St. Landry democrat., 1892-12-24

| HOt ucSCTlDaDlc. 1t means exhaustion or
| the very centres of life, an exhaustion
which may be more or less complete 1t
marks a failing vitality or an ovcrstran
Of some part Or the whole Of the nervous
| system. Nervous exhaustion may be the
beginning of the end, or it may be the
end OF the beginning. At the same time
it is simply an indication of a weakened
| nerve force. \ human being has, at
| best, but certain lease of life, and this
lease is dependent upon the nervous sys-
TEN. When the ordinary wear and tear
of life is not replaced by nutritious foods
| it must, of necessity. degenerate in one
| degree or another It's simply question:
of waste and repair. When external
surroundings are so forcible that they
wear away more energy than can be sup
piled, the nervous system begins to suf-
| fer, and though it may have resist
ing power born of a strong constitu-
ton, cannot but suffer in the long
run. We'll defined cases of nervous
exhaustion have distinct line Of
symptoms, prominent among which
are a general feeling of goneness,
| dilated pupils, clammy hand and cold
feet, blush nails, a lack of color in the
checks or feverish flushing, restless
ness, inability to concentrate ones
thoughts and sleeplessncss and mental
depression. Loss of weight and appc
tite and a general bodily decline are ac-
compartments. Nervous exhaustion
long exposure to wind and weather.
from worry of all sorts, from
diseases affecting a mental deprcs-
sion or a waste of vitality and from en-
cesses. 1t is more likely to develop in
middle life than at any other period, al
though it does affect both the young and
the old to some extent The time of life
when the system is most hardy being Sc
lected seems to be attributable to the cX-
ira activity which this period carries with
it. A strong woman or a strong man may
break down under circumstances which
one of less vigorous constitution could
withstand with impunity Those who
are born with nervous temperament,
which is expanding its energy on every
possible occasion. are the victims, and
their quieter brothers and sisters the for
Inmates.
BAsHFULNEss AND It's CAUsEs.-Bash-
fulness, says IA Family Doctor in
Cassell's Magazine, is what is known
medically as a fuactionary disorder
that is to say, it does not depend upon
any actual disease, but is due to some
temporary interference with the natural
action Of the brain When the natural
action of the brain is thus interfered
with, we say it is inhibited The first
chief cause of bashfulness consists in
mans attention being directed to himself.
The man who is quite at ease in his office
--bashfulness is most often an attribute
of the male sex--becomes self-conscious
in the drawing ROOM and very shy. AL
though capable of joining in the CONVEX
sation his witty remark is forestaled
because he is too slow in giving utter
ance to it, or too timid to hear his own
voice. The ordinary action of his brain
is inhibited by his self consciousness.
The second cluse is emotion. The ex-
IRENE bashfulness of many men when
they are in love is proverbial, and the
surprisingly few married men who suffer
from b shfulness is noteworthy. These
causes are, however, usually insufficient
to produce bashfulncss, but there must
be some further necessary condition.
Many conditions predispose to it: e. e.,
highly nervous temperament, deficient
moral courage, with which is associated
lock of sefasserton. These may be
.,yarded as constitutional causes. An
other predisposing cause is defective
education. The general education may
have been neglected, or the want of OPP
portunities of acquiring self confidence
in society may have been experienced.
Bashfulness is natural to youth. mod
csty is the graceful. calm virtue of ma
turity; baShfulness the charm of viva
cious YOUTH" and unless a Young man
takes advantage of opportunities of en-
tering society, he will retain "An air of
bashfulness which is in reality the want
of habitual intercourse with the world"
(Waverley). AS long ago as 1910
Ascham wrote that eff a young gentle
man be bashful and soon blush, they
call him a babishc and i'll brought up
thyng" Deficient social education is
therefore a cause of bashfulness. Habit
also predisposes to it. A mere indispo-
sition to exert ones self, if INDUCED for
too long a time, may eventually result in
confirmed bashfulness. This Indifference
may be due to a want of sympathy with
the surroundings, or may have its origin
in unalloycd selfishness- for many bash
full men are extremely selfsh--or may be
due to vanity. The man who enjoys the
life Of the taproom, because there he can
do no wrong, is painfully i'll at case in
the society of his equals, and the be
havior of Hastings, in "She Stops to
Conquer" is an example Of this. Lastly,
excessive smoking or excessive drinking
and immoral or unhealthy pursuits of all
kinds, are sometimes the cause of bash
fulness.