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wildeyed

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10. I joke about my family,

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 08:38 AM

Dec 2012

saying we are a weird combination of bi-polar, alcoholism and ridiculously high IQs, which means holidays are never boring. But I guess maybe there are more families out there like that than I knew!

Read about Dabrowski's Overexcitablities and Positive Disintegration for an interesting take on this kind of thing.

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The link between intelligence, creativity and mental illness. Good stuff. [View all] Maraya1969 Dec 2012 OP

these are also correlated with left-handedness, homosexuality, and autoimmune disorders. unblock Dec 2012 #1

What? Maraya1969 Dec 2012 #2

as well as musical ability, iirc unblock Dec 2012 #4

Seeing reality deeply can be very depressing. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2012 #3

Well, sometimes. Not always though. I wrote some great stuff when I was manic. (Great being GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #7

+++++ Whisp Dec 2012 #8

I Have Some Personal Experience... WiffenPoof Dec 2012 #5

Well, "society's norms" are based on the overall "average" dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #6

+++++ Whisp Dec 2012 #9

I joke about my family, wildeyed Dec 2012 #10