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Title: Nerves and Common Sense

Author: Annie Payson Call

Posting Date: July 25, 2009 [EBook #4339]
Release Date: August, 2003
First Posted: January 11, 2002

Language: English

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NERVES AND COMMON SENSE

BY

ANNIE PAYSON CALL

_Author of "Power Through Repose," "As a Matter of Course," "The
Freedom of Life," etc._

_NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION_

MANY of these articles first appeared in "The Ladies' Home Journal,"
and I am glad to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Edward Bok--the
editor--for his very helpful and suggestive titles.

ANNIE PAYSON CALL.

CONTENTS

I. HABIT AND NERVOUS STRAIN
II. HOW WOMEN CAN KEEP FROM BEING NERVOUS
III. "YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW I AM RUSHED"
IV. "WHY DOES MRS. SMITH GET ON MY NERVES?"
V. THE TRYING MEMBER OF THE FAMILY
VI. IRRITABLE HUSBANDS
VII. QUIET _vs._ CHRONIC EXCITEMENT
VIII. THE TIRED EMPHASIS
IX. HOW TO BE ILL AND GET WELL
X. IS PHYSICAL CULTURE GOOD FOR GIRLS?
XI. WORKING RESTFULLY
XII. IMAGINARY VACATIONS
XIII. THE WOMAN AT THE NEXT DESK
XIV. TELEPHONES AND TELEPHONING
XV. DON'T TALK
XVI. "WHY FUSS SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT I EAT?"
XVII. TAKE CARE OF YOUR STOMACH
XVIII. ABOUT FACES
XIX. ABOUT VOICES
XX. ABOUT FRIGHTS
XXI. CONTRARINESS
XXII. HOW TO SEW EASILY
XXIII. DO NOT HURRY
XXIV. THE CARE OF AN INVALID
XXV. THE HABIT OF ILLNESS
XXVI. WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES ME SO NERVOUS?
XXVII. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFORT
XXVIII. HUMAN DUST
XXIX. PLAIN EVERY-DAY COMMON SENSE
XXX. A SUMMING UP

CHAPTER I

_Habit and Nervous Strain_

PEOPLE form habits which cause nervous strain. When these habits have
fixed themselves for long enough upon their victims, the nerves give
way and severe depression or some other form of nervous prostration is
the result. If such an illness turns the attention to its cause, and so
sta