{"id":4129,"date":"2023-05-25T03:01:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T20:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/the-link-between-creativity-and-mental-health\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T03:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T20:01:33","slug":"the-link-between-creativity-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=4129","title":{"rendered":"The Link Between Creativity and Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p> <span class=\"drop-cap__first text-dropcap \">S<\/span>ix months into the pandemic, I hadn\u2019t written a word. When I finally returned to the page, in September 2020, it wasn\u2019t with the clarity and intention required for the essays and stories I was used to writing. Instead, my thoughts and feelings and pen meandered and explored; I wrote in a generally unfocused, sometimes frenzied stream of consciousness and emotion that, to my surprise, began to take a different shape: poetry.<\/p>\n<p>My last two and a half years have been a <em>ride<\/em>: depressive episodes, an anxiety disorder diagnosis, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/panic-attack-symptoms\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/panic-attack-symptoms\/\">handful of panic attacks<\/a>\u2026 and also recovery, rejuvenation, and reemergence into a place of more happiness and balance. Through it all, poetry has moved closer and closer to the center of my life. And, it seems I&#8217;m not alone in having found it as an outlet during this time.<\/p>\n<p>Amid lockdown, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08893675.2022.2155078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08893675.2022.2155078\">poetry writing and reading<\/a> were on the rise. According to CNN, one popular poetry site, <a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/\">poets.org<\/a>, saw a historic spike in traffic, garnering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/style\/article\/poetry-popularity-rising-gorman-kaur-vuong-cec\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/style\/article\/poetry-popularity-rising-gorman-kaur-vuong-cec\/index.html\">1 million pageviews<\/a>\u2014a 25 percent increase\u2014from January through October 2021, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/amanda-gorman-poem\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/amanda-gorman-poem\/\">National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman\u2019s recitation<\/a> at President Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What often follows periods of decay and destruction and chaos is rebuilding and renaissance\u2014periods of fresh invention in thought, in art,&#8221; former U.S. Poet Laureate <a href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/leafgroup_ca5e0_wellgood?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.skimresources.com%3Fid%3D104860X1561639%26xs%3D1%26xcust%3DSTMSLS-1067579%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.usatoday.com%252Fstory%252Fentertainment%252Fbooks%252F2021%252F02%252F08%252Fcould-renaissance-coming-poetry-wake-pandemic%252F6256821002%252F&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fcreativity-mental-health%2F&amp;event_type=click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/books\/2021\/02\/08\/could-renaissance-coming-poetry-wake-pandemic\/6256821002\/\">Joy Harjo told <em>USA Today<\/em><\/a> in February 2021. \u201cThat&#8217;s what often emerges from the ruins. You see little plants like after a fire&#8230;coming up from the char.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content \" style=\"\" data-module-init=\"related-content\" data-module-immediate=\"\" v-cloak=\"\">\n<div class=\"related-content__wrapper \" v-cloak=\"\" :class=\"{'is-loaded':isLoaded}\">\n<p> <span class=\"inline pr-6 text-seafoam-dark\">Related Stories<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <related-content class=\"related-content__links\" parent-article-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/creativity-mental-health\/\" current-title=\"Writing Poetry Helps Me Cope With Depression\u2014But Are Mental Health Struggles Required for My Creativity?\" current-image=\"WG_Editorial_Mental-health-and-creativity-425x285.jpg\" v-on:parsely-posts-loaded=\"onPostsLoaded\" start-date=\"2022-11-24\" tag=\"div\" inline-template=\"\" url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/creativity-mental-health\/\" secret=\"w5ztterVB03LGZJLfXS0hf3EvQBuFFIWew9hmVQxthU\" apikey=\"wellandgood.com\" limit=\"3\"> <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"related-content__card mb-[10px] sm:mb-[20px]\" :class=\"{'related-content__card--full':posts.length === 1}\" v-for=\"(post, key) in posts\"> <a v-on:click.prevent=\"trackLinkGA($event, key)\" :href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/creativity-mental-health\/post.url\" data-url-source=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content__link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content__card--image bg-tan\" :style=\"{ backgroundImage: 'url(' + post.image_url + ')' }\"> <img :src=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/creativity-mental-health\/post.image_url\" :alt=\"post.title\"\/> <\/div>\n<p> <\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <\/related-content> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My own plant emerging from the char is my recently published a chapbook, <a href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/panic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/panic\"><em>The Funny Thing About A Panic Attack<\/em><\/a>. It explores how depression, anxiety, and grief intersect with creativity, joy, and love. In celebrating the release of my book, and reflecting on the journey that brought it to life, I\u2019ve wondered about the relationship between my mental health challenges and my creativity.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019ve wondered about the relationship between my mental health challenges and my creativity\u2014am I creative, at least in part, <em>because<\/em> I live with anxiety and depression?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Am I creative, at least in part, <em>because<\/em> I live with anxiety and depression? Do I somehow rely on my struggles to create art? And how does effectively coping with my mental health issues impact my writing, for better or worse?<\/p>\n<h2>The possible links between creativity and mental health<\/h2>\n<p>There may be a link between creativity and individuals with anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, major depression, and PTSD, says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ketnercouplescounseling.com\/jessica-ketner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.ketnercouplescounseling.com\/jessica-ketner\">Jessica Ketner<\/a>, IMFT, a marriage and family therapist based in Columbus, Ohio. She zeroes in on common symptoms of some of those mental health conditions. For example, tendencies to ruminate or hyperfocus on a feeling or memory could \u201coffer a unique way of seeing the world that, if expressed creatively, can display an intensity, a perspective, a beauty that is captivating, moving, and interesting to experience,\u201d she says. \u201cAlso, a disinhibited racing or wandering mind can be an opportunity for a flow of ideas. Those ideas can be channeled in creative ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even so, Ketner cautions against viewing anxiety or depression as some kind of requirement or boon for creative output. Romanticizing mental health struggles or reinforcing the stereotype of a \u201ctortured artist\u201d or \u201cmad genius\u201d can be dangerous, she says, especially if they discourage a person from seeking mental health care in order to \u201cstay in a creative place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Researchers and laypeople alike have long-speculated about the relationship between <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/2734415\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/2734415\/\">mental illness<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/3499088\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/3499088\/\">creativity<\/a>, yet some often-cited studies that show a link between the two <a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0013975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0013975\">have been criticized<\/a> on the grounds that they use small samples, employ inconsistent methodologies, and strongly depend on anecdotal accounts. Still, the idea of the \u201cmad genius\u201d remains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1207\/S15326934CRJ1301_6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1207\/S15326934CRJ1301_6\">widespread and deeply ingrained<\/a> in mainstream culture, and many point to brilliant, tragic figures like Vincent Van Gogh, Sylvia Plath, or Emily Dickinson as evidence. But the notion that good art has a positive correlation to artists with mental health issues is a fallacy, says <a href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/leafgroup_ca5e0_wellgood?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.skimresources.com%3Fid%3D104860X1561639%26xs%3D1%26xcust%3DSTMSLS-1067579%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.linkedin.com%252Fin%252Fadriana-garcia-lmft-17ba4b33%252F&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wellandgood.com%2Fcreativity-mental-health%2F&amp;event_type=click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adriana-garcia-lmft-17ba4b33\/\">Adriana Garcia<\/a>, LMFT, a licensed therapist, art therapist, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairymadeart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.fairymadeart.com\/\">illustrator<\/a> based in Santa Monica, California.<\/p>\n<h2>How writing poetry, in particular, can function as a mental health exercise<\/h2>\n<p>In my experience, anxiety and depression foster the complete opposite of creativity: respectively, relentless, intrusive thoughts and existential dread. Exhaustion and despair negate any hope I have of writing a poem, not to mention, you know, my ability to lead a functional, healthy life.<\/p>\n<p>If I\u2019m drowning in a depressive episode or thrashing in the raging waters of anxiety, it takes a fleet to pull me out: patience and support from friends and family; lots of therapy; and months of lying on the floor zoning out to <em>The Office<\/em>, followed by slowly resuming a routine of eating well, working out, and relaxing. In the darkest hours, my poetry alone isn\u2019t enough to rescue me\u2014if I\u2019m even able to muster any output at all\u2014but writing works wonders for my day-to-day mental health, veering me away from depressive sinkholes and quieting the constant buzz of anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>As a supplement to a healthy lifestyle and mental health treatment, \u201cfinding a creative outlet can be an excellent and meaningful way to express, release, process, or communicate your feelings,\u201d Ketner says. \u201cMany people find an immense amount of healing available to them through expressive writing, visual arts, playing or making music, dancing, and other creative pursuits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Research backs up a positive correlation between how <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32564616\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32564616\/\">creative activities<\/a> can benefit <a href=\"https:\/\/bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/joop.12064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/joop.12064\">mental and emotional well-being<\/a>. One study that focused on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyt.2021.781961\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyt.2021.781961\/full\">link between creativity and mental health<\/a>\u00a0substantiates these findings and offers a crucial addition: When creativity is viewed as a coping strategy, it is associated with mental health benefits, but when creativity is viewed as a defining trait of a person, there exists a negative association to mental health.