If you're interested in trepanation, there's a fascinating documentary from the late 90s called 'A Hole in the Head' about people performing self-trepanation. C

If you're interested in trepanation, there's a fascinating documentary from the late 90s called 'A Hole in the Head' about people performing self-trepanation. Cooky for sure but I've been fascinated ever since. It has made me wonder what percentage of ancient trepanations were done purely for the mysticism of piercing something which shouldn't be pierced.