How Walt Disney beat the human brain’s nasty link between creativity and depression

He found ways to overcome what he called the “D.D.’s”

M.M. O'Keefe
Ascent Publication
Published in
10 min readOct 19, 2018

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Walt Disney, one of the most creative minds of the 20th century, suffered from “discouragement and disillusionment.” Photo by Travis Gergen on Unsplash

Creative people tend to get moody, grouchy and depressed.

If that describes you, be encouraged that you are part of a historic club that includes the brains of Martin Luther, Vincent Van Gogh and the focus of…

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M.M. O'Keefe
Ascent Publication

I write about faith, fathering, sports, recovery and history — hoping to inspire you.