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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic
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...
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Jim Carrey has ADHD and depression according to Wikipedia. Robin Williams had addiction problems, but no bipolar as far as I can tell.
The only possible benefits I can think of to schizophrenia are:
- possibly "safer" due to paranoia? if mild enough
- easier time visualizing things? is there a study on this?
- elevated status among some religions or belief systems (mediums, psychics, shamans, historically prophets or oracles)
- good at thinking of puns! due to clang associations common in disorganized schizophrenia
- sense of direction or mission in life
- never feeling alone (though that can be a negative as well)
- everything is always an adventure
- if Buddhist, negative symptoms can resemble nirvana?
Feel free to add on if you think of anything. I often get the feeling that I've been given the most "difficult" or "worst" diagnosis that most [neurotypical] people can think of. I don't like that way of thinking.