Depression

[John Etherington]

Interesting list of famous artists and thinkers who have struggled with depression:

http://www.nursingschools.net/blog/2010 ... epression/

[Zimmy66]

Good article John, full of the usual suspects. Goes with the territory, sadly.

One obvious ommission - in my opinion. Dali. A Genius, but manic depressive at the same time.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985 ... atea-paint

Robert

[AlexandraLaughing]

Thanks- interesting.

Perhaps it's inevitable that even here only the stories of men make it on to the record, for the most part. Statistically, as far as I'm aware there are more women than men with depression.

[LisaLCFan]

Another obvious omission: Robert Schumann.

[LisaLCFan]

Oh, and for AlexandraLaughing, a woman: Agatha Christie.