Abraham Lincoln Failures List

[LincolnMan]

Roger, I agree. The term "nervous breakdown" is problematic anyway. What does it mean? It is a term commonly used by the public but not by those in the mental heath field. If Lincoln did have one, was it a normal reaction to a life event (that we are all subject too)? Or was he unstable mentally? And, as you suggest, where is the proof that he experienced it besides?