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Because I\u2019m the kind of person who loves to write poetry, I also may be the kind of person who&#8217;s prone to anxiety and depression. At the same time, writing poetry helps me cope with anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, because I\u2019m the kind of person who loves to write poetry, I also may be the kind of person who&#8217;s prone to anxiety and depression. At the same time, writing poetry helps me cope with anxiety and depression. While I sometimes have trouble finding joy in my life, I often create joy on the page. Sometimes I use writing to escape the pain; other times, to pull it closer, as a means of coping or catharsis, or as a path to seeing my struggles in a different light. Even when my poems delve into my darkest moments, the process of writing replaces anxiety with positive energy and a sense of play. These themes manifest in both the process and product of my work.<\/p>\n<p>In my poem \u201cDeep Sea Donuts,\u201d the speaker falls asleep dreaming \u201cof ways \/ to not wake up\u201d; he wishes for the waves to \u201ctide me \/ into nothing.\u201d By the end, though, he discovers sensory pleasures\u2014namely breakfast\u2014that make life worth living, when he wakes up and realizes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">that i don\u2019t like<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">saltwater in my coffee<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">and they don\u2019t<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">have bear claws<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">at the bottom of the sea<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen total gray eclipses the sun and gravity is a train and I\u2019m a penny on the tracks\u201d in my poem \u201cBrent,\u201d the speaker turns to his writing, to create characters, build worlds, and find solace in (even a marginal) escape: &#8220;It\u2019s an incremental fantasy where everything is exactly the same \/ except everyone hovers three to five inches off the ground&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cNotepads,\u201d the speaker emerges from fear and despair to find intimacy and connection:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">and I was scared<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I\u2019d do something bad to myself so I\u2019d call you and you\u2019d come over<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">and we\u2019d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">make grilled cheese or just sit on the kitchen floor and breathe<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">and I guess<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">that\u2019s what it means to need someone<\/p>\n<p>In my poem \u201cThe Funny Thing About A Panic Attack,\u201d the speaker thinks he\u2019s dying, so his roommate calls the paramedics who, muscle-bound and suspender-clad, arrive looking like \u201cApril, May, and June on next year\u2019s calendar.\u201d At the end of the poem, the speaker and his roommate reflect, seeking humor in the mutually traumatic experience:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Later you ask your roommate if she had time to put on clothes before they came or if she was just wearing that Backstreet Boys sleep shirt and she\u2019s like \u201cYeah, I did put on sweatpants and my god, that\u2019s the most action I\u2019ve gotten in a while\u201d and you laugh and she laughs because you both really, really need it to be funny.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, at the end of the book, when the speaker arrives at a place of stability in \u201cI Wish You Superblooms,\u201d he thinks of others who may be struggling, and sends strength to them via the page:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This is the morning you arise as your own cavalry<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">by noon you\u2019re exponential, blessed with the power<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">to lift your finger and move the decimal point of the day<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">all the way to the right<\/p>\n<p>Yes, my creativity thrives on imaginative, sometimes frenzied, thinking, along with deep, intense, often painful emotions. My writing also requires feelings of lightness, levity, balance, and ease. It\u2019s that duality that makes me who I am, as a poet and as a person, and allows me to face depression, anxiety, and grief in my writing\u2014and in my life\u2014with humor, heart, and a defiant sense of wonder.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimers__after_content mb-[18px] mt-[16px] pt-[16px]\">\n<div class=\"outline-earmark relative mt-[8px] pt-[10px] pl-[20px]\">\n<p>\n            Our editors independently select these products. Making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission.          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six months into the pandemic, I hadn\u2019t written a word. 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