Hilde Østby

Research shows that some people have experienced huge bursts of creativity following a blow to the head or trauma, be it mental or physical, because it has been shown to destabilize the levels of dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is the brain’s reward system and, when it comes to creative expression, it can make your head buzz with ideas. More specifically, I had read that you can become more creative from an injury to the temporal lobe.

Mania and depression can come in complicated mixtures,

Alice Weaver Flaherty