Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-04
SElp.MELP FOR NERVOUSNESS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
"Self-cOntrOl as a cure for nervous
diseases is a remedy more efi1caciOus
than medicine at times" said n prom
inent Washington practitioner. ana
since its exercise II n matter of mere
habit. I will tell you about 1t.
Nervousness II a disease. ana
nervous persons. especially women.
are torture to themselves. an object
of pity on the part of some ana or
contempt on the part Of others. Ner.
vOusness In itself, nervous prOstratiOn
In It's various stages and the different
forms of nervous fright and irritability
largely result from persons allowing
themselves to yield TO certain channels
of thought which have fear as a ba.
sis.
1T makes slight difference what this
element of fear may be. whether the
loss of money. of a beloved one. pO.
sition. or what else, the subject nurses
this dread little by little. until. except
In the case of u sudden and powerful
shock. impcrceptably. nut with insidi-
GUS certainty, the nerve centres feel
the strain and gradually give way.
The subject begins to suffer loss of
appetite. sleeplessness intervenes. loss
| of flesh necessarily results, ana Il
whole train of evils follow In rapid
| sequence. from becoming Il burden IL
oneself, family. and friends In COINS
around In n perpetual state of nervous
irritability or melanchOlll, to complete
collapse In bed from nervous prOstra
ton.
while the patient will yield to med
ical treatment In some instances, til,
beneficial effects OF sedatives or tonic,
are often neutralized by the patient
refusing to exercise self-cOntrOl, ant
In nursing the particular trouble, whicl
may be preying upon the mind. Whei
eXpOstulated with the invariable re-
ply Is, 1 can't help It,
Persons OF nervous Temperament
and In various stages Of nervous dis
eases will be astOnlshed to see how
quickly the physical will respond t
n determination Of the mind not t
yield to certain lines of familiar
thought which constitute the subject
troubles. They will find that tn
brain may be said to be creature
Of habit, In that certain lines o
thought will force themselves and OF
ten ut certain times OF the day NOR
prominently, rs In the morning. En-
deavqg to develop feeling Of don
care, and maintain 1t. Once the sui
ject determines to curb and cOntrO
thought the brain will he found 4
yield to control, slowly ut first. bu
surely when the subject persists Il
much as his or her feeble will pOwe
allows In not thinking about it,
ITO aid In this great Fundamental
, cure Of nervousness and nervous trOu
. bles, travel largely cOnduces, becaus,
| as simple as 1t Is, when persons travt
they have to do things they do no
wish to do. entailing change G
thought. consequent relaxation {
strain of the brain cells, more or les
physical exercise and a change of II
and scene.
| pCt CVht,
nervous troubles are aggravated M
, prolonged by remaining amid familii
surroundings and among the imme
ate members of the family, where the
weaknesses, often silly and foolish, a
, cOddled and humOred. until the subje
believes himself or herself desperate
i'll or finally develops real disease.
!. IF nervous people who have n
. reached this stage only knew what
r nuisance they are and how readi
/. their irritability would disappear
they would hold themselves up to the
irrespective vision, determine to co..
= troll themselves and not allow the
I whms, habits or snappy tempers
4 control them, they would become pre-
8 tier and stOuter women, and strong,
0 and better men. They would find tn,
self-cOntrOl Is habit, as 1t becOm,
; a habit for wcmen to nag, fret I
d show temper, and for u man to fe
] that he IL perpetually going to 10,
his position or suffer loss In his bus
, ness.
} zone must persevere In the self-cOl
, troll cure for nervousness. hut on,
! the nerves are whipped into ment
1 subsection patients gain flesh az
J. strength and wonder how they cou
have been so weak. The legend
;. he inscribed upon the nervous pc
Q sons banner IL short but effective
don't yield"