Consulting Neurologist To The Massachusetts General Hospital

The legs of the stork are long, the legs of the duck are short; you cannot make the legs of the stork short, neither can you make the legs of the duck long. Why worry?—Chwang Tsze.

TO MY LONG-SUFFERING FAMILY AND CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, WHOSE PATIENCE HAS BEEN TRIED BY MY EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE WORRY, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.


CONTENTS

[ PREFACE. ]

[ DEFINITIONS. ]

[ I. INTRODUCTORY ]

[ II. EPICURUS AS A MENTAL HEALER ]

[ III. MARCUS AURELIUS ]

[ IV. ANALYSIS OF WORRY ]

[ V. WORRY AND OBSESSION ]

[ VI. THE DOUBTING FOLLY ]

[ VII. HYPOCHONDRIA ]

[ VIII. NEURASTHENIA ]

[ IX. SLEEPLESSNESS ]

[ X. OCCUPATION NEUROSIS ]

[ XI. THE WORRIER AT HOME ]

[ XII. THE WORRIER ON HIS TRAVELS ]

[ XIII. THE WORRIER AT THE TABLE ]

[ XIV. THE FEAR OF BECOMING INSANE ]

[ XV. RECAPITULATORY ]

[ XVI. MAXIMS MISAPPLIED ]

[ XVII. THE FAD ]

[ XVIII. HOME TREATMENT ]

[ XIX. HOME TREATMENT (CONTINUED) ]