Messing with My Head

<p>Howard Dully was 12 years old when he was given a lobotomy. He was 56 years old when he found out why. The four decades in between tell a story of profound love and compassion. <br><br>In 1960 Howard''s father and stepmother delivered him into the hands of the man who had invented the ''ice pick'' lobotomy. Expelled from the mainstream medical community, his once-popular procedure now a grisly medical relic, Dr Walter Freeman was eager to turn this temperamental 12-year-old into a submissive boy - especially after hearing the terrible lies his stepmother told about him. Howard, told he was going into the hospital for tests, was instead given electro-shock treatments and a transorbital lobotomy. It took him 40 years to recover. <br><br>Howard Dully''s escape from that dark place is a voyage of enormous hope and universal appeal.</p>