The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-18
HOW To AVOID INSANITY.
Practical Hints From Doctor Of Div.
Unity and Law.

Practical Hints From Doctor Of Div
Unity and Law.
The following hints on the safeguard
Ing Of ones sanity are given in the
July Century by Rev. DIR. James NJ.
Buckley. editor OF the Christian Ad
vocate and author Of Christian
Science. and Other superstitions:
Anxiety should be systematically an
taeonized by philisiphy. religion. or
change of subjects of thought. The
effect OF worry and suspense In driving
men wild Is constantly seen In the
business world. directly and by con-
trast. for bankruptcy II often followed
by comparative mental repose. Hence
authorities affirm that uncertainty and
anxiety are far more liable 10 lead to
mental arrangement than the assur-
ance of disaster.
As anxiety IL "A foe to clear thinking.
Il II better for one approaching a crisis
10 resort 10 indirect methods Of disslp-
ating u. such as conversation. the read
ing of an absorbing book. violent phys
ical exercise. or the use of tools with
which one would cut himself II he did
not give his entire attention to their
use. Similar means also contribute 20
i
sound sleep.
Subjects OF thought should be fire.
quentiy changed. Neither fanaticism
nor insanity from mental causes will
be liable to develop when the mind Is
not constantly held upon one problem,
I probability. possibility. OF perplexity.
surroundings lose their power 20
withdraw the mind from care and fear.
SO from time 20 time the scene should
be changed. Those who postpone trav-
81 for several years often find that they
have lost the capacity Of enjoyment;
care II their courier and they return
unrefreshed. A frequent vacation OF
two or three days in a month would In
many cases be more beneficial than
cunsecutively each year.
The observance OF one day in sever
by "A complete change In subjects OF
thought. and the suspension OF m2de:
OF activity required for six days wvult
be philosophical even though II had NJ
basis In religion. In the first Frencl
revolution the attempt was made 4
have a holiday once in FIVE days. ant
T. again once I'm ten. The intervals wer
} too frequent under the first plan. ant
: did not recur often enough under tn
second. Hence those who hated tn
system which enforced the Sabbatl
were fain TO return to IL.
r The Superintendent of one Of tn
? largest hospitals for the insane declare
? that nineteen out OF twenty OF tn
2 business and professional men VII
/, come under his care have been In tn
/, habit OF carrying business on thei
: minds for seven days In each and ever
q week
: Exaggerated sensitiveness Is n woe
9 happiness and the direct source of mel
7. ancholy. In It's earliest stages IL
: amenable to self-treatment. Many
I restoration to happiness has occurre
! by the revelation to ones self that b
A undue sensitiveness he has been NAL
" ing life intolerable 10 himself and
his friends.
Never, except In an emergenc,
:, should anyone stake all he has upc
= one thing. Caesar aut Mill Is usual
\. Mill. and IL Caesar. Il Is often on
% another form OF nihil. In great emeri
J. encies men are often not content
: wait Because they know not what
:. do. they do they know not what.
Many become insane for want of o
cupation; they Inherit wealth. and wi
In u strait-jacket TO conventionaliti
N I'm which they are compelled TO sper
p their lives. This In especially the ca
le with women. who. generally. null
=. men similarly situated. cannot travel
~ sea or land. OF employ their energi
~ In hunting, fishing or athletics. NJ
" who retire from business voluntari
liz or because OF advancing years. witho
OF modes Of mental occupation. are pro
~ TO melancholy. Some fear power
?" while In the midst OF riches; others a
a.. out OF Joint with the times; others 4
TN veiop strange eccentriciues. illustrs
Ia. ing the proverb. give an old m
an nothing else TO grind and IL will gri
ct mint" A habit OF reading. an inter'
NJ In science. active connection with sol
- systematized philanthropy. n u
100 found and practical sympathy W
We some religious cult" Will postpo
ed the date of the advent Of senility.
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