Depression Prone: Writers
December 16th, 2010 Posted in Blog: writing, editing | No Comments »Guardian.co.uk has published a page quoting a health.com (US health website) that lists artists and writers as being in the top ten professions where people are depressed.
Ad hoc paychecks, irregular hours and isolation are a key feature in these professions and many famous authors have suffered from the side effects. Ernest Hemmingway and Virginia Woolfe committed suicide and many creative people are well known to have mood swings.
For further reading, see the full articles at guardian.co.uk and/or health.com.