Lincoln And The Great Depression Analysis
I recently read an article on The Atlantic, “Lincoln and his Great Depression,” and was struck by how the author ended his article: "Lincoln didn't do great work because he solved the problem of his melancholy; the problem of his melancholy was all the more fuel for the fire of his great work.” I am not the type of person who quotes others in essays, but I am also not the type of person who has a sickness openly discussed in public. As someone with multiple mental illness diagnoses (or neuroatypical) I cannot look into history books and see successful people who are like me. This is not because they don’t exist, but because we don’t talk about their illness. I am not unique in my struggles – many people in college suffer from heighten anxiety