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Creative Chaos

Suicide. The mere mention of the word makes most of us disturbingly uncomfortable. Yet, just as we run outside, and down the street wearing only a bathrobe, transfixed by a cavalcade of emergency vehicles’ flashing lights, urgently needing to know “what happened,” our morbid curiosity about suicide overcomes our apprehension. Sure we’re squeamish and will deal with it only if we can act like adolescents, hiding their eyes (with open hands) or covering their heads (with see-through blankets) while watching “scary” movies. Despite our fear and outrage, we are still compelled to sneak a peek!

Scientists have documented the accounts of creative individuals and mood disorders since the nineteenth century, but only in the past 20 years, have methodical studies confirmed these findings. One well-founded result strongly implied that writers, artists and composers, and their close relatives, were considerably more at risk to suffer from mood disorders,......

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