Project Gutenberg 2018-04-02 Public domain in the USA. 243 Sidis, Boris 1867 1923 22024046 Nervous ills, their cause and cure 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. 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) "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.) Reading ease score: 50.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Nervous system -- Diseases Neuroses RC Text Category: Health & Medicine Category: Psychiatry/Psychology 585704 2025-06-22T15:16:08.930165 text/html 585443 2018-04-01T20:34:22 text/html 584328 2025-06-22T15:16:19.575027 application/epub+zip 588716 2025-06-22T15:16:11.323073 application/epub+zip 288201 2025-06-22T15:16:10.124105 application/epub+zip 773666 2025-06-22T15:16:25.814020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 703195 2025-06-22T15:16:17.942014 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407533 2022-08-25T15:13:59.456249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 511119 2025-06-22T15:16:07.782113 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 511301 2018-04-01T20:34:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19644 2025-06-22T15:16:25.989027 application/rdf+xml 13218 2025-06-22T15:16:10.264050 image/jpeg 1704 2025-06-22T15:16:10.195075 image/jpeg 181265 2018-04-01T20:34:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 570780 2018-04-01T20:34:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 583373 2025-06-22T15:16:08.995122 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia