tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post6755376911812594033..comments2023-11-14T20:22:36.929-08:00Comments on Knowledge Is Necessity: Schizotypal: Deep into Creativity, Just Shy of MadnessJohn McManamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-62215212691602002682014-03-27T09:03:57.789-07:002014-03-27T09:03:57.789-07:00I don't think this thread may be monitored any...I don't think this thread may be monitored anymore, however, I shall add my two cents anyway.<br /><br />I am presently actively pursuing Doctoral research into reasoning processes in respect to the Psychosis Continuum (Schizotypy, to Schizophrenia).<br /><br />What appears apparent so far, is when controlling for intelligence and cognitive capacity (e.g. Working Memory Span) is that people Marcusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-11382601462817989752013-04-27T08:15:01.927-07:002013-04-27T08:15:01.927-07:00UnMothered Child,
My understanding is that schizo...UnMothered Child,<br /><br />My understanding is that schizotypy is not necessarily bad in and of itself, though it does imply a greater than normal vulnerability to psychosis, and particularly schizophrenia. I was looking at its 4 traits as listed on Wiki:<br /><br />1.Unusual experiences: The disposition to have unusual perceptual and other cognitive experiences, such as hallucinations, beneficiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107436044843445219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-76097466071409749332013-04-26T03:38:36.797-07:002013-04-26T03:38:36.797-07:00I am not a psych professional. However observation...I am not a psych professional. However observation and experience appear to indicate that the 'pure reasoning' capacity of the human mind/body/spirit can, in the extremely creative, act as a 'brake' that can stop such a person from skidding off the cliff of input perception and interpretation. Connections can solidify in organic patterns, and imagination can blossom with wildness.SeeJayEhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-20110752431568100862011-03-06T15:28:41.604-08:002011-03-06T15:28:41.604-08:00Hi, Unmothered Child. I appreciate your question, ...Hi, Unmothered Child. I appreciate your question, so to clear up any possible misunderstandings:<br /><br />1. Imagination is not a mental illness.<br />2. But there are some interesting relationships between creativity, intuition, etc and mental illness. Very interesting research is being done - nothing definitive has been found, we need to learn more.<br />3. A fair number of my blog pieces John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-68923982569678833632011-03-06T15:00:35.018-08:002011-03-06T15:00:35.018-08:00schizotypy “may be positively associated with the ...schizotypy “may be positively associated with the experience of creative flow.”<br /><br />Dr Kaufman defines “flow as “the mental state of being completely present and fully immersed in a task.”<br /><br />Since when is imagination a mental illness? Not everyone who has a big internal world is mentally ill. Or schizophrenic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03104395523269130320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-88171117356361476802010-06-16T14:01:30.892-07:002010-06-16T14:01:30.892-07:00Continuum, connections, continuum, connections, co...Continuum, connections, continuum, connections, continuum, connections. What does fog have to do with little cat feet? Some people have heard of it. Some people get it. Some people can come up with it. Some people can see the cat. Some people are terrified of the cat. It's about how many connections there are between different parts of the brain, and whether command central is in Willa Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816752444634576606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-39845772606451400982010-06-16T12:27:26.783-07:002010-06-16T12:27:26.783-07:00Hey, Willa. I think we're on the same page, he...Hey, Willa. I think we're on the same page, here. It's all about the connections, which has something to do with the association cortices. So my guess is - and I need to research this - we get a lot of the circuitry coming up from the basal ganglia (which I called dopamine central in one piece) and projecting into the mid and upper brain (with signaling going back the other way). We are John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-19206114285145465242010-06-16T10:18:13.062-07:002010-06-16T10:18:13.062-07:00Well, I didn't take notes and it was the local...Well, I didn't take notes and it was the local NAMI group, so no professionals, and no details. If I remember correctly (and more thoroughly since dashing off my first comment) she said that all the action is in the white matter, the neurons that connect the different lobes. And I think the connections most important in creativity/mental illness are among the limbic system, the parietal Willa Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816752444634576606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-89955891955629902592010-06-12T18:41:47.640-07:002010-06-12T18:41:47.640-07:00Hey, Willa. I heard Dr Andreasen talk about the st...Hey, Willa. I heard Dr Andreasen talk about the study etc at the 2007 APA. She mentioned association cortices. What's with the basal ganglia?John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-79984658017619362862010-06-12T11:46:32.255-07:002010-06-12T11:46:32.255-07:00Andreason got started on this "looseness of a...Andreason got started on this "looseness of associations" by interviewing people in the Iowa Writer's Workshop. She expected that the writers would not have mental illness, but would have family members with schizophrenia. The second was confirmed. But she found that 80% of the writers had some kind of mental illness. Mood disorders led the list, but they were across the board.<Willa Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816752444634576606noreply@blogger.com