Summary of Claire Weekes's Hope And Help For Your Nerves

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 You may be reading this book because your nerves are in a bad way. You are the person for whom it has been written. I will explain how nervous illness begins and how it can be cured. You will have to persevere and be patient. But don’t despair.
#2 You are no exception. You can find the strength to recover if you make up your mind to, and you don’t have to be a coward to do it.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Stress management
• Self-management

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 09 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669352044
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Claire Weekes's Hope and Help for Your Nerves
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

You may be reading this book because your nerves are in a bad way. You are the person for whom it has been written. I will explain how nervous illness begins and how it can be cured. You will have to persevere and be patient. But don’t despair.

#2

You are no exception. You can find the strength to recover if you make up your mind to, and you don’t have to be a coward to do it.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The endocrine glands govern and regulate the normal functions of our body, including our body’s reaction to stress. They do this with the help of involuntary nerves that act as their messengers.

#2

When we are afraid, we react by sweating, racing hearts, and quick breathing. We also feel a horrible sensation in the pit of the stomach.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

There are different grades of nervous suffering. Many people have bad nerves and yet do not suffer from nervous breakdown. A nervous breakdown is a state in which a person’s symptoms are so intense that he cannot cope with his daily work.

#2

The breaking point is the moment when a person becomes afraid of the alarming, strange sensations produced by continuous fear and tension. This is the moment when they place themselves in the circle of fear-adrenalin-fear.

#3

The first type of nervous breakdown is caused by minor problems, such as an inability to cope with one’s responsibilities due to illness. The second type of breakdown is caused by some overwhelming problem, sorrow, guilt, or disgrace.
Insights from Chapter 4

#1

The most common form of nervous illness is anxiety, and it is characterized by symptoms such as fatigue, churning stomach, racing heart, indigestion, pounding heart, palpitations, missed heartbeats, a sharp pain under the heart, a sore feeling around the heart, sweating hands, and so on.

#2

There are three main pitfalls that lead to nervous illness. They are sensitization, bewilderment, and fear. Sensitization is a state in which our nerves react in an exaggerated way to stress, and they may react this way with alarming swiftness.

#3

Severe sensitization can come suddenly following a shock to the nervous system, such as an exhausting surgical operation, a severe hemorrhage, or a difficult confinement. It can also come gradually following any debilitating illness or constant tension.

#4

When a person is constantly sensitized and afraid of the state he is in, we say he is nervously ill. Fear must be present to bring this type of illness. Sensitization alone is not enough, since without fear a body will quickly repair its sensitized state.

#5

The majority of people who are nervous ill do not realize that their symptoms are a result of stress, and they do not understand that their symptoms are caused by adrenaline secreted when they are afraid or anxious.

#6

Many people, sensitized by one of the many causes described above, are precipitated into nervous illness by the fear induced by some sudden, alarming, yet harmless bodily sensation such as their first unexpected attack of palpitations.

#7

Fear causes an additional outpouring of adrenaline, which leads to a faster heartbeat and more palpitations. The sufferer may panic, thinking he is about to die. His hands sweat, his face burns, and his fingers tingle.

#8

The typical person, particularly if young and not yet protected by the philosophy of age, lies in bed worrying about their bad heart. They are afraid to move for fear of straining it further. This patient was already in a state of nervous tension.

#9

Fear of palpitations is not the only cause of anxiety. People who are nervous also have a constant background of unpleasant sensations. They may have moments of respite, but they are usually restless.

#10

The fear experienced by someone who suffers from stage fright is greater than any person has ever known or could imagine. It can paralyze their will to act, even when they want to.

#11

The sufferer from nervous illness is neither fool nor coward, but often a remarkably brave person who fights his breakdown to the best of his ability with commendable although often misdirected courage.

#12

When a person is in the stage of fighting their anxiety, they are usually advised to fight it. But the harder they fight, the worse they become. They may develop severe headaches, which they liken to an iron band around their head, or a weight pressing on top of it.

#13

The doctor usually prescribes sedatives at this stage, and there is no doubt that the patient may need them. But with a layman’s distrust of such dope, his family is probably urging him to Throw the wretched stuff down the sink, adding, It is only helping to depress you.

#14

When a person is suffering from fear, he may eventually give up and collapse. The words Doctor, he has collapsed! close a chapter for him and chain him to the bed.

#15

The basis of all breakdown is fear. Even great sorrow is mixed with fear, the fear of facing the future alone. Sexual problems are most likely to cause breakdown when accompanied by fear or guilt.