By George Lincoln Walton, M.D.
By George Lincoln Walton, M.D.
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)