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Posted by sdb on December 25, 2004, at 12:05:20
Hi everybody,There are many genius sufferers of mental disorder for example the genius canadian pianist Glenn Gould
(social avoidance disorder, neurotic behaviour, hypochondriac)Drug list: Librax, Placidyl, Dalmane, Nembutal, Luminal, Aldomet, Indoral, Stelazine
and Valium.His mental illness: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/glenngould/m23-502.17-e.html
Favorable cd recording (Goldberg Variations J.S. Bach):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000028NE/qid=1103989595/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i3_xgl15/104-8334124-0951958?v=glance&s=music&n=507846
Audio examples on internet: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/glenngould/m23-700-e.htmlI can recommend the goldberg variations album. It's very energizing!
Posted by ghost on December 25, 2004, at 13:21:37
In reply to Genius sufferers of mental disorder, posted by sdb on December 25, 2004, at 9:51:01
John Nash was another genius with mental illness. He won a nobel prize.
They made a movie about him. "A Beautiful Mind."
Posted by Jai Narayan on December 25, 2004, at 13:37:31
In reply to Genius sufferers of mental disorder, posted by sdb on December 25, 2004, at 9:51:01
read the article but couldn't play the music. bummer.
thank you for suggesting this.
Ja*
Posted by sdb on December 25, 2004, at 15:54:14
In reply to Re: Genius sufferers of mental disorder, posted by Jai Narayan on December 25, 2004, at 13:37:31
You need to have the real player installed on your personal computer to hear the music.
www.real.com
there you will find a costless musicplayer.
If you mean you can not play the music with your piano I can understand. Most things are pretty difficult...
Kind regards
sdb
Posted by Jai Narayan on December 25, 2004, at 19:46:09
In reply to Re: to Jai Narayan, posted by sdb on December 25, 2004, at 15:54:14
cute, no I tried to be able to play the piano but, alas, that was not my form of expression. I like to sing and paint.
If I had a genius inside of me:
maybe my art, sometimes. Certainly my film making.
I couldn't get my real time to play.
thanks
Ja*
Posted by just plain jane on January 2, 2005, at 15:19:53
In reply to Genius sufferers of mental disorder, posted by sdb on December 25, 2004, at 9:51:01
It never occurred to me until I read this thread that anyone would be surprised to find geniuses suffer mental/emotional illnesses, too.
According to my records and tests throughout my lifetime, I am a genius. My gifts lie in many areas, but my psychological illnesses, primarily those resulting from childhood abuse and from OCD, have prevented me from accomplishing anything noteworthy (by our societal standards).
Loss/lack of self esteem, self worth, confidence, can easily overshadow and downright squash anyone, geniuses included.
Fortunately (I consider it fortunate), although I can clearly see my illnesses and the manisfestations thereof, I am not driven to achieve fame or fortune. Simply contentment, acceptance, sharing my gifts to enrich the lives of others, and in the process myself, mostly things that do not make my parents proud like being the prestigious lawyer/doctor/scientist/shythead they would have liked to see me be. I have no social ambition, no desire to be better than anyone else; nor do I perceive anyone as better than I.
Perhaps that is the greatest genius God blessed me with.
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