Worst Seat in the House

[LincolnMan]

(06-30-2015 05:14 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 07:54 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  The first stating that Booth had appeared in the box earlier in the evening

I really wonder about this. With all the eyewitnesses we have who saw him approach the box around c.10:15 P.M. I do not understand why no one other than Clara reported an earlier visit. Was Clara confused? I don't know, but I do wonder about this aspect of her account.

(06-29-2015 10:16 PM)LincolnMan Wrote:  It presents an even more challenge when patients have multiple traumas that result in layers that have to be dealt with.

On p. 39 Caleb writes, "He may have had difficulty managing feelings of anxiety even as a child. His father's death may have precipitated a nightmare of emotions for him, but he was able to hide away in a large house, with little else to worry about. An affluent upbringing provided Henry the means to escape...Rathbone's station in life rarely forced a need to overcome hardship, and it's possible that an underlying mental illness was present all along."

If this be true then is it not possible that Henry was likely headed for problems as an adult even without the war/assassination?

It is possible Roger. Of course, everyone handles stress and trauma in their own way. For some- a "tipping point" is reached and a mental illness break occurs. By the way, the average age of onset of mental illness here in America today is in ones early twenties.