re mental illness reply to dabbott augean eleceng adelaide edu au derek abbott are there any case histories of severe mental illness cases remarkably recovering after a tragic accident or trauma eg through nobody s fault being trapped in a fire and losing your legs say i know of a patient who was severely and chronically depressed and tried to kill himself with a bullet to the temple he essentially gave himself a prefrontal lobotomy curing the depression david nye nyeda cnsvax uwec edu midelfort clinic eau claire wi this is patently absurd but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities bertrand russell
