The Genius And Mental Illness

A mad genius: a person that has an extraordinarily high IQ, and is often overly “eccentric”. Scientists, and historians have been debating for years if there is a link between madness, and intelligence. Many Scientists have been proclaimed as a “mad genius.” This list includes Nicola Tesla, who is “the man that created the 20th century.” While he may be extremely intelligent, “he suffered from an extreme case of OCD, and germephopia. He also would refuse to touch anything round” (Bayne) . Tesla is

“To some extent insanity is a form of conformity; people are always selling the idea that people who have mental illness are suffering. But it’s really not so simple…I think mental illness or madness can be an escape also” (qtd. in “John Forbes Nash”). To many “normal” people, the terms “insanity” or “madness” portray a negative connotation-- the unfortunate ones “suffer” from mental illness. However, brilliant mathematician and Nobel laureate John Forbes Nash, who has paranoid schizophrenia, cherishes

For the sake of this report, mental stability can be defined as the psychological condition of an individual, based on exterior influence and inner conflict. Mental instability can include social insecurity, lack of self-esteem, affective disorders, and other forms of mental illness. There is no consistent link between creativity and mental instability, but there are inexplicably diverse relationships between creativity and mental instability. Creative genius is the ability to think unlike the general

film they show John seeing people and things that are not actually real, rather they are illusions he is having. Being a genius does not mean that a person can’t have a mental illness. Having a mental illness has absolutely nothing to do with your knowledge. This is obvious in Nobel Prize winner and mathematical mastermind John Nash. John Nash shows obvious signs of mental illness. He sees people and has full blown conversations with people who in reality are not even real. As a viewer, it is noticeable

The Artistic Temperament and Mental Illness Art is one of the earliest forms of creative expression. From the prehistoric cave paintings of our Palaeolithic ancestors to the provocative graffiti of contemporary artists like the UK's elusive 'Banksy', art has given people a means by which to escape the, often harsh, realities of their everyday lives since time in memoriam. Some pick up the paintbrush in an effort to claim a sense of power and use it as a way to highlight the injustices of their environment;

post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh, portrays mental illness not through the subject material itself but because the artist mirrors the nineteenth-century attitudes towards the mentally ill by context and by what is absent from the picture. Like in Dürer’s Melancholia I, the piece portrays a personal view of mental illness but unlike Dürer, who declared himself genius in his melancholy, van Gogh seeks in painting himself to disassociate himself with mental illness. Weeks earlier van Gogh had been hospitalized

compares herself to the doctor who was white. Alice’s personality is completely different from Frankie. She wears high end clothing and likes to go to cocktail parties. The second personality is an 8-year-old girl by the name of “Genius” she comes out when Frankie is scared. Genius is a very smart personality with an IQ

Several scientific studies have demonstrated correlations between creativity and mental illness, including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Even though the association between bipolar disorder and creativity first appeared in literature in the 1970s, the idea of a link between "madness" and "genius" is actually much older. It goes back at least to the time of Aristotle and the Ancient Greeks, when it was believed that creativity came from the gods, and in particular the Muses, the mythical personifications

of modernization, technology and the arts. Without creativity, humanity would still thrive in caves. There is no argument against creativity being an important aspect of our society, there is, however, a question whether creativity is spawned by mental disorder. Albert Einstein came up with ideas that seemed impossible or eccentric. Froyd's psychology theorems were laughed at, but now widely used and accepted. Both men were highly successful with their work. Einstein was considered a slow person

Creativity and Mental Illness Men have called me mad, but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence--whether much that is glorious--whether all that is profound--does not spring from disease of thought--from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect. Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night - Edgar Allen Poe When you are insane, you are busy being insane - all the time...