Leela
Your comment on your last post was extremely interesting. When I was
in the hospital for PTSD, most of the trauma survivors there were
high achievers, very analytical and very sensitive kind people. I
think you hit it here about the fact that alot of us are reflective,
analytical and creative. I remembered an ER doc once told me that
those of us who suffer are finely tuned and are more receptive to
detail that those who aren’t, they are not aware of. Also, he said
that most artists or artistic achievers are very finely tuned. I
have synasthesia, in otherwords, I have emotion tied to colors, I
feel my colors, so I spend most of my time avoiding colors and
thinking in black and white.
I also found what you said that analytical people use creativity to
imagine frightening thoughts and scare ourselves, is quite accurate
for me. I have always been acused of having an over-active or over-
reactive imagination, even as a child. I was called the Drama Queen
in my family. I was also called alot of other things, that I won’t
mention here.
I am really glad you wrote this Leela!!!
Dana Rose
It doesn’t surprise me that we’re all thinking,
reflective people–I’ve read that people who suffer
from anxiety tend to be intelligent, highly creative
and analytical people who unfortunately use our
creativity to imagine frightening thoughts and scare
ourselves. I dream of being able to turn that
creativity outwards again.