JUST NERVESiUSED AND ABUSED WORDSHow often does one hear some unfortunate person's troubles tersely and somewhat contemptuously summarized by the supercilious onlooker as "just nerves"! As though now that the doctors had been unable to find a serious physical disease, there was nothing left but to condemn the still obstinately remaining disorder as *' purely imaginary."This popular prejudice against nervous disorders is, like most prejudices, based upon ignorance and misunderstanding; in this instance ignorance of the facts of human psychology and misunderstanding of the phenomena of human behavior.Much confusion has arisen in the language which deals with mental phenom-Table of Contents CONTENTS; Introduction, by Henry van Dyke 9; I Used and Abused Words IS; II Human Behavior 23; III Modern Life and the Over-Sensitive 37; IV Childhood Training 65; V Common-Sense Rules 77; NOTE ; Acknowledgments are due to the editors of Mental Hygiene for permission to reprint those parts of this book which appeared in the April, 1922, number of that journalAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org