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Anxiety can often be a drag on creativity, upending the trope of the tortured artist

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
Anxiety can often be a drag on creativity, upending the trope of the tortured artistCreative journeys often entail entering the unknown -- and doing it on your own.DNY59/iStock via Getty Images

In the U.S., anxiety disorders affect about one-third of the population. So it’s no surprise that a good number of artists and writers also suffer from anxiety and depression.

But whereas some critics see Vincent Van Gogh’s...

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