Are we creative?

I read an article recently that said that people who have SAD are generally very creative. We can feel so much more than most and can therefore be able to describe (through words/art etc) our most deepest thoughts ie our essences of the seasons.

Ive come across a few songs recently, where I feel that the composer may have SAD, (I wonder about John Lennon) and some emotional paintings too.

Maybe we can capture the essence of SAD and earn a fortune.

So at last Ive found a SAD symptom which will benefit us.

Think ive had too much light today, starting to get grandiose ideas again!

Me x

Take a look at the forum topic 'favourite feel good music'.

Most of mine have already been included.

I was feeling pretty rotten a couple of weeks back and I turned up at our leisure centre pretty low. The whole of the reception instantaneously burst into song (conducted by a soft toy gorilla!)-Ive got sunshine on a cloudy day, when its cold outside ive got the month of may. - I blubbed. How lovely.

Reading all my messages back since joining, Im beginning to reckon that my life is pretty wickedly strange.

MEx

Me too, i'm quite creative.

I like creative writing, floral design, card making, to name a few

Could have something there Me.

A few famous people who suffered with SAD include Oscar Wilde, Daniel Bedingfield, Natalie Imbruglia and Winston Churchill

I'm with paulst.

Normally, I do think I'm more introspective and sensitive than most folks, but in the wintertime it's an effort for me to think. And I wish I could earn a living off my introspection and sensitivity!

You might also be interested in reading theories about Emily Dickinson and SAD.

I'm creative in summer and love writing, but in winter I can hardly get the brain power to string 2 words together in any coherent manner! Wish I could write when I'm down, though, as maybe I'd be able to get rid of some of those annoying repetitive thoughts if I made them into a story and got them out of my poor tired brain!

Suzie! I do that with the reading too! Makes things difficult at work sometimes!!!
Overall I'm a pretty creative person - I did a music degree at uni and I've always done creative writing too (tho admittedly not much these days!!)

I have to find a really stimulating book (better off with fact books). The worst is when Ive actually read a whole chapter, and ive not taken anything in at all - my eyes have scanned, the brains disengaged.

I often think about doing a course, but am unable to do a whole year course.

Id love to be a midwife, but SAD does not allow me to forfill my dreams. Working nights, coursework and working in a warm building without much light would not be conducive to a healthy birth. I must try lambing.

Me x

Glad I'm not the only one xx

I used to be so intelligent but all I can do now is work doing the things I know as the things I don't know just go over my head.

Have you ever had the feeling when you are driving a car and you arrive at your destination and think 'how did I get here'? That's how I feel about reading. I'm looking at the words, they are going in but at the end of it 'I know nothing'!!

It's like I am on auto pilot.

Kaz you are so right. I love everyone here, it's such a great li'l community!

*Big hugs*