Interesting topic.

I've been misdiagnosed with psychosis NOS, Schizopreniform, Bipolar, etc....

I have BPD. Creativity - for me - is the single most powerful form of strength that I have. And I don't have many strengths.

Without - I would be dead. That is fact.

My opinion - is that anyone who feels life is intolerable - will find a means to make it more tolerable. Being that we struggle to such an extent - we adopt creativity as a practical means of dealing with our intense struggles. And not just because we WANT to... But because we NEED to. We need to escape. So we do. We escape wherever we have control - because we live in a world where we feel we have no control...

I got a plethora of stories and characters that I plan to incoorporate into screenplays - and photos that I will show one day - but creativity to me is primarily therapeutic because it allows me the escape to a world that I wish were real.

I think creativity is primarily correlated to emotions - and secondarily to intellect. Perhaps because we experience emotions to such an extent - we have heightened creative sensibilities.

I look forward to seeing where this thread progresses!!@

Thanks,
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