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Originally Posted by blackwhitered
Really? I thought I saw a study that debunked the idea that psychotics are more creative, but I could be mistaken.
The only benefit I remember is that relatives of people with schizophrenia have traits that are beneficial to society (can't remember what specifically) and that basically schizophrenia is the result of evolution heading in a more "cultural" direction and just overdoing it for that individual.
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Some of it depends on the diagnosis but for sure bipolar people who are also psychotic are often really brilliant Jim Carey and Robin Williams are some examples of the comedy side and Kay Redfield Jameson has a book on the creativity aspect of bipolar....schizophrenia is a little less helpful because a lot of people also have negative symptoms but psychosis in and of itself isn't necessarily bad...plus if you hang around this board enough you will realize a lot of people here are artistic at a much higher rate than the general population...