.22-Caliber Surgery : Suicide Bid Cures Psychological Disorder, Doctor Reports
www.latimes.com
A man who suffered from severe obsessive-compulsive behavior apparently cured himself when he shot a .22-caliber bullet through the front of his brain while attempting suicide, it was reported Monday.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/1DarkStarryNight on 2023-07-18 07:05:00.

Original Title: TIL in the 1980s a man with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide - Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later