1st LP was great. She was nuts but very talented which happens a lot.
Yep. The reverse in her case, though, and many others—it starts with the great talent, intelligence or sensitivity and if mistreated, which was the case in Sinead's family from a terrorizing mother, the insanity grows from there.
A great book was written about this syndrome:
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
“The bestselling book on childhood trauma and the enduring effects of repressed anger and pain.”
Yep, when mental illness is so widespread it will affect all walks of life.