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The Link Between Disorder and Genius

“The subject of genius and mental illness has been discussed and debated on a scientific level for decades. Our cultural awareness of the link between mental disorder and genius is as old as philosophy. Plato wrote of what he called “divine madness,” and Aristotle recognized that creative people tended toward melancholia. It is no coincidence […]

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A Poem About Insanity

Lurking Behind Every Corner, Is Insanity. A Drug Cocktail Keeps It At Bay, Prevents The Hallucinations, Delusions and Paranoia. Is My Fractured Mind Any Less Of My Mind? I still Possess the Memories, Of Skeletal Arms, and Millions of Dollars. But What Do These Memories Mean? If Anything? A Semblance of Insight. Insight Into The […]

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A Poem About Manic Psychosis

Racing Thoughts, Thoughts Disjointed, Spinning A Tale of Non-Reality.   A Rush Of Euphoria, A State of Bliss, Can Anything Get Better Than This?   Up So High, Looking Down Below, At Logic Left Behind.   Thoughts Racing, Spinning A Tale Of Non-reality, Until the Psych Ward Becomes A Reality.   Hallucinations, Delusions, They Become […]

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