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.

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)