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The idea that mental illness is in itself a contribution to creativity is a stigma.
I feel quite strongly about this because I think it trivialises true suffering. People who cannot function , people in the past who had to put up with horrible treatments. People who can't get a job or Maintain a relationship with other people. People who cannot look after themselves. Who live on the streets and cannot get the support they need. They should somehow be grateful and somehow be even more productive and creative than a normal human being . Its just absolutely ridiculous and disgusting 😒 I mean well done to all those who achieve great things in spite of your difficult circumstances but I think it minimalises the true suffering that is probably experienced in the process and we gloss it over. We glamourise it. Which is wrong. How can we assume that the issues people have actually contribute to your abilities?. How do we even know if someone like Van Gogh was functionable in those times. I think its really sad and unjust and contributes to the idea that people with mental illness are either Mad and cannot be a part of society or that they can just get over it and live super productively, somehow more than everyone else When they need specialist help . Its two extremes. It completely goes against the acceptance we are trying to achieve today .
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Agreed. Van Gogh never held a ‘job’ as we currently understand it either. He failed exams for the priesthood but did preaching in his own way. It ‘failed’ by worldly standards mainly because he was too radical. Then after that he did his art with varying levels of productivity. Hardly anyone wanted to buy it. I feel like now people want to say you can make a ‘success’ out of anything. But mental health problems are excruciating like physical ones. They don’t make you necessarily productive or genius, they are the least romantic thing in the world, they mean you lose friendships and respect because you wear a label that says ‘crazy’ or ‘incompetent’ or ‘less fun to be around’ or ‘a burden’.
ReplyEven physical conditions now are being romanticised. People who are losing limbs for various reasons. We are promoting paralympians who are incredible but it’s so unrealistic to expect people who have lost limbs to become athletes. They don’t even show you the behind the scenes of this . The effort of trying to walk again. The psychological impact of having lost part of yourself. The trauma of having gone through something that caused you to lose that limb in the first place. These are the things that we should talk about. Be open about.
ReplyYeah true.
I did write beautiful poetries when I was severely depressed. Now Im not depressed, I dont write poetries anymore and I dont miss doing it. I was in so much pain back then- I dont think it was worth the beauties I created. Poetry was my escape during hard times- it wasnt something I was proud of. It was something I just did to ease my pain.
ReplyIt’s that pain we should be open about and be encouraged to acknowledge. The first step is acknowledgement of your own suffering.
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