The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-03-20
sEIF-cuRED NERVOUSNESS.
The Patients Will Can Do Much TO-
ward Curing This Annoy
Ing Affection.


diseases is remedy more etficacious
then medicine at times" said prom
inent Washington practitioner, ac-
cording to the Star, land since Its ex-
ercise IS a matter of mere habit, 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 parl 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 basis.
ct makes slight difference what
this element OF fear may be, whether
the loss of money, of beloved one,
position, or what else, the subject
nurses this dread little by little. M
til except in the case of a sudden lad
powerful shock, impercept.5 ly, bu@
with insidious certainty, the nerve
centers feel the strain and gradual
ly give Wy. 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 beeom-
ing a burden to oneself, family and
friends in going around in perpet-
ual state of nervous irritability or mel
ancholia, to complete collapse in bed
from nvrvous prustratioE.
''While patients will yield to med
ical treatment in some instances the
beneficial effects of sedatiyes or tonics
are often neutralized by the patient
refusing to exercise self-control and
in nursing the par cular trouble
which may be proving upon the mind.
When expostulated with the invari-
able reply is: L 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 viii 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 creature of habit.
in that certain lines of thought will
force themselves and oftepat certain
times of the day more prominently,
as IN the morning. Endeavor to de-
vefop feeling of don't care and
maintain il Once the subject deter
mines to curb and control thought the
brain will be found to yield to con-
troll. slowly al first, but surely. when
the subject persists as much as his
or her feeble will power allows in
not 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 travel
they have to do things they do not
wish to do, entailing change of
thought, consequent relaxation of
strain of the brain cells, more or less
physical exercise and a change of air
and scene.
Fifty per cent, perhaps more. of
nervous troubles are aggravated and
prolonged by remaining amid familiar
surroundings and among the immedi-
ate members of the family, where their
weaknesses, often silly and foolish,
are coddled and aumored, until the
subject believes himself or herself des-
perately i'll or finally develops a real
disease.
eff nervous people who have not
reached this stage only knew what
nuisance they are and how readily
their irritability would disappear if
they would hold themselves up to their
irrespective vision, determine to con-
troll themselves and not allow their
whims, habits or snappy tempers to
control them, they would become pref
tier and stouter women, and stronger
and better men. They would find that
self-control is habit, as it becomes
habit for women to nag, fret or show
temper, and for man to feel that
he is perpetually going to lose his po-
sition, or suffer loss in his business.
Zone must persevere in the self
control cure for nervousness, but once
the nerves are whipped into mental
subsection patients gain flesh and
strength and wonder how they could
have been so weak. The legend TO be
inscribed upon the nervous persons
banner is short, but effective-'don't
yield"