The artist Vincent Van Gogh, the composer Robert Schumann and the writer Fyodor Dostoevsky are said to have suffered from a range of mental disorders including hypergraphia, a compulsion to write — a sign perhaps their art emerged from an unrelenting urge to communicate. (newscientist.com)
Flaherty, who studies conditions such as hypergraphia (an uncontrollable urge to write) and writer's block, also looks to disease models to explain the drive behind this mode of communication. (scientificamerican.com)
My postpartum mood disorder manifested as hypomania (the «lesser» form of mania) as well as a rare condition called hypergraphia, which is nonstop writing. (wellnessmama.com)