"It is a both/and situation … it is true that there’s a correlation between art and mental health challenges AND it is true that either thing can exist separately in an individual." Another insightful piece, Kathryn. This is certainly true for me and is the reason I have refused medication (or, in some instances, resisted taking it for depression). My fear is that medicating away the symptom might drown the voice of the writer who wants to tell the story. So, I live in the land of "neither here nor there, with "both/and."
"It is a both/and situation … it is true that there’s a correlation between art and mental health challenges AND it is true that either thing can exist separately in an individual." Another insightful piece, Kathryn. This is certainly true for me and is the reason I have refused medication (or, in some instances, resisted taking it for depression). My fear is that medicating away the symptom might drown the voice of the writer who wants to tell the story. So, I live in the land of "neither here nor there, with "both/and."