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“If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity.” Writer Juliet Bruce, PhD adds that creativity researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced me-high chick-sent-me-high-ee) says, “Instead of being an individual, they are a multitude."
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Part of webinar:Creative People: Personality and Mental Health
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Creative People : A Complex Personality
Personality
• High Sensitivity• Self concept / esteem
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Mental Health
• Anxiety• Depression• Trauma
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Presenter: Douglas EbyM.A. / Psychology
Creator of the Talent Development
Resources series of sites
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The Talent Development Resources series of sites
talentdevelop.com
The Creative MindHighly Sensitive
High AbilityThe Inner WriterThe Inner Actor
Depression and Creativity
and more sites
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Some topics from my various sites and my book : "Developing Multiple Talents -
The personal side of creative expression"
IntelligenceObsession - Perseverance Identity - Self EsteemEccentricity Integrity Autonomy High Sensitivity Intensity Sexuality Awareness - Thinking Intuition Maturity
Happiness - Mood Inspiration - Passion Courage - Fear - AnxietyEnvironment Relationships / ConnectionsAddiction CensorshipPerfectionism - CriticismPressure to Perform Schooling Work - CareerHealingMeaning Visualization Intention Balance
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Creativity researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Book: "Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery
and Invention"
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"If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity."
Writer Juliet Bruce, PhD summarizes his article "The Creative Personality: Ten paradoxical traits of
the creative personality":
A great deal of physical energy alternating with a great need for quiet and rest.
Highly sexual, yet often celibate, especially when working.
Smart and naïve at the same time. A mix of wisdom and childishness.
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Convergent (rational, left brain, sound judgment) and divergent (intuitive, right brain,
visionary) thinking…
Both extroverted and introverted, needing people and solitude equally.
Humble and proud, both painfully self-doubting and wildly self-confident.
May defy gender stereotypes, and are likely to have not only the strengths of their own gender
but those of the other as well.
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For more about the above article (and link to it), see my post
The Complex Personality of Creative People
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Creative People: Personality
and Mental Health
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