The Man Who Couldn’t Stop
“I was desperate to find the cells that held the intrusive thoughts and to squeeze them between my fingers until they burst. I’m not the only one who has felt that way. For some people with severe OCD, the drugs – any of the drugs – and the therapy don’t work. The elastic bands don’t work. The psychotherapy and the psychodynamics don’t work. Desperate and out of options, OCD makes some of these people open their own skulls and burn away the bits of their brains they blame for their obsession. Or... at least, they get a surgeon to do it for them.
Mr V, a 62-year-old engineer from Karnataka, an Indian town about four hours’ drive from Bangalore, had OCD and had tried everything. Mr V developed depression and obsessions after his father died in 1990. He felt compelled to repeatedly verify documents and count money. He spent three to four hours in the toilet every day, where he would wash his hands again and again. He could not bring himself to sign his pension, so he could not collect it.MoreLess
Mr V, a 62-year-old engineer from Karnataka, an Indian town about four hours’ drive from Bangalore, had OCD and had tried everything. Mr V developed depression and obsessions after his father died in 1990. He felt compelled to repeatedly verify documents and count money. He spent three to four hours in the toilet every day, where he would wash his hands again and again. He could not bring himself to sign his pension, so he could not collect it.MoreLess
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