Weldon Wilson wrote:

Not to far from real life. Here's a story from the BBC news website
about a guy who shot himself in the back of his head with a nailgun:

Builder survives nailgun accident
A construction worker has miraculously survived after six nails were
embedded in his skull.
[snip]
Accident? Sounds like the worst case of attemped suidide I've ever
heard of.
j4