Dr. Andreasen published an article in the Atlantic Monthly about her lifelong investigation of the creative brain, this time including scientists among her subjects.545 She claims that higher rates of mental illness among creative people do occur, although admits that they share “a personality style” which may impact that assertion: They take risks.… They have to confront doubt and rejection. And yet they have to persist in spite of that, because they believe strongly in the value of what they do. This can lead to psychic pain, which may manifest itself as depression or anxiety, or lead people
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