“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." // See related article: "Creative People: Personality and Mental Health" http://talentdevelop.com/creative-people-personality-and-mental-health-webinar/

1. Creative People : A Complex Personality
Part of webinar:
Creative People:
Personality and
Mental Health
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2. Personality
• High Sensitivity
• Self concept / esteem
...
Mental Health
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Trauma
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3. Presenter: Douglas Eby
M.A. / Psychology
Creator of the
Talent Development
Resources
series of sites
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4. The Talent Development
Resources series of sites
talentdevelop.com
The Creative Mind
Highly Sensitive
High Ability
The Inner Writer
The Inner Actor
Depression and Creativity
and more sites
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5. Some topics from my
various sites and my book : Happiness - Mood
"Developing Multiple Talents - Inspiration - Passion
The personal side of creative expression" Courage - Fear - Anxiety
Environment
Intelligence
Relationships / Connections
Obsession - Perseverance Addiction
Identity - Self Esteem
Censorship
Eccentricity
Perfectionism - Criticism
Integrity Pressure to Perform
Autonomy Schooling
High Sensitivity
Work - Career
Intensity
Healing
Sexuality Meaning
Awareness - Thinking
Visualization
Intuition
Intention
Maturity Balance
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6. Creativity researcher
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Book: "Creativity: Flow and the
Psychology of Discovery
and Invention"
"If there is one word that makes creative people
different from others, it is the word complexity."
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7. 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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8. 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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9. For more about the above article
(and link to it), see my post
The Complex Personality of Creative People
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10. Creative People:
Personality
and
Mental Health
See related videos, articles and more at
the TalentDevelop page for this presentation
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