Great Men of history are depressed. The personality that builds empires is not the same personality driven by a happy feel-good ethos. Especially in their 20s many of them are depressed. A few examples from history: - Napoleon wrote an entire paper called "On Suicide" when he was 16. - Hamilton wrote to his friend around the same age that he "wished there was a war" so that he could make his name. - Winston Churchill wrote countless letters to his mother about Loneliness while at school. - Abraham Lincoln was constantly writing about how his heart yearned for greatness, but his reality didn't reflect it. This was before he became president. - Caesar weeped at a statue of Alexander the Great because he hadn't accomplished as much him by age 30. This is a recurring pattern you see throughout history. Many greats are depressed in their youth. And often times, this is their driver towards action. They deal with their pain through pure action.