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World Mental Health Day

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Depression 

Abraham Lincoln Suffered from Depression.Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809. He later became the human fulcrum that kept the American nation from collapsing.The questions concerning the fact that - Lincoln was overcome by anxiety and depression, are numerous and attributed to the loss of his mother, and the death of his newborn brother when he was 3 years and the passing away of his sister in childbirth.Whether Lincoln was afflicted with depression is controversial, but it is now known that the 'loss of someone whom you love' can lead to depression owing to the emotional trauma.
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Beethoven Suffered from Depression.Ludwig Van Beethoven, one of the greatest composers of all times suffered from manic depression, resulting from grief over his deafness. The following lines represent his depressive feelings. However, he soon recovered as he was determined to strive creatively in the face of despair.Beethoven wrote "...my misfortune pains me doubly, in as much as it leads to my being misjudged. For me there can be no relaxation in human society; no refined conversations, no mutual confidences. I must live quite alone and may creep into society only as often as sheer necessity demands; I must live like an outcast. If I appear in company I am overcome by a burning anxiety, a fear that I am running the risk of letting people notice my condition...such experiences almost made me despair, and I was on the point of putting an end to my life - the only thing that held me back was my art. For indeed it seemed to me impossible to leave this world before I had produced all the works that I felt the urge to compose, and thus I have dragged on this miserable existence..."- from Emily Anderson, The Letters of Beethoven, Vol. 3
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Schizophrenia

Van Gogh Suffered from Schizophrenia.Vincent Van Gogh was an indisputable genius who created hundreds of bold, brilliant paintings. He suffered from Paranoid Schizophrenia and ultimately committed suicide in 1890.In 1889, he voluntarily admitted himself to the psychiatric hospital. The admitting physician, Dr. Théophile Peyron, noted that Vincent suffered from "acute mania with hallucinations of sight and hearing. After one particularly violent attack, in which he attempted to poison himself by swallowing paint, Vincent was forced for a time to confine himself to drawing. Vincent grew increasingly tense: "My life is also threatened at the very root, and my steps are also wavering." On July 27, 1890, Vincent walked to a wheat field and shot himself in the chest. He stumbled back to his lodging, where he died two days later, on July 29.
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Suicide

Hitler Committed Suicide.Adolf Hitler was born on the April 20, 1889, as an Austrian. He was the Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to his death.He was leader of the National Socialist german Worker's Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. Under Hitler's leadership Germany emerged from the depths of post World War I defeat to rebuild its economy. During final days of the World War II when he realised that he was fighting a loosing battle, Hitler commited suicide along with his newly wedded wife and other high-ranking Nazi officials rather than surrender to his enemies.
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