Nervous ills, their cause and cure

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sidis, Boris, 1867-1923

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Nervous Ills, Their Cause and Cure" by Boris Sidis is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the realm of psychopathology, examining the intricate relationship between fear and various nervous disorders. Sidis aims to demystify the subject, arguing against the then-popular psychoanalytic theories and emphasizing the significance of self-preservation mechanisms in understanding human psychology. The opening of the book introduces Sidis's perspective on the foundational impulse of self-preservation that governs all life, including human behavior. He posits that fear is a vital instinct, intimately connected to the drive for survival. This introductory section sets the stage for his analysis of how fear can manifest in both healthy and pathological forms, impacting individuals' lives significantly. He critiques the reduction of psychological principles to mere sexual theories, which he believes distracts from a more comprehensive understanding of human mental processes. Through a series of case studies, Sidis intends to illuminate the mechanisms of nervous illnesses, focusing on how fear can lead to a wide range of psychosomatic conditions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Self-preservation and fear

Stages of fear

The primacy of fear

Fear and superstition

The power of fear

Fear and disease

Forms of neurosis

Fear and the hypnoidal state

Health and morbidity

The subconscious

The conditions and laws of suggestion

Is the subconscious a personality?

The character of the hypnoidal state

Hypnoidal psychotherapy

Egotism and fear

Neurotic parasitism

Fundamental principles

Illustrations

Hypnoidal treatment

Fear confessions

Trance apparitions

Recurrent fear states: psycholepsy

Aphonia

Suggested hallucinations

Trance servility

The hypnoidal state and superstitions

Neurosis and heredity

Neurosis and eugenics

Primitive fears

The herd and the subconscious

Mysticism

Fear suggestions

Life energy and the neurotic

Dynamic energy

Fear varieties

Control of the neurotic

Regained energy and mental health.

Credits:

Produced by Turgut Dincer, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 50.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Release date is 2018-04-02