Tourette's symptoms may increase creativity
The symptoms of Tourette’s Syndrome may help fuel creativity, reports The Times today.
It is now thought that writer Samuel Johnson, who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language in 1747, suffered from Tourette’s, and that the symptoms of the condition were linked to the way he wrote – in particular the sporadic bursts of energy and obsessive compulsive tendencies.
Johnson’s biographer, James Boswell, also noted that he suffered from facial tics, which modern medicine has confirmed was probably also a symptom of Tourette’s, usually one of the earliest signs.
Mozart has also been linked with the condition, although there is still speculation about this.
It’s hoped that this will help raise awareness for the condition, as current sufferers continue to campaign.