Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh led a very depressing and tragic life. Throughout his existence he was plagued with the feeling that he had failed in everything he attempted to accomplish. These feelings of worthlessness resulted in Vincent having a very low self-esteem, causing him to become more and more depressed. Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in a small village near the Netherlands. He had five siblings, but the only one he shared a strong bond with was his younger brother Theo. Their brotherly love would remain strong until the tragic day Vincent took his own life. Throughout his childhood Vincent was never an outgoing or active child, which worried his parents. They sent him away to school in hopes of a change in his attitude toward society and his peers, but while away Vincent only secluded himself more. By the age of 27 Vincent had been an art dealer at his uncle's art gallery, a tutor, theological student,
Vincent continued to have attacks and occasionally hallucinations; he also attempted suicide by trying to ingest his own paints. I went back and forth with this diagnosis and bipolar II. He had loved four different times, and each time he was rejected. It is very hard to say whether or not he had diminished interest in activities, energy loss or concentration difficulty by what I read, but judging by his other symptoms I can assume those were often present as well. Van Gogh's symptoms consisted of depressed mood, feelings of worthlessness, and thoughts of suicide. Then sadly in July of 1890 he shot himself in the chest and bleed to death with his brother by his side. He then entered a mental asylum in Arles. and a missionary type to the poor, all of which he ultimately failed. After the two had a fight Vincent threatened Paul with a razor, then preceded to cut of his own ear. These unsuccessful attempts at a career did not have a pleasant effect on the artist. The remainder of his life Vincent was in and out of confinement, fighting mental illness. Vincent suffered his first episode in 1888 while living with fellow artist and friend Paul Gauguin. After reading about Van Gogh, and classifying all of his symptoms I came to the conclusion that he suffered from a severe major depressive disorder. It is extremely sad that there was not much known about mood disorders during this time period, and many people suffered from them. But as I continued to read more and more about his life it did not seem as though he had many manic, or hypomanic episodes.
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