My Health Is the Main Capital I Have

Abstract

The words of the well-known North American writer Ernest Hemingway, when in a letter he said that his main capital was health and he needed time to rest to be back to work, will be the guide for the research of this chapter, where the main objective is to identify the effect of stress on creativity and how creativity can help to reduce stress. The relationship between stress and creativity has generated controversy as some authors express that stress is a well-known creativity killer, while others express small doses of stress are likely to produce the best ideas. Based on the idea that there's not really any evidence that one person is inherently more creative than another, the authors analyse how stress, the illness of the 21st century, affects creativity development and how certain therapies help to reduce it through art, literature, and some leisure activities. The investigation will find the effects of stress on creativity, not only in problem-solving but also in its relationship with health.