It’s a relatively new theory in the world of psychology – in 2001, James Kaufman conducted a study that showed creative writers, especially female poets, are more susceptible to mental illness than other types of professions.
Sylvia Plath
Despite marriage, children, a successful career as a poet and a promising one as a novelist
she killed herself by putting her head in the oven with the gas on.
Virginia Woolf
Virginia decided she had had enough, loaded up her pockets with heavy rocks and walked into the River Ouse
Sara Teasdale
took an overdose of sleeping pills in her apartment in New York City
Anne Sexton
Anne was never shy about admitting to her mental health problems
killed herself by sitting in her garage with the door down and the gas running.
Sarah Kane
a playwright and screenwriter who suffered from severe depression
She channeled her depression into plays which were performed by the Royal Court
she ended up hanging herself in a hospital bathroom.
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