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Jul 01, 2009 19:29

Today I learned that there is evidence of a biological link between mental instability and creativity.

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flyslip July 1 2009, 08:34:29 UTC
Just now you figured this out? ;)

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flyslip July 1 2009, 08:35:44 UTC
BTW... why did you put me on screened comments? WTF did I ever do to you, eh? EH???

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blkrabbitofinle July 1 2009, 09:13:54 UTC
Can't trust you darned Aussies, who knows what you'll get up to! Nah, I had some folks from the chemicalwhores community coming over here just to post petty comments, so I started screening. I might turn it off actually.

I knew about the perceived link, but I'd never actually looked up whether there had been any clinical evidence or whether it was just one of those 'common sense' things that aren't always actually true.

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flyslip July 2 2009, 05:17:47 UTC
I'm offended. :P I'm blocked simply because I still list chemicalwhores as one of my watched communities?

Sheesh. The only reason I'm still a member there is to shoot down some of the stupidity that passes as "considered peer advice"... like some moron who told a heroin-addicted girl that "he, too, had been addicted to drugs (dxm, FFS!)" and that "nutmeg was the cure."

I told him he had no idea what he was talking about, and he got all pissy and chased me ALL OVER THE THREAD, being snotty and flat-out harassing. Despite the fact that he had nothing to add, and I wasn't the only one who told him he was completely off topic. Some people just can't handle the fact that they aren't an automatic expert on all drugs simply because he had a supposed "addiction" to cough mixture (I know... idiots, right?)

My point is, I'm not one of the harassing idiots. I try to spread knowledge, even in the face of overwhelming ignorance (no, of course I don't mean you. NZ/Aussie jokes aside, that is. :P)

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blkrabbitofinle July 2 2009, 07:32:06 UTC
Nah nah, I was screening all comments, not just people from that community. In hindsight I'm not sure why I didn't just screen comments from non-friends, I don't think I was paying a huge amount of attention since I was rarely posting. :>

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thedisgrace July 1 2009, 09:00:15 UTC
This is something I learned some time ago, and it freaked me out too. Schizophrenia is essentially the creative process gone out of control. It's a scary thought.

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ophelia_begins July 1 2009, 17:03:26 UTC
i figured that. I was doing some modeling for an awards ceremony and the host (a famous canadian comedian) took me aside and said he'd noticed my little twitches and ticks and asked me flat out if i had ADD or another mental illness.

I wasn't exactly sure how to answer, its fine to out myself on the internet, nobody knows me but this big celebrity in real life is asking me, so i figured well, if i say no he'll know i'm lying and i said yes.

he commented when i got on stage i could play into the dialogue, improvise, i was creative, off stage i just reverted into nomral aspie/ADD anxiety momentum.

he told me it was a gift, that the best actresses and actors usually have something wrong and not to let anyone tell me i wasn't worth anything for being different.

it was a pretty fucking amazing experience. I've been a writer, artist and actress most of my life.

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