The Quarter-Life Reviews

Brain Lobotomies are usually subjects that are reserved for scientific texts found in the darkest bowels of medical school libraries.  Its a subject that is highly controversial amongst the medical community and except for some bad soap opera story lines, it’s not  a subject that is explored or talked about in the general population.  It’s almost taboo.

Howard Dully knows all to well what a lobotomy is, and what it does to a person.  At the age of 12, in the year 1960-he was given a lobotomy due to his outrageous (i.e. rather typical) behavior.  “My Lobotomy” follows the events that led up to Dully’s family’s decision for the procedure, and Dully’s struggles to then cope with life post lobotomy.  With little to no family support, Dully spends the next several decades of his life struggling to learn to stay out of trouble and fit into adult society.

It’s an intense and often depressing story, however, its also hopeful and moving.