Creative people are more prone to depression and positive thinking may be just what they don’t need.
It is a sign of the degree of concern mood among artists and that the most popular ever article on ArtsHub was a feature entitled Why are creative people more prone to depression?
Positive psychology is a popular response but Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking argues we are going about the search for happiness entirely the wrong way.
Listen to his argument:
