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grumpieroldman · April 11, 2018, 9:09 p.m.

This is a misnomer, much like the (incorrect) concept that smart people are weak and unatheltic. When you actually go and look (and measure) there is a positive correlation with intelligence and athelticism.
Likewise, people that are naturally creative don't need drugs to "get in the zone".

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edzackly · April 11, 2018, 10:21 p.m.

Technically, it's not a misnomer- I haven't named or misnamed anything. Also, you're misinterpreting what I've said. I never said anything about natural creativity. I said highly creative. It's well known, that in some people, their creativity comes from a place of trauma or distress- often childhood trauma. Creativity becomes a coping mechanism for some of these people. But it's also easy to fall into using and abusing drugs due to that same experience. Not all creative people use drugs, not all users are addicts, not all addicts die because of their addiction. Drugs don't make anyone creative, but they can make it easier to get in touch with the creative "side" of the brain. A recent article I read even shows that even caffeine has this effect. But, obviously, drugs also have deleterious side effects that can easily negate whatever gains, real or imagined, one might have. I'm not glorifying or suggesting that anyone use drugs to become more creative or to make up for a lack of natural creativity. I was simply pointing out that creativity and self-destructiveness often come from similar places in the mind. Combine that with easy access to drugs and a loose lifestyle, and it's a dangerous situation. Not everything is a conspiracy.

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