Oct 15, 2001 08:07 PM
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'My heart beats too fast.''My hands tremble and sweat.'
'My stomach turns.' I have terrible headaches.''I can't sleep.''Sometimes I can't leave home, even to do a routine errand.' These common symptoms of nervous illness are'minor' only to the people who don't suffer from them. But to the thousands of people they affect, these problems make the difference between a happy, healthy life and one of crippling fear and frustration.
People suffering from the commonest, simplest form of nervous illness(simplest form of Anxiety State) complain otf some, or all, of the following symptoms: fatigue, churning stomach, indigestion, racing heart, banging heart, palpitations, 'missed' heartbeats, a sharp pain under the heart, a sore feeling around the heart, sweating hands, 'pins and needles' in the hands and feet, a choking feeling in the throat, an inability to take in a deep breath, a tight feeling across the chest, diarrhea, sleeplessness, and depression.
The following is a typical list brought to the doctor by such a patient. This was brought to the doctor by such a patient. When I started feeling a lot of these symptoms I wrote them down and gave the list to my doctor. And to recover from this illness you have to set your mind to it. Do not run away from it. Accept all the strange sensations connected with your illness, Let there be no self-pity. Face, accept, float, and let time pass. If you do these things, you will recover!
