are there any biographical books about chronically depressed historical figures that went on to accomplish anything?
dfw bio i guess? but he roped tho
closest i can think of is joseph ii who tried to accomplish things and failed and then became depressed and died from depression and put it on his tombstone that he failed so hard he became depressed
Joseph Goebbels, unironically.
>>24947934I would prefer something that doesn’t involve contributing to mass killing
>>24947901Alexander von Humboldt and Isaac Newton, maybe. Ludwig Boltzmann, Sophus Lie and Georg Cantor, definitely
>>24947934>depressed man overcomes suffering and mental illness by participating in a social justice movementholy peak, german history is THIS good?!?!?
>>24947940>mental illnessphysical disability*i had one job.fml.
>>24947934>kills himselfnot the kind of person i'm looking for
>>24947936i will check out their life stories, thank you
Nobody who's depressed accomplishes anything.
