In Episode 3, we got a bit serious and talked about the link between creativity and mental illness. What does it mean to be a creative person? If you pursue a creative path, is having mental health issues inevitable? Plenty to read on that issue below!
We also talked about what it means to make friends as an adult, and useful things our psychs have told us. Then we ventured into adult colouring-in books, because we’re totally hip, and a little about why having a shithouse time of it can just be part of the true experience.
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Things to read
Tim Rogers reveals struggle with panic attacks | ABC TV
Secrets of the Creative Brain | The Atlantic
What Neuroscience Has to Say About the ‘Tortured Genius’ | HuffPost
Robin Williams’ Death Underscores Connection Between Creativity, Depression And Addiction | Forbes
Creativity and psychosis share a genetic source: study | AFP
The dark side of creativity: Depression + anxiety x madness = genius? | CNN
The Relationship Between Creativity and Mental Illness | Brain Pickings
The Chicken Project | Stephanie H Convery
Things we talked about
What anxiety feels like in 9 photos
Flowy – a breathing game for anxiety
Buy these colouring-in books:
Querkles: A Puzzling Colour-by-Numbers Book – Thomas Pavitte
The Wallpaper Colouring Book – Jessica Stokes, Gemma Latimer, Natalia Price-Cabrera