Apart from the fact that every picture I have ever seen of Andrew Jackson he looks like he is depressed... some of the testimonies I've read fro his associates state that he had all the behaviors of someone with depression. Irritability... wild mood swings... etc. I was just curious if there was ever a record of him suffering from depression.
I know men such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Pierce and Calvin Coolidge suffered from depression in office... especially Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Pierce. I was curious if Andrew Jackson did. It would explain a lot about him.
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"The American Revolution was one long agony for Andrew Jackson... He experienced hardship, pain, disease, multiple wounds of the head and fingers, and grief arising from the annihilation of his immediate family. [His oldest brother, Hugh, had died of heat stroke after the Battle of Stono Ferry.] He emerged from the Revolution burdened with sorrow and a deep-seated depression... He never forgot the price that he and others had paid" to secure Liberty.
Well that clears that up 👍🏽
Tbh it only made sense given his character traits. Although I think it would make more sense if he suffered from more than just depression.
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