Garland Globe | 1908-07-04 | Page 3 | Ill Health and Morbidness

ILL HEALTH AND MORBIDNESS. Unfortunate Reiult of Intante Paulon for Sympathy.' Ono of tho tendencies of 111 health la to make one morbid. Peoplo who-aro who-aro constantly thinking about tholr all. ments, worrying about tholr troubles, (uttering pain, ofton develop a morbid pttBBlon for sympathy. Thoy want to toll everybody of tholr aches and pains, to descrlbo their symptoms, says a wrltor. Havo you over known a woman who has acquired tho doctor habit, a woman who loves nothing in the world qulto so woll as an oppor-tunlty oppor-tunlty to toll tho doctor of her all-ments all-ments 7 She 1iaa poured them out to unwilling cars, to forced listeners, till she longs for somo ono who can really appreclato it all, who sympa-thlzea sympa-thlzea with her in her troubles; so sho sends fur the doctor or goes to boo him. This bocomes almost a mania with some womon, who havo fow outsldp activities to divert them. Tholr minds naturally rovort to them-boIvcs them-boIvcs and thoy think or tholr unfor-tunato unfor-tunato condition until thoy becomo saturated with tho poisoned thought.