Why Geniuses Lose Their Minds

consider Frederick n in 1889 he famously wept and embraced the horse being beaten on the streets of Terin an act marking the collapse of his sanity after which he spent 11 years living in isolation or how about Nicola Tesla who revolutionized electrical engineering but spent his final days obsessing over pigeons he claimed could communicate with him or even Vincent Van go who famously cut off his own ear the same type of mind that gives birth to genius Harbors the potential to birth Madness as well to use n's own famous words one must have chaos in

themselves to give birth to a dancing star if you enjoy this video check out the link in the description below Geniuses by their very nature see the world differently they challenge Norms Envision possibilities others cannot and devote themselves with a single-mindedness that borders on Obsession but this deviation from the norm this ability to think differently is often isolating and isolation coupled with an intense mind can be an unstable mix such a mind is often marked by mood bipolar and depressive disorders those with bipolar disorder may experience period of mania characterized by Boundless Energy rapid thought

processes and ability to make connections between seemingly unrelated ideas people with depression often describe a heightened ability to empathize and a deeper understanding of life's complexities an intensified awareness of the world the introspection at demands can foster profound insights into The Human Experience this is why so many of History's Greatest poets writers and philosophers Sylvia pla Vincent Van go David Foster Wallace and others have both suffered greatly and created some of the works that res resonate most deeply with audiences the lives we live are very different from those we read about in textbooks many of

these thinkers never married had few close relationships and spent almost all of their time working on their craft consider Nicola Tesla he believed that celibacy was essential for maintaining his focus in creativity a trade-off that left him isolated in his later years or Beethoven whose genius produced some of the greatest music ever written but whose personal life was marked by loneliness and tumultuous relationships there are also however instances of genius and Madness combining way that may not be so natural for instance late in his life Isaac Newton became a wild search for the philosopher stone

the Key Newton believed was Mercury for years he was cooped up in a lab inhaling the toxic Vapors even drinking it which many theorize to have initiated his Madness the Neuroscience attempting to explain the connection between genius and various types of mental illness is a swamp of mixed signals some studies found that increased level of creativity were more common among those with schizophren type personality disorders while some studies showed that creative professions defined as scientific and artistic occupations were no more likely to experience psychiatric disorders than other people in the book touched with fire manic

depressive illness and the artistic temperament the American psychologist K Redfield Jameson examined the relationship between bipolar disorder and artistic creativity it contains extensive case studies of historic writers artists and composers assess as probably having had major depressive disorder or manic depressive bipolar disorder Joanne Greenberg is an American author who wrote I Never Promised You a Rose Garden an autobiographical account of her teenage years I wrote I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as a way of describing mental illness without the romanticization that it underwent in the 60s and 70s when people were taking LSD to

simulate what they thought was a liberating experience during those days people often confuse creativity with Insanity there's no creativity in madness madness is the opposite of creativity although people may be creative in spite of being mentally ill according to a study conduct Ed by the University of Southampton artwork is perceived as Superior if the Observer is told that the artist was mentally ill however research has found that famous artists less renowned work was produced when their mental illness was at the most acute this is certainly an interesting and enticing idea that you have to be

different to produce a work of different higher quality from making this video I came away with a few key lessons Geniuses in general get that way through Obsession creativity and even dereliction of social familial and personal duties it was only their work that mattered this may be a question you want to ask yourself are you willing to give up everything for a chance at advancing a particular field the balancing of priorities becomes the driving question we see the same scenario with those who have dedicated their entire lives to making money yet have poor relationships with

their wife children and even self what are you willing to sacrifice let me know what you guys think in the comments below and again if you're a deep thinker enjoyed this video check out the link in my bio and in the description um I think you'll like what you see cheers and I hope to see you all next week