Pain and pleasure . estion willserve to make clear one further point. The readi-ness of the neurasthenic to find in his stomach aprolific source of trouble can hardly be a matter ofsurprise. Whatever the original character of hisdifficulty, fancied or real, it would take no greatamount of disagreeable thinking to have a sub-stantial effect in thwarting digestion. When eat-ing proceeds under these conditions the way toreal trouble is not far ahead. What per cent, ofdyspepsia is nervous it is difficult to say, butit can be readily seen that there is practically nolimit to the power of pleasantly
Pain and pleasure . estion willserve to make clear one further point. The readi-ness of the neurasthenic to find in his stomach aprolific source of trouble can hardly be a matter ofsurprise. Whatever the original character of hisdifficulty, fancied or real, it would take no greatamount of disagreeable thinking to have a sub-stantial effect in thwarting digestion. When eat-ing proceeds under these conditions the way toreal trouble is not far ahead. What per cent, ofdyspepsia is nervous it is difficult to say, butit can be readily seen that there is practically nolimit to the power of pleasantly or unpleasantlytoned ideas to further or hinder the assimilationof food. Effects on Circulation It is the circulation which immediately availsus of whatever vital resources we have. And aspain always means that conflict is on in real earn- PAIN AND PLEASURE 89 est, it necessarily carries with it a hurry up callfor activity of the circulation in special the interest of making mighty efforts, it is nec-. Fig. s, B1 2. Woman, 19. The tenth minute shows a pleasure-anticipation fall beginning; this went on for five minutes, thesystolic falling 28 millimeters, the diastolic falling quickly 4 milli-meters then rising slightly in what is practically a plateau. Thisgirl volunteered a report of long training in repression of the un-pleasant for the sake of euphoria — happiness-training such as the new thought inculcates. In the 24th minute the memory of anunpleasant experience (involving some little difficulty) very quicklyraised both the systolic and the diastolic and disturbed the vasomotorapparatus so much that all sounds forthwith disappeared for 6 min-utes, and the diastolic sounds mostly for 15 minutes. The twoheart-counts were 92. essary that the slow nutritive processes, which havegradually furnished us our strength, are held incomplete abeyance. The body is on a war foot- QO PAIN AND PLEASURE ing, and every energy is bent to the quick mobi-lizatio
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