A mentally ill man attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head. That eliminated his mental problems!

A mentally ill man attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head. That eliminated his mental problems!

In 1983, 19-year-old George, a young British man, was suffering extensively from his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

He washed his hands hundreds of times a day and took frequent showers. He went to therapy, but the disorder took over his life. It forced him to drop out of school and quit his job.

In a particularly cruel moment, his mother told him, "if your life is so wretched, just go and shoot yourself."

George did this that. He went to his basement, put a .22 caliber gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Instead of dying instantly, George survived and was taken to the hospitals.

Surgeons performed surgery to remove the bullet from his brain. It has virtually destroyed his left frontal lobe.

As he recovered, George found that almost all his compulsions were gone. He suffered no other brain damage though, and his IQ remained the same after the accident as it had been before. He went on to college where he did well.

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