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Start of eBook	1
CHAPTER I	1
NERVOUS FOLK	1
THE EARMARKS	1
SUMMARY	3
CHAPTER II	3
THE DRAMA OF NERVES	3
THE POSITIVE SIDE	6
THE POWER BEHIND IDEAS	9
CHARACTER AND HEALTH	10
KNOWING OUR MACHINE	11
SUMMARY	12
PART II: “HOW THE WHEELS GO ROUND”	13
CHAPTER III	13
THE STORY OF THE INSTINCTS	13
INTRODUCING THE INSTINCTS	13
THE SPECIFIC INSTINCTS AND THEIR EMOTIONS (AFTER MCDOUGALL)	14
I THE SELF-PRESERVATIVE INSTINCTS	16
CHAPTER IV	21
II. THE RACE-PRESERVATIVE INSTINCTS	21
LEARNING TO LOVE	22
CIVILIZATION’S PROBLEM	26
THE BULWARK WE HAVE BUILT	28
PARENTAL INSTINCT AND TENDER EMOTION	31
SUMMARY	31
CHAPTER V	33
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND	33
ANCESTRAL MEMORIES	36
PERSONAL MEMORIES	38
SOME HABITS OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS	46
SUMMARY	50
CHAPTER VI	51
BODY AND MIND	51
THE CONTAGION OF IDEAS	52
WHY FEELINGS COUNT	57
BODILY RESPONSE TO EMOTIONAL STATES	58
SUMMARY	61
CHAPTER VII	62
THE REAL TROUBLE	62
THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH	62
THE CAUSES OF “NERVES”	65
CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES	66
LATER EXPERIENCES	74
THE BREAKDOWN ITSELF	74
SERVING A PURPOSE	74
SIGN LANGUAGE	77
SUMMARY	80
PART III—THE MASTERY OF “NERVES”	81
CHAPTER VIII	81
THE WAY OUT	81
RE-EDUCATION WITH SUBCONSCIOUS EXPLORATION	83
RE-EDUCATION WITHOUT SUBCONSCIOUS EXPLORATION	92
PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION	93
SUMMARY	96
CHAPTER IX	98
THAT TIRED FEELING	98
PHYSIOLOGICAL FATIGUE	100
NERVOUS FATIGUE	105
SUMMARY	111
CHAPTER X	112
DIETARY TABOOS	112
WHAT WE NEED TO EAT	113
THE FEAR OF CERTAIN FOODS	115
COMMON AILMENTS	118
SUMMARY	124
CHAPTER XI	124
THE BUGABOO OF CONSTIPATION	124
THE TRUTH ABOUT CONSTIPATION	125
FOOD AND CONSTIPATION	130
THE CURE	131
SUMMARY	133
CHAPTER XII	134
A WOMAN’S ILLS	134
THE MENSTRUAL PERIOD	136
THE “CHANGE OF LIFE”	140
OTHER TROUBLES	141
SUMMARY	143
CHAPTER XIII	143
THAT INTERESTING INSOMNIA	143
A HARMLESS HABIT	144
WHAT CAUSES THE FATIGUE	145
HOW TO GO TO SLEEP	146
THE PURPOSE OF INSOMNIA	147
SUMMARY	148
CHAPTER XIV	148
FEELING OUR FEELINGS	148
SELECTING OUR SENSATIONS	149
DETERMINING CAUSES	152
SOME LOWERED THRESHOLDS	153
SUMMARY	159
CHAPTER XV	160
CHOOSING OUR EMOTIONS	160
THE POWER OF CHOICE	160
A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF	161
WHEN KNOWLEDGE HELPS	162
THE HIGHEST KIND OF CHOICE	165
SUMMARY	168
CHAPTER XVI	169
FINDING VENT IN SUBLIMATION	169
SUMMARY	171
GLOSSARY	172
BIBLIOGRAPHY	173
BOOKS ON MENTAL HYGIENE	174
BOOKS ON PSYCHO-ANALYSIS	174
JOURNALS DEVOTED TO THE SUBJECT OF NERVOUS DISORDERS	175
INDEX	175
B	175
C	175
D	176
E	177
F	177
G	177
H	177
I	178
J	178
K	178
L	178
M	178
N	178
O	179
P	179
R	179
S	179
T	180
U	180
V	180
W	180
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM CASES	180
B	181
C	181
D	181
E	181
F	181
G	181
I	181
L	181
M	181
N	181
O	181
P	181
R	181
S	181
T	182
U	182
W	182
Transcriber’s Notes	182

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