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Nerves and Common Sense By: Annie Payson Call (1853-1940) |
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BY ANNIE PAYSON CALL Author of "Power Through Repose," "As a Matter of Course," "The
Freedom of Life," etc.
NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION
MANY of these articles first appeared in "The Ladies' Home Journal,"
and I am glad to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Edward Bok the
editor for his very helpful and suggestive titles. ANNIE PAYSON CALL.
CONTENTS I. HABIT AND NERVOUS STRAIN
II. HOW WOMEN CAN KEEP FROM BEING NERVOUS
III. "YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW I AM RUSHED"
IV. "WHY DOES MRS. SMITH GET ON MY NERVES?"
V. THE TRYING MEMBER OF THE FAMILY
VI. IRRITABLE HUSBANDS
VII. QUIET vs. CHRONIC EXCITEMENT
VIII. THE TIRED EMPHASIS
IX. HOW TO BE ILL AND GET WELL
X. IS PHYSICAL CULTURE GOOD FOR GIRLS?
XI. WORKING RESTFULLY
XII. IMAGINARY VACATIONS
XIII. THE WOMAN AT THE NEXT DESK
XIV. TELEPHONES AND TELEPHONING
XV. DON'T TALK
XVI. "WHY FUSS SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT I EAT?"
XVII. TAKE CARE OF YOUR STOMACH
XVIII. ABOUT FACES
XIX. ABOUT VOICES
XX. ABOUT FRIGHTS
XXI. CONTRARINESS
XXII. HOW TO SEW EASILY
XXIII. DO NOT HURRY
XXIV. THE CARE OF AN INVALID
XXV. THE HABIT OF ILLNESS
XXVI. WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES ME SO NERVOUS?
XXVII. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFORT
XXVIII. HUMAN DUST
XXIX. PLAIN EVERY DAY COMMON SENSE
XXX. A SUMMING UP
CHAPTER I Habit and Nervous Strain
PEOPLE form habits which cause nervous strain. When these habits have
fixed themselves for long enough upon their victims, the nerves give
way and severe depression or some other form of nervous prostration is
the result. If such an illness turns the attention to its cause, and so
starts the sufferer toward a radical change from habits which cause
nervous strain to habits which bring nervous strength, then the illness
can be the beginning of better and permanent health. If, however, there
simply is an enforced rest, without any intelligent understanding of
the trouble, the invalid gets "well" only to drag out a miserable
existence or to get very ill again. Although any nervous suffering is worth while if it is the means of
teaching us how to avoid nervous strain, it certainly is far preferable
to avoid the strain without the extreme pain of a nervous breakdown. To point out many of these pernicious habits and to suggest a practical
remedy for each and all of them is the aim of this book, and for that
reason common examples in various phases of every day life are used as
illustrations. When there is no organic trouble there can be no doubt that defects of
character, inherited or acquired, are at the root of all nervous
illness. If this can once be generally recognized and acknowledged,
especially by the sufferers themselves, we are in a fair way toward
eliminating such illness entirely. The trouble is people suffer from mortification and an unwillingness to
look their bad habits in the face. They have not learned that
humiliation can be wholesome, sound, and healthy, and so they keep
themselves in a mess of a fog because they will not face the shame
necessary to get out of it. They would rather be ill and suffering, and
believe themselves to have strong characters than to look the weakness
of their characters in the face, own up to them like men, and come out
into open fresh air with healthy nerves which will gain in strength as
they live. Any intelligent man or woman who thinks a bit for himself can see the
stupidity of this mistaken choice at a glance, and seeing it will act
against it and thus do so much toward bringing light to all nervously
prostrated humanity. We can talk about faith cure, Christian Science, mind cure, hypnotism,
psychotherapeutics, or any other forms of nerve cure which at the very
best can only give the man a gentle shunt toward the middle of the
stream of life. Once assured of the truth, the man must hold himself in
the clean wholesomeness of it by actively working for his own strength
of character from his own initiative... Continue reading book >>
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