 · answer #6 · answered by fuzzykitty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes, this is very true. I haven't read anything to the effect, but I am pretty smart. :)
2007-07-05 10:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Tend to be" and "correlation" represent 2 different kinds of relationships.
2007-07-05 10:14:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes because they retain more info and use the brain more, definitly a connection there.
2007-07-05 10:15:03 · answer #9 · answered by beachy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