HABIT OF WORRY

Hawera Star, Volume LII, 28 January 1933, Page 13

HABIT OF WORRY

SERIOUS EFFECT ON HEALTH

Harassed women are often given the gratuitous advice by well-meaning jfiends, ‘‘Don’t worry.’’ ’the words are supposed to be a panacea for all the ills of body and mind. JJut in these days of economic stress the advice is often hard for women to iollon. Nevertheless, some attempt should he made to gain at least a certain amount of control of the mind, tor worry will do u great deal t.o injure health aim beauty.

It is useless for women to seek to retain their youth and beauty by ah external aids to beauty if the mind is not reasonably free from worry, which shows out m drawn faces, tired lines about the- month and eyes, faded complexions-, dull eyes, and a complete absence of that vitality and radiance which are in themselves a chum to beauty. Susceptibility to- worry is often due to an unrecognised physical hunger. There are a great many women wlio pay tne utmost attention to the diet of their families, but content themselves with merely a cup oi tea and probably a piece of bread ami butter. Such people need nourishment ; good, .easily digested lood that will be easily converted into energy and physical stamina. The ressult winthen be a sense of physical well-being that is in itself an invaluable aid L beauty, . Many women reject the men tint, they are hungry, simply because thev feel disinclined’ for food, but if thee were, to eat light, nourishing meals, they would find that their tendency to worry was replaced by a feeling of optimism and courage.