"George was also very depressed and told his mother that his life was so wretched that he would rather die."

''She said, 'So look George, if your life is so wretched, just go and shoot yourself.' So George went to the basement, stuck a .22-caliber rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger.''

The bullet didn't kill him. It cured him. Not that the mother predicted that bizarrely fortunate outcome!