Are crazy folk better at poetry

[ChristopherSea]

What I find intriguing is that most manifestations/symptoms of mental illness are regular states of mind or biological physiology, i.e. panic, paranoia, depression, neurosis, fight or flight response, aggression, mood swings, etc. When these normal states of mind and body flail out of control, begin to dominate one's life or happen without the knowledge of the individual, is when it becomes 'mental illness' and devastating. Know it, own it and you can probably control it. Definitely use it in your poetry!