Beyond Blue: On Creativity and Mood Disorders

Is medication the end of creativity?? Heck no! Here's what Kay Redfield Jamison said in her lecture this week. To read more and comment, please click on the top Beliefnet banner to go to Beliefnet.com or go directly to 'Beyond Blue' at http://blog.beliefnet.com/beyondblue/

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• Therese Borchard
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• bipolar disorder
• artists

[NoLove4You0]

Therese

I love you ...& thanks.....you have helped me alot, alot more then you or even i may know....time well tell =- ) ...............

coutinue being blessed .....

you are a blessing.....

Thank you!

.....your helping me see....."know" me agine ......

ur part of it, a peace of the "whole" that makes love and real life happen!....

again.....

Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!

Blessed Be with you in all ways!

[xtremekajaker]

Thanks a lot for the vid! I also adore Kay Redfield Jamison and listened to her speeches on youtube. It makes me understand my illness (bipolar) a lot better. She is an admirable person. But you are also very brave to post your thoughts on youtube! Some of them are almost identical to mine. Like you I also try to cope with my past and integrate it in my life for a better future (with not so many fear/ mood-changes/depression). Another great author is Dr. Daniel Siegel (mindsight)!

[aussieRJohn]

Your words are beautifully poetic. They sooth the soul. The Highly sensitive Person is like a big light coming on. I'm an artist, 60+ and a christian by belief, with a 30yr daughter who has symptoms of bipolar. As a child I can remember these sensations described in the HSP. Bless you for opening your soul to us.

[bryantppierce]

My manic episodes are rarely enlightened, I usually just get horribly irritated and all over the place. But they are definitely better than the depression.

[camelollipop]

thank you so much- your concluding thought was exactly what i needed to hear. my head is in a whirl having been diagnosed with bipolar 2 days ago- i've been reading up constantly to find out about it and wow this is a hugely momentous time.. my whole idea of who i am is very shaken,, and taking medication that is classed as an 'antipsychotic' is terrifying.. my hands are all shaky as i type!! but you have reassured me greatly that this medication won't 'stop' my (v precious) creative functioning

[jackchorn]

I tried and tried to be a singer, always working on my voice, strugling, constantly changing to find it. Looking for inspiration and emulating others but never quite being able to sing. Turns out that I'm just a painter.

[myfanwyd2005]

It is a question for some of torment with creativity or something balance. Society certainly pressures us to be 'celebrities'. I do think measured is good. Thanks for your encouragement to balance.

[myfanwyd2005]

I like the top you are wearing!

Us bi-polar people are really great it is just the brain can't slow down in a stable way. Swings make me confused and then unwell.

[jesseboy303]

Far from love the Heavenly Father Leads the chosen child;

Oftener through realm of briar Than the meadow mild,

Oftener by the claw of dragon Than the hand of friend,

Guides the little one predestined To the native land.

[jhartist123]

Hi! I'm a visual artist and I obsess over my work. It must be perfect and I will make it as perfect as I can and I am my own worst critic. I was diagnosed with bipolar type 2, an anxiety disorder and some obsesive compulsive disorder. I have found that alot of people do discrinate and persecute those of us with theese disorders. Medicine has helped me draticaly. Thanks for the Vid.