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Did Nikola Tesla suffer from any mental illnesses?

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Tesla refused. This was before electric light, before even flashlights. In the battle of wills which ensued, his Father took away all candles, so Tesla could only stay ... apparently nobody but Nikola Tesla ever experimented extensively on mental phenomena caused by beams of ionizing radiation sent through their own head! read more

Hmm. This is a tad complicated to answer. First off let’s begin with his family history. Both his father and his brother were mentally ill. His father constantly talked to himself and acted out different characters that yelled at each other. read more

Turns out, the very spark that triggered Tesla's virtuosity may have been borne in mental illness. The same could be said of Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo or American mathematician John Nash. read more

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