Is Bi Polar Linked To Genius?

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 5,735

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  03/11/13 - 22:49 #2

  Erm Kerry Katona

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• bossoftheworld Posts: 4,941

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  03/11/13 - 22:50 #3

  I think if you're a genius it's not because you're bi polar, it's just that you're a genius.

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• lea_uk Posts: 9,647

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  03/11/13 - 22:52 #4

  They were geniuses who happened to have bi-polar.

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• Nuggets69 Posts: 313

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  03/11/13 - 22:53 #5

  Christopher Hitchens said that many great writers "did some of their finest work when blotto, smashed, polluted, shitfaced, squiffy, whiffled, and three sheets to the wind". This is probably reasonably accurate and can likely extend to all other creative mediums. Look at the big rock bands of the 70's and 80's. Widely revered as being the greatest of all time, yet their members had collosal drug habits.
  
  I don't think Bi-Polar exclusively equates to being more creative, but I think various states of altered mind can bring out higher levels of creativity than that of the average person.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 3,216

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  03/11/13 - 22:56 #6

  Bi-polar is probably linked to genius in the same way that not being bi-polar is linked to genius or that smoking a pipe is linked to genius.
  
  i.e. the fact that there are some instances where it's true doesn't mean that one causes the other.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 8,916

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  03/11/13 - 22:59 #7

  Frank Bruno is one of the cleverest minds of our generation and the likes of which may not ever be seen again.

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• LaceyLouelle3 Posts: 9,682

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  03/11/13 - 23:01 #8

  I live with someone who has Bi Polar and it certainly isn't the case here.

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• Justicar Posts: 1,620

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  03/11/13 - 23:01 #9

  Creativity can be a useful outlet for people with a mental illness, but I doubt their illness makes makes them extra talented.

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• DaisyBumbleroot Posts: 24,763

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  03/11/13 - 23:03 #10

  I don't think the OP is suggesting that being bipolar will mean the person is also a genius.
  
  But it would be interesting to find out if there are a higher number of geniuses with bipolar than those without.

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• Flat Matt Posts: 7,023

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  03/11/13 - 23:04 #11

  I have bipolar disorder and I am a genius. :cool:

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• TheSilentFez Posts: 11,103

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  03/11/13 - 23:04 #12

  I'd say genius and being further along the autistic spectrum are more likely to be linked.

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• Billy_Value Posts: 22,920

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  03/11/13 - 23:04 #13

  no, no it is not

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• phylo_roadking Posts: 21,339

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  03/11/13 - 23:06 #14

  Many people with Bi Polar are also famous geniuses.
  What do others think?

  
  I think we should get to see a verifiable, reliable link from the OP to some decent medical statistics before passing comment.

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• BastardBeaver Posts: 11,903

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  03/11/13 - 23:07 #15

  I'm a ****ing genius.

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• shmisk Posts: 7,963

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  03/11/13 - 23:09 #16

  Any link is tenuous
  
  My son is autistic and I am often asked if he is a savant (he's not)
  
  You can find links if you look for them

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• phylo_roadking Posts: 21,339

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  03/11/13 - 23:10 #17

  Erm Kerry Katona

  
  She shops in Iceland...
  
  Iceland do a HUGE Black Forest Gateau for £3...
  
  Now THAT'S f*king genius!
  
  QED
  
  
  
  
  ...innit

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• Billy_Value Posts: 22,920

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  03/11/13 - 23:11 #18

  phylo_roadking wrote: »

  She shops in Iceland...
  
  Iceland do a HUGE Black Forest Gateau for £3...
  
  Now THAT'S f*king genius!
  
  QED
  
  
  
  
  ...innit

  
  how much are prawn rings

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• phylo_roadking Posts: 21,339

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  03/11/13 - 23:12 #19

  Dunno, don't like shellfish

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 3,216

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  03/11/13 - 23:14 #20

  Billy_Value wrote: »

  how much are prawn rings

  
  Why would anyone want to eat a prawn's ring?
  
  Not genius.

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• phylo_roadking Posts: 21,339

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  03/11/13 - 23:16 #21

  Why would anyone want to eat a prawn's ring?

  
  Three whole minutes!!! Come on DS, we have to do better than that!

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• annette kurten Posts: 39,543

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  03/11/13 - 23:26 #22

  one of my doctors calls it artist`s disease.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 8,916

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  03/11/13 - 23:29 #23

  annette kurten wrote: »

  one of my doctors calls it artist`s disease.

  
  Mine mumbled something similar when he saw the state of my liver.

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• phylo_roadking Posts: 21,339

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  03/11/13 - 23:30 #24

  Would that not be Geologists' Liver???

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• Jane Doh! Posts: 43,307

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  03/11/13 - 23:55 #25

  in my horoscope wrote: »

  Hello,
  Not everyone with bi polar has gifts but so many do. Can a case be made to say that bi polar can mean creative genius.
  The depths of depression lead to new ways of thinking and the highs lead to new ways of expression.
  Many people with Bi Polar are also famous geniuses.
  What do others think?

  
  Not in my case, no.

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• .Lauren. Posts: 7,864

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  04/11/13 - 00:09 #26

  Probably not, no.

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