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I have a very similar (probably unoriginal) thought about some human mental illnesses. So, we VALUE creativity, we claim that it helps us solve problems, impro
by awesome_dude 1y ago
I have a very similar (probably unoriginal) thought about some human mental illnesses.
So, we VALUE creativity, we claim that it helps us solve problems, improves our understanding of the universe, etc.
BUT people with some mental illnesses, their brain is so creative that they lose the understanding of where reality is and where their imagination/creativity takes over.
eg. Hearing voices? That's the brain conjuring up a voice - auditory and visual hallucinations are the easy example.
But it goes further, depression is where people's brains create scenarios where there is no hope, and there's no escape. Anxiety too, the brain is conjuring up fears of what's to come
- malloryerik 1y agoYou may like to check out Iain McGilchrist's take on schizophrenia, which essentially he says is a relative excess of rationality ("if then else" thinking) and a deficit of reasonableness (as in sensible context inhabiting).
- awesome_dude 1y agoI shall have a read of that at some point.