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Olena Wed, Sep 9, 2009
I think this also needs highlighting:


Unusual experiences: The disposition to have unusual perceptual and other cognitive experiences, such as hallucinations, magical or superstitious belief and interpretation of events . In the clinical form manifests as positive symptoms of hallucinations and delusions.
Cognitive disorganization: A tendency for thoughts to become derailed, disorganized or tangential. In the clinical form manifests as the positive symptoms of disorganized speech and flight of ideas.
Introverted anhedonia: A tendency to introverted, emotionally flat and asocial behavior, associated with a deficiency in the ability to feel pleasure from social and physical stimulation. This manifests clinically as the negative symptoms of flattened affect, alogia and avolition.
Impulsive nonconformity: The disposition to unstable mood and behavior particularly with regard to rules and social conventions. Manifests clinically as disorganized and socially inappropriate behavior like dressing inappropriately.



These four dimensions of schizotypal "disorder", when applied to a creative mind, can be tools rather than hinderances... it's just funny to me that (though surely not in all cases) the difference is the level of productivity.



& I've just happened upon another article on this topic: Creativity & Madness.