Howard Hughes was in a terrible aircraft crash that left him scarred and damaged for life. As time went on, his injuries became permanently and continuously painful (allodynia), made worse by the copious amounts of painkillers he was given.
Some of his eccentric behaviors were self-treatment to alleviate this pain: for example, sitting in a dark room watching movies, naked, all day.
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clamhurt_legbeard ago
Howard Hughes was in a terrible aircraft crash that left him scarred and damaged for life. As time went on, his injuries became permanently and continuously painful (allodynia), made worse by the copious amounts of painkillers he was given.
Some of his eccentric behaviors were self-treatment to alleviate this pain: for example, sitting in a dark room watching movies, naked, all day.