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The World Health Organization estimates that over 121 million people worldwide suffer from some form of depression.
世界卫生组织预计全球有超过1.21亿人患有不同类型的抑郁症。
It is one of the world's most common mental disorders and with 30 percent of sufferers attempting suicide.
抑郁症是世界上最常见的精神疾病之一，30%的患者有自杀倾向。
I'm not lying when I say the depression kills.
抑郁导致死亡，我并没有撒谎。
Creative types have been proven to be the group most affected by this disorder with people such as Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf and Michelangelo all being affected.
事实证明创造型的人受抑郁症影响最大，比如欧内斯特·海明威、弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫以及米开朗基罗都深受这种精神疾病困扰。
Is this due to nothing but their unique thought processes or could it be something else?
这到底仅仅是因为他们独特的思维过程导致的还是其他的呢？
It has been proven that as a species, human beings are drawn to those with whom we share ideas and have similar thoughts with.
事实证明，人类作为一支物种会被那些和自己有着相同想法和相似思维的人所吸引。
Studies have shown this time and time again, such as in Newcomb's 1956 experiment where he found that
研究一次又一次表明，比如纽科姆1956年的研究发现，
men liked their housemates more if they had similar attitudes about sex, family and politics.
男性更喜欢那些对性、家庭和政治有着相似态度的同居者。
This is because people enjoy feeling validated are impressed when others have the same taste as them and find it easier to talk to those with the same interests.
这是因为对那些喜欢被认可的人而言，当其他人和自己有着相似品味时，他们会被感动，而且他们会发现和那些有着相同兴趣的人交谈更容易。
So it is reasonable to assume that if a person is unable to find someone with a similar thought process to them,
因此可以合理假设，如果一个人找不到那个和他们有着相似思维过程的同伴，
they will become lonely and may end up suffering from depression.
他们会感觉孤独，或许最终会患上抑郁症。
Creative people have the most unique of minds and therefore we can draw the conclusion that as cliched as it sounds, no one understands them.
创造型人有着独特的思维，因此我们可以得出结论，没人理解他们。
However, Newcomb study was flawed in many ways.
但是纽科姆研究在很多方面也存在缺陷。
It's gender bias and small sample size of 17 means that it can't be generalized to the entire population and it fails to explore deeper levels of thought.
研究中的性别偏差和17人的小规模样本意味着，研究不够普遍化，也没能对思维的深层次进行探究。
This means that whilst people may be more agreeable when they have the same views,
这意味着虽然人们有着相同观点时，他们或许会更加愉悦，
it doesn't mean those with different views are shunned from society.
但这并不代表着那些持有不同观点的人应逃避。
So what does cause such levels of depression in the more creative half of the population?
那么是什么导致这小半创造型人群的不同程度的抑郁呢？
Akinola and Mendes in 2008 conducted a study that looked at the role of rejection when it comes to creativity.
在阿基诺拉和曼德斯2008年的研究中，他们在研究创造力的时候，对排斥所扮演的角色进行了观察。
Participants were given either positive negative or no feedback on a speaking test and then asked to produce a collage.
参与者进行一场通话测试，并给他们积极或负面评价或者干脆不给于评价，然后要求他们制作拼贴画。
The participants exposed to negative feedback or rejection produced more creative collages than participants in the control group and the positive feedback group.
那些受到负面评论或没有收到评价的参与者比对照组和收到正面评价的参与组所做出的拼贴画更加具有创造性。
This suggests that societal rejection (a particular symptom of depression) may be responsible for increased creativity.
这意味着社会排斥（抑郁的一种症状）或许是创造力增加的原因。
In other words, depression causes creativity instead of creativity causing depression.
换句话说，抑郁导致创造力，而非创造力导致抑郁。
It is crucial to think critically when it comes to the art in order to reach your optimum capability
说起艺术时，为了达到最佳能力，批判性思维是关键
but the problem with overthinking is that self-doubt often follows and with that lower confidence making it easier to slip into depression.
但是过度思维的问题是自我怀疑紧跟而来，由于自信心底下而更容易跌入抑郁之中。
Perhaps the cause of such mental issues with creative people is that they get too used to judging their own work and slowly begin judging themselves.
或许创造型人患这种精神问题的原因是因为他们太过适应自己的工作，慢慢地他们开始怀疑自己。
I know that I am guilty of doing this, as it becomes hard to distinguish between the two.
我知道我不应该这么做，因为很难将它们区分开来。
Especially when you put so much heart into what you're working on, it almost becomes a part of you.
特别是当你花了大量心血在你的工作之中，这几乎成为了你的一部分。
The role of an artist is to always dance on the dangerous line and for many, the dance is too hard to keep up.
艺术家的角色总是在危险线上跳舞，对于多数人而言，这样太危险了。
Do you suffer from the same struggles? Which theory do you support?
你有过同样的挣扎么？你支持哪种理论？
Depression causing creativity or creativity causing depression?
抑郁导致创造型还是创造型导致抑郁？
