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Creativity coach, author and psychologist Eric Maisel, PhD, notes “Some people become doctors, lawyers, accountants, or marketing executives. Some people stay at home and raise a family. “But millions of people make another sort of choice, maybe only as part-time employment if you count the money they earn but as their full-time identity: they become [...]
Pretty much all of us experience some kind of trauma in life. How does creative expression help people deal with it, to heal and recover? And how do people make use of traumatic experiences in their creative work? Trauma takes many forms, and has different sources and levels of impact for each of us. A [...]
Running from Crazy is a new documentary by Barbara Kopple. “Through the eyes of Mariel Hemingway…it chronicles the story of three of the author’s grandchildren, Mariel, Margaux Hemingway and Joan ‘Muffet’ Hemingway (diagnosed with “bipolar schizophrenia”), daughters of Jack Hemingway, and their struggles with the family history of substance abuse, mental illness and suicide. “The [...]
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A number of mental health challenges and myths relate to creative people. For example, director Tim Burton may be acclaimed for his films, including “Alice in Wonderland,” but has also been called ‘crazy’ (at least in part for his appearance) or at least ‘eccentric’ – perhaps a polite cover label for ‘mad.’ … The mythology [...]
Cheryl Arutt, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist, specializing in creative artist issues, trauma recovery, and other issues. She writes: Creating art has always been a way to channel emotional intensity. In a world where destructive acting out is all too frequent (and meticulously documented and sensationalized on the news and TMZ), sublimating painful feelings [...]
“There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.” Robert Louis Stevenson The sort of glee that we appreciate in babies is only one sort of being happy – there are a wide range of related feelings and experiences, including cheerfulness, contentment, exuberance, pleasure, optimism, prosperity, vivacity, passion, well-being. The [...]
“The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living.” That is a quote by Jungian analyst and author Marion Woodman, from my post Spirituality and Creative Expression, which also includes quotes by Julia Cameron and others. Spiritual insights Author Tom Wootton has written [...]
The National Institute of Mental Health site says “26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year… 57.7 million people.” And that doesn’t include many other people who suffer from untreated or undiagnosed anxiety, depression and other mental health challenges. As part of their programming for [...]
“Though my dark side is dormant right now, it continues to play a big role in whatever capacity I have to be creative.” Jessica Lange said of her depression years ago that “it was really a tough one. And when I came out, I felt like I had gone through something and come out the [...]
This long page includes a video of my online 1 hour presentation, plus multiple short video excerpts, plus notes and multiple links to articles and other resources. Main topics: Personality: High Sensitivity | Self Concept / Self Esteem Mental Health: Anxiety | Depression | Trauma Sections include: A Complex Personality Insecurity and Androgyny High Sensitivity [...]
Actor and Singer/songwriter Melora Hardin said in our interview: “Anger is the best propeller for any kind of action, it really gets you moving. It’s a good thing. A healthy thing. “But I also think a lot of people — like some songwriters I interact with — get really caught in the trap of feeling [...]
By Cat Robson Just what is ‘normal’ for a creative person? After trying clumsily to conform to what others consider normal for much of my life, I’m beginning to appreciate my own moods and personality. Are creative people like us ‘abnormal’? In his paper The Abnormal Psychology of Creativity, Steven James Bartlett writes…. Norwegian painter [...]
Clinical psychologist Cheryl Arutt specializes in trauma recovery and creative artist issues. In our audio interview, she talks about many topics, such as: “Bad boy” images and acting-out Actors and actresses with “bad boy” or “troubled” images, or problems with issues of anger and acting out, have included Christian Bale, Shia Labeouf and many other talented [...]
HuffPost LIve program segment: A Brilliant Sacrifice [video] From program description: “A new study confirms that certain mental disorders are linked to creative genius. Can this change the treatment of patients and our perception of brilliance?” GUESTS: Michael Kimber (Toronto, Canada) Journalist, Colony-of-Losers.com Judith Schlesinger, PhD … author of the book The Insanity Hoax: Exposing [...]
From the Developing Multiple Talents site.
"Developing Multiple Talents" SAMPLE PDF. One of many reviews: "Part book about creativity, part compendium of useful tidbits, quotations and research, and part annotated bibliography, this is a wildly useful and highly entertaining resource." - Stephanie S. Tolan, fiction writer and consultant on the needs of the gifted.
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Site author: Douglas Eby, M.A./Psychology, is a writer, researcher and book author on the psychology of creative expression and personal growth, especially for high ability adults.
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