We all have greatness within us, but most of us have "too good" of brains. See, the brain is designed to detect risk and avoid it at all costs. It often makes

We all have greatness within us, but most of us have "too good" of brains. See, the brain is designed to detect risk and avoid it at all costs. It often makes things up. You see a folded up rug in an alley-way, you think "Oh no, is that a person, am I being robbed?" You never see a person and think, "Is that a folded up rug?" The brain always jumps to the worst possibility. It calls Math.ceil() on risky situations. Perhaps these traumatic injuries have changed their thresholds in terms of "what is a risky situation?" Relative to trauma, perhaps things like creativity ( which is risky to your social status ), doesn't seem risky. Risking social status is the mark of any success. Being willing to fail publicly(at least risking it) is required! After trauma, it's probably easier.