Vladysmommy Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 So for no adequate reason whatsoever I ended up reading about lobotomies... Well first I started with the one flew over the cuckoo nest.. Anyways, that is some crazy crazy outrageous crap!!!! Thank God for modern medicine!!! Before you guys jump into googling what a lobotomy is, stop and think if you really want to pollute your already suffering mind. Just saying, it really creeped me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpladybug Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 it is very disturbing horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganhalley Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I knew a woman (my mother's friend's mother, whom we all called "Grandma") who had a lobotomy. I believe it was because of epilepsy. She was a very pleasant person to be around. Sometimes you could kinda tell that she wasn't quite "all there", but she just didn't sit there drooling. I believe she had hers done in the 60s maybe? A much more sophisticated method than the ol' "ice pick method" for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna- Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I believe it is still done (obviously a lot more accurately than the ice-pick method) in cases of, non med-responsive, severe and intractable seizures. I think I read that in "The brain that changes itself". I suppose if you are having severe seizures all the time and meds don't help, that would be helpful and preferable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 wow. Thats all i can say to that wholke lobotomy thing. wow. Why in the world would people even agree to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooster Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Because at the time they didn't know better, didn't have meds that worked as well for some things, and weren't getting all the information from their pdocs. I wrote a paper on this once for my schooling. It was a fascinating study in power dynamics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pick377 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 i read somewhere (some time ago) about a procedure where they cut part of the emotion center of the brain in half the effect this produces is the person loses the ability to process abstract pain. however consecquently they lose the ability to feel abstract pleasure not sure if thats intruiging or terrifying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writehellarandomshiny Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 @Wooster: You and I must have had the same teacher! Ugh. Lol. What was worse was when he got seemingly bored with the normal ones. Glad for modern meds indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearhead Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I saw a documentary about the history of the lobotomy and the "lobotomy doctor," the guy who pioneered and popularized the procedure. It was horrifying, and I do not use that word lightly. I cried watching it, insofar as I cry. The chronically mentally ill are my ethnic group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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