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TIL that in 1988, a man with OCD and extreme germophobia tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head with a rifle. However, he survived, and the bullet completely eliminated his mental disorder without causing any other damage to his brain.
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Doctors are baffled
>The afflicted man, now a straight-A college student, tried to kill himself five years ago, when he was 19 years old, said Dr. Leslie Solyom, a psychiatrist at Shaughnessy Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia.
His disorder was cured *and* he got straight A’s? Brb shooting self
”George was also very depressed and told his mother that his life was so wretched that he would rather die,” Dr. Solyom related. ”She said, ‘So look George, if your life is so wretched, just go and shoot yourself.’
What the hell George’s mom?
Huh. So one case of suicide actually being a good move in terms of personal well-being. And a gunshot suicide at that.
There is also a documented case somewhere in Oliver Sacks’s work where a young man with no musical ability/interest developed perfect pitch and became an excellent piano player in the space of a couple of months following a moderate traumatic brain injury. He then made his living as a professional player for decades so we’re talking a serious musical awakening
Disclaimer: absolutely no one should try to give themselves a brain injury of any sort, because the chance of a constructive outcome is about as likely as the chance of opening a million piece jigsaw, dumping the pieces on the ground and having them just happen to land clicked into place correctly, assembled by chance and gravity; ie not likely enough even for the category of ‘hideously desperate long-shots’
That’s why I say hey man, nice shot.
I have an idea to get rid of my constant anxiety.
Good thing the one shot cured him, otherwise his OCD would have forced him to try 2 more times.
So Fight Club is real?
.22 to tweak the brain, .30 to remove it.
r/holdmybeer while I shoot this disorder out of my brain.
>the .22 caliber slug…
Ok, that makes a lot more sense – a rifle in the sense of having a long barrel, and not in the sense of delivering >1500ft.lbs. of energy.
Ohhhhh there was more damage than just the “OCD” part of his brain.
7 tips for curing your ocd and germophobia… Number 4 will blow your mind!
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This just after his therapist told him there’s no “magic bullet” solution.
>extreme germophobia…
Am I bad for immediately wondering if he disinfected the bullet first?
Maybe Oswald was trying to help JFK?
That idea sounds like a no-brainer.
Yeah, please to people reading don’t try this.
When you roll a nat 20.
“In death he has a name..His name was Robert Paulson”
Mmmm check out that beaver.
Thats the dream.
It actually cures all issues…
**“See A Need, Fill A Need”**
Me: Hey George, you look great man! But I heard you got shot in the head?
George: Yeah, well, it got better.
Seeing a lot of dangerous conlcusions in these comme ts lol, wtf
I’m going to give that a shot.
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r/wowthanksimcured
His mum told him to shoot himself. Sounds like a shitty mother, it’s a good thing that her shitty advice actually worked out well.
Failed suicide attempts can cause a different appreciation for life. Lots and lots of people have been said to not care about the little things in life afterward. Makes sense he’d snap out of it.
Results may vary.
I will never get how one survives a bullet to the fucking head!
But now he wears this thick scarf around his head to keep his non-disordered brain to keep from oozing out of this gash during a NY summer in mid July.
Pills don’t cure mental illness. Guns do.
-Next NRA ad
“Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
I’ve heard this story a couple of times at Jehovah’s Witnesses conventions by one of the head guys in charge of the whole religion. He uses it as an illustration of why JWs should not go to college. He says that you can cure mental disorders with a bullet but it’s not recommended. Just like you can go to college and not get sucked into leaving the religion, but it’s not recommended.
r/AccidentalGenius
Let’s hear a Christian’s take on this one.
Hear that people who chew with your mouth open, there’s a cure..
I need to shoot myself then
Also happens to cure liberalism too.
Wow… couldn’t even get suicide right