Makes you wonder then whether 'treating' mental illness is holding back progress in the arts and science then if it not only suppresses the bad symptoms but also those which assist creativity and abstract thinking.
I found that when heavily medicated I could barely function beyond the basics like occasionally eating or getting out of bed in the morning. Now I don't take any at all and it's amazing having my head awash with thoughts and ideas again. Have done more in the past 3 months than I achieved in the past 3 years!
"If one takes the view that certain phenomena associated with the patient's illness are beneficial, it opens the way for a new approach to treatment,"
I really hope that something comes of that and it's not just swept under the carpet and ignored.
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