Is Creativity and Suffering Inherently Linked?

Why is it that when you embark on any creative endeavor (writing, painting, music, acting, etc.), other people fear for your mental health? Should anyone be afraid of the work they feel they were put on this earth to do?

Watch author Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) answer these questions and more in her talk on nurturing creativity she gave at the TED conference earlier this year.