Nikola Tesla Tragedy

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It has been proven that things that happen in your childhood, especially traumatic events, can follow you through adulthood. When you are a child your mind is still developing, so everything could potentially affect the way you function in the future. This is especially true in the case of Nikola Tesla. Nikola Tesla was a famous inventor in the late 1800’s and in his later years was considered to be crazy by most people. This was before a lot of mental diseases had been discovered, much less attributed to childhood development. However, the psyche of Nikola Tesla was affected by the trauma and happenings in his child hood, particularly his brother’s death. Death of a sibling can be extremely traumatic, no matter what the age, but when they are there to witness it there is a whole other level. Nikola Tesla was a young age of five when he claims to have witnessed his brother’s death. The death of Dane, his older brother, was an accident involving the family horse. In My Inventions Tesla wrote, “This horse was responsible for my brother’s injuries from which he died. I witnest this tragic scene…” (1). The animal was spooked and killed the boy when he fell. Tesla witnessed this action and some say that he may have been a part of this horrible tragedy. Whether or not he had caused the death of his brother, he did have a hard time …show more content…
However by connecting his past with the reported reaction from both himself and Seifer, we can get a general idea of some of disorders or illnesses that presented themselves in Tesla. As said before, the death of a sibling, while still a child, can cause many flaws in the development of the young brain. This seems to be the case when in relation to Nikola Tesla. If the psychological world had been more developed in his life time, perhaps he would have gotten the help we are able to offer

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