Historical Geniuses and Their Psychiatric Conditions - Kathy Benjamin. Michelangelo would be on the autism spectrum, and other compelling cases for retroactive diagnoses in 11 of history's great minds Studies have shown that there are much higher instances of mental disorders in political leaders and creative geniuses than in the general population. While it's impossible to be sure of a hindsight diagnosis of a historical figure, that hasn't stopped researchers from educated speculation. Abraham Lincoln - Depression? The Great Emancipator managed to lead the country through one of its more trying times, despite suffering from severe depression most of his life. Hell! Ludwig von Beethoven - Bipolar Disorder? When the composer died of liver failure in 1827, he had been self-medicating his many health problems with alcohol for decades.
Edvard Munch - Panic Attacks? The world's most famous panic attack occurred in Olso during January 1892. "One evening I was walking along a path, the city was on one side and the fjord below. Michelangelo - Autism?
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