The Confession Of A Neurasthenic

Author : William Taylor Marrs
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ISBN 13 : 9781492759126
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a Neurasthenic written by William Taylor Marrs and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a hypothetical and often humorous autobiography of an imaginary neurasthenic, written by a doctor who has successfully treated such patients.A neurosis is a nervous symptom of some sort, and if you have a sufficient number and variety of them you are a neurasthenic.Reader, you have perhaps wondered all along how I could ever hold myself down to write a little sketch of my life. I wonder myself that I have thus been able to jot down twenty thousand words without once going in for repairs. I did not realize until this very moment what a lot of work I was piling up--an effort that is appalling for me to contemplate. Indeed, I have suddenly grown so tired of it that I have decided, here and now, to give it up, as I have all my other undertakings. And I had this little volume only about half compiled! Perhaps, some day, in a spasm of industry I may be able to write the other half.At any rate, I have written enough to convince even the most skeptical that the neurasthenic is no ordinary individual. We want the world to know that our little brotherhood is ever entitled to respect--more so than many other cults that become fashionable for a day and then depart from the "earth, earthy." It is true, we think much about our health and those measures calculated to retain or regain it, as well as misdirecting energy in our pursuits and pastimes; but, after all, that's our business! The world should not look on us as being cold and selfish; if it does, the case is another one wherein "things are not what they seem." We have big, warm hearts that beat for others' woes and are ever responsive to the "touch of nature that makes the whole world kin."We neurasthenics have slumbering within our bosoms ambitions and possibilities that, if set in motion, would move mountains and revert the course of rivers. But we can't work up enough energy to consummate our aims and carry things to a finish. Perhaps we may be able to do so some day. Oh, Some Day, you are a mirage on the desert of life that ever lures us on to things that can only be attained in the land where dreams come true!I am now wound up for quite a bit of pretty writing like this, but as I have promised to say good-night and good-bye, I will put my flights of fancy back in the box and go to bed.I. The Neurasthenic during his InfancyII. The Perversity of his ChildhoodIII. As a Shiftless and Purposeless YouthIV. His Pursuit of an EducationV. Tries to Find an Occupation Conducive to HealthVI. New Symptoms and the Pursuit of HealthVII. The Neurasthenic Falls in LoveVIII. Morbid Fears and FanciesIX. Germs and How he Avoided Them. AppendicitisX. Dieting for Health's SakeXI. Tells of a Few New Occupations and VenturesXII. Tries a New Business; also Travels some for his HealthXIII. Tries a Retired Life; is also an Investigator of New Thought, Christian Science, Hypnotic SuggestionXIV. The Cultivation of a Few Vices and the ConsequencesXV. Considers Politics and Religion. Consults Osteopathic and Homeopathic DoctorsXVI. Takes a Course in a Medical CollegeXVII. Turns Cow-boy. Has Run the Gamut of FadsXVIII. Gives up the Task of Writing Confessions