1.8. Personality disorder: Konstantin Batyushkov
Consider the congenital personality traits of Konstantin Batyushkov.
Konstantin Nikolaevich Batyushkov (18 [29] May 1787, Vologda – 7 [19] July 1855, Vologda) – Russian poet and prose writer.
The mother of Konstantin Batyushkov, Alexandra Grigorievna (nee Berdyaeva), fell ill when her son was 6 years old; soon, in 1795, she died. It is generally accepted that her mental illness was inherited by Batyushkov and his older sister Alexandra.
In 1808, the maternal inheritance already began to appear: his impressionability began to reach hallucinations of extraordinary brightness, in one of his letters to Gnedich he wrote: «if I live another ten years, then I’ll probably go crazy.»
In 1822, the disease worsened; in the spring, Batyushkov appeared for a short time in St. Petersburg, then went to the Caucasus and the Crimea, where his madness manifested itself in the most tragic forms: in Simferopol, he repeatedly attempted suicide. In 1823, Batyushkov was brought to St. Petersburg, where E.F. Muravyova took him into her care, and in the next 1824, with funds granted by Emperor Alexander I, he was taken to the Sonnenstein private psychiatric institution in Saxony. There he spent four years, however, without any benefit to himself; and it was decided to return him to Russia. In Moscow, the acute attacks almost stopped, and his madness took a quiet, calm course. Back in 1815, Batyushkov wrote the following words about himself to Zhukovsky: «From birth, I had a black spot on my soul, which grew with age and almost blackened my whole soul. God and reason saved. For how long, I don’t know!»
Konstantin Batyushkov was born on May 29, 1787, the octanalytic personality formula
13 lunar day / 41-Scorpio / 92% + // 13-Gemini / 3-21-Goat.
The formula shows the congenital personality traits:
– Batyushkov was born in the «waxing moon» phase, the illumination of the moon’s surface is 92%;
– pronounced congenital dominant managerial abilities («four» as first dominant);
– pronounced congenital dominant creative abilities («three» as background dominant and as second dominant);
– pronounced congenital dominant rational abilities («two» as first dominant);
– hypertrophied expressed congenital dominant analytical abilities («one» as first dominant and twice as second dominant).