TRICKS NERVES PLAY.
LONDON, May 2. Curious cases of nervous obsession were described by Dr John Rickman at the conference at the Central Ilall in connection with the Nursing and Midwifery Exhibition. Among the instances he quoted were: A woman whose life was made a nightmare by her horror of “unlucky 13.” She was obsessed with the idea that if she could get rid of this horror she would be well again. A man who was haunted by the fear that he was unworthy to be married. m A man who was happy only in prison, because when he was “doing time” he had no responsibility. He constantly committed small offences to get into prison. The majority of neurotic people, said Dr Rickman, were more intelligent on the whole than the average members of the community. Neurotic trouble was the only illness that affected the whole of the community.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18187, 21 June 1927, Page 9
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