2024年12月21日 · Barrett's struggles with mental illness, likely schizophrenia, ultimately led to his departure from Pink Floyd and retreat from public life. Barrett's erratic behavior and declining mental state became increasingly apparent during Pink …

2013年5月13日 · When the guys were recording “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” at Abbey Road Studios in 1975, Syd Barrett showed up unannounced. By this time, the 29 year old had gained a significant amount of weight, shaved his head and eyebrows, and was virtually unrecognizable to his former band members.

2018年1月6日 · Here are five amazing artists from fields such as painting, music, and literature who struggled with schizophrenia and their most notable works. Dutch Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh is the most famous posthumously diagnosed schizophrenic in the world.

2024年3月15日 · One of the key indicators of schizophrenia is auditory hallucinations, and I am unaware of any accounts suggesting that he had those. The account from the head of Greenwoods mentions his drug use and nothing about schizophrenia. The writing in Barrett’s psychology book mentions manic depression.

By all accounts Syd Barrett's career began like thousands of others among the crowd of young people during the first psychedelic rush of the '60s. He attended art school, became involved with other art and architectural students (among them the nucleus of the embryonic Pink Floyd) and finally left school for music.

2010年8月10日 · Some highly creative people have suffered from schizophrenia, including Syd Barrett (1946–2006), the early driving force behind the rock band Pink Floyd; John Nash (born 1928), the father of ‘game theory’; and Vaclav Nijinsky (1889–1950), the …

2024年6月22日 · Some highly creative people have suffered from schizophrenia, including Syd Barrett (1946–2006), the early driving force behind the rock band Pink Floyd; John Nash (born 1928), the father of ‘...

The Syd Barrett story by Syd and those who knew him, Edited and Compiled by Gian Palacios 'All movement is accomplished in six stages, and the seventh brings return'

2010年2月5日 · Syd Barrett, a founding member of the band "Pink Floyd" and one of the most legendary rock stars to develop a mental illness - most likely schizophrenia (triggered, it is said, by significant drug use as well as the stress and pressure of his career), died Friday from complications related to diabetes. He had been living in a cottage in ...

Although legend has it that he was an acid casualty, Barrett actually suffered from schizophrenia. The psychotic episodes began when he was around 20 years old, a typical age for the onset of the illness.