stackyFACTSAbsolute power occasionally comes with absolute psychological breaks.
Absolute power occasionally comes with absolute psychological breaks. Queen Maria I of Portugal suffered a total mental collapse driven by extreme religious mania and the deaths of her family members. She became convinced she was entirely damned to hell and would spend entire days violently screaming and wailing, her terrifying shrieks echoing constantly through the massive stone halls of the Queluz Palace, thoroughly unnerving the entire royal court.
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