Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-29
sELF-cURED NERVOUSNESS.
The Patients VIII Can DO Much To-
ward Curing This Annoy
Ing Affection.

"Self-control as a cure for nervous
diseases is a remedy more efficacious
then medicine at times" said a prom
inent Washington practitioner, ac-
cording to the Star, "and since its x
ercise lisa matter of mere habit, 1 will
tell you about it.
Nervousness is a disease, and
nervous persons, especially women,
are a torture to themselves, an object
of pity on the part of some and of
contempt on the part of others.
Nervousness in itself, nervous prostra-
ton in its various stages and the diff
ferent forms of nervous fright and
irritability largely result from per-
sons allowing themselves to yield to
certain channels of thought which
have fear as a basis.
st makes slight difference what
this element of fear may be, whether
the loss of money, of a beloved one
position, or what else, the subject
nurses this dread little by little, IN
til except in the ease of a sudden and
powerful shock, imperceptibly, but
with insidious certainty, the nerve
centers feel the strain and gradual
ly give way. The subject begins to
suffer loss of appetite, sleeplessness
intervenes, loss of flesh necessarily re-
suits and a whole train of evils fol-
lows in rapid sequence, from becom-
ing a burden to oneself, family and
friends in going around in n perpet-
ual state of nervous irritability or mel
ancholia, to complete collapse in bed
from nervous prostration.
"While patients will yield to med
ical treatment in some instances the
beneficial effects of sedatives or tonics
are often ~neutralized by the patient
refusing to exercise self-control and
in nursing the particular trouble
which may be preying upon the mind.
When expostulated with the invari-
able reply is: 4 can't help it.
"Persons of nervous temperament
and in various stages of nervous dis
eases will be astonished to see how
quickly the physical will respond to a
determination of the mind not to
yield to certain lines of familiar
thought which constitute the subjects
troubles. They will find that the brain
may be said to be a creature of habit,
in that certain lines of thought will
force themselves and often'at certain
times of the day more prominently
as in the morning. Endeavor to de-
velop q feeling of don't care and
maintain it. Once the subject deter.
mines to curb and control thought the
brain will be found to yield to con
troll, slowly at first, but surely wher
the subject persists as much as his
or her feeble will power allows ir
mot thinking about it,
''To aid in this great Fundamental
cure of nervousness and nervous trou
bles travel largely conduces, because
as simple as it is, when persons trave
they have to do things they do moi
wish to do, entailing a change o.
thought, consequent relaxation o
strain of the brain cells, more or les.
physical exercise and a change of all
and scene.
FIFTY per cent, perhaps more, O
nervous troubles are aggravated ant
prolonged by remaining amid familiar
surroundings and among the immedi
ate members of the family, where thei
weaknesses, often silly and foolish
are coddled and humored, until tn
subject believes himself or herself des
perately i'll or finally develops a rea
disease.
"If nervous people who have no
reached this stage only knew what
nuisance they are and how readil,
their i%rritability would disappear i
they would hold themselves up to thei
irrespective vision, determine to con
troll themselves and not allow 1hei
whims, habits or snappy tempers t,
control them, they would become pref
tier and stouter women, and stronge
and better men. They would find tina
s~elf-control is a habit, as it become
a habit for women 70 nag, fret or sho,
temper, and for a man to feel tina
he is p~erpetually going to lose his pc
sition, OF suffer loss in his business.
"One must persevere in the self
control cure for nervousness, but one
the nerves are whipped into menta
subsection patients gain flesh an,
strength and wonder how they coul
have been so weak. The legend to b
inscribed upon the nervous person
banner is short, but effective-'don'
yield.'"