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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1936.

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What's your

pet

Phobia"?

most of us have

our harmless little eccentricities

•

though we don't all realise it

LAUSTROPHOBIA

was chastised and locked in'n cupboard for twenty minutes.

A man had been locked up as a boy in a lumber room, where · draped boxes seemed to him to conceal skeletons and other frightening objects.

Many acrophobes (who fear heights) are really afraid of a desire to commit suicide, which. is never far from them and comes to the surface on theso occasions. One such had a fear that he would precipitate him- self over the railings of theatro balconies.

Hysteria, anxiety, and fear are relieved, but at the cost of

Mysophobes (those who fear one's bodily comfort.

dirt) usually have a strong Certain causes of paralysis sense of guilt due to a aub and blindness produced in shell- conscious fear of moral con-- shock of war come into this tamination. category.

Similar are the pathophobes, When the anxiety disappears who fear disease and drugs. the bodily symptoms disappear also.

Those who suffer from a fear of death also suffer from this HE third neurosis extreme subconscious feeling of

THE neurosis quilt dating from childhood-

intellectual and brain workers, which makes them feel that is exemplified by the great they surely deserve death. Dr. Johnson: it is the obses- One pyrophobe (fear of caus- sional neurosis.

ing fire by neglect) had strong Obsessional people must carry conscious desires to set fire to Pantophobia (fear of every out certain movements and places in order to watch them

in the news thing, cars, colds, embarrassing rituals, must touch lampposts, burn. Instead of gratifying was

questions, etc).

must count up the number of this abnormal desire, he de- yesterday.

Phobophobia (fear of being letters in words, etc.

veloped this phobia, which A famous star, Renée Hous- afraid or of being considered

One obsessional whom I knew saved him from his dangerous Stubbs Roadton-at home in the wide open afraid).

Phobias are one variety of had to do things by threes or impulses. splaces of the country's largest

groups of threes; had to take the anxiety neurosis-now music-hall stages admitted fashionable

three bites or three spoonfuls of PHOBIACS complaint. And that she went in mortal fear of collectors

food; open or close a door three many times in succession; three words, confined spaces. She Was a more.

Hongkong Telegraph.classtrophobe.

MONDAY, AUG. 17. 1936.

BRITISH TRADE

BOOM.

Britons in all parts of the world will have read the recent

Where am 17 (Film-"Stars over Broadway")

James Melton, statement in the House of Com-in to keep the church door open,

Carry me back to the Lono Prairic The Spanish Lady (Hughes) Limehouse Reach (Proctor-Gregg B-8446 A little love, à little kiss (Silosu)

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Lott A Melody from the Sky

BD-353

I'm a fool for loving you

You have that extra samething

Arc

know

very

inefficiency, 60 bad

a

mental

Brain workers, lenders, actors,

Now we realise that not only geniuses and artists but even plain, blunt, solid brain workers can and do suffer from nervous complaints.

W mean?

commoner

RS

I suggested, are than Is usually

Most of us have at least one

Only when they interfere with our career and happiness do they need treatment.

bins

tend dis-

H. P. D.

MY DOG'S MISDEEDS

·were imprisoned like The Morning Rolls humans for their misdeeds, it is

Removed to the suburbs, safe from THE commonest of certain many of them would spend the environment of public-houses, it

IF

dogs

major portion of their

own.

a pauge, and then three words, thought. T one time, to ad- If he missed he became panic- or Recently a young claustro-

plaints was to be suspected of at night, recalling the events aversions, phobe felt that he would be incipient insanity or just plain of the day to make sure that he unable to marry the girl of his shirking. At any rate, you had not broken the rule. choice if called upon to face the were not a nice person to know.

THAT do phobias

The paychologist is usually Now we realise that just as

able to reveal their subconscious. orden of a ceremony in the bad bodily hygiene will cause

Each has a different meaning, causes-even dating from child- confined space of a church, bodily complaints and physical Only paychological investigation hood. As theso are revealed His closest friend was sworn hygiene will cause nervous com- can show. Here are some of and come to the service of the

conscience, plaints and mental inefficiency. the commoner ones.

Many claustrophobins date the pho- James Melton,mons by the President of the and on no account allow it to

One woman traced here back to .Stuart Robertson. Board of Trade indicating the be closed; and he was able to all who work under tension are from early experiences.

prone. Stuart Robertson. present state of British trade and face the ordeal.

Stupid and lazy people cannot to a time when as a child she appear. Derek Oldham. industry and the outlook for the

Many claustrophobes will not overstrain their minds. Derek. Oldham. future. Reports from many cen- travel by underground train or Molly Picon, tres, banking and commercial, descend a subway. Many feel have indicated a distinctly up in a train or boat; even in Molly Picon.ward trend in business conditions,

a dosed car. Sam Browne. and Mr. Runciman was able to

Claustrophobia is only one of (Film "Trail of the Lonesome Pine") Sam Browne, confirm the fact that, in spite of

On nervous complaint is vnxiety tively short lives languishing In Jail, new source of entertainment. numerous obstacles to the flow of many phobias. Phobincs

the conclusion of his curly neurosis, of which phobias are Take, for example, the case of my morning romp, he would appear Frances Day international trade, Britain is far commoner than you would

a variety. Frances Day.

carrying a bag of morning rolls securing increasing markets for suspect.

Anxiety neurosis is a vicious Of most lovable and obedient dis-true retriever fashion, without leav FAMOUS her goods, although chief hope at

play circle. Excessive anxiety dis- position in the home, once let loose ing so much us a toothmark on the

efficiency. wright will walk turbs

his record of crime would be dificult paper bug. How many homes had Inefficiency s the moment centres on. Empire

to surpass. Not that there is any-roll-less and wrathful breakfasts be- thing to suggest the criminal about fore he could be finally broken of trade rather than trade with miles to avoid crossing an open creates habitual anxiety.

Usually this is complicated his appearance.

he the habit contrary, he

a matter somewhat dis- On the other centres, None the less, square or a wide street. In the

For a while nothing beyond a there has also been some gain in street you will see him hug the and aggravated by habits form- han that dignified, solemn, and, on turbing to contemplate.

ed in childhood, by habitual in- occasions, almost soulful expression

feud with a neighbouring common to all well-bred spanlets. deadly netunt foreign trade. The in-buildings. Only indoors is he decisions, by uncontrolled ambi- twelve years use he arrived all fox terrier engaged his attention. cars and feet, with shining black Frequently this was carried into-the- creased trade within the Empire really at case; he is an agora- tions, etc.

coal and nose to match.

enemy's camp, culminating in a gory duel on the enemy's front doorstep. has been one of the most encourag-phobe and feurs crowds and

His downward career commenced Having completely established the THE second neurosis

ia hysterin (not in puppyhood days. Developing a mastery over his, adversary, it Was ing and gratifying features of the open spaces.

Most of you know the bons used in the popular sense of curious interest in a certain public-not long before he was indulging in

house, nothing would induce him to a new and more Hongkong, un- situation of late.

wife who weeps after you leave malingering or shirking).

In this, the subconscious mind pass its door, till it was discovered petty pilfering

Builders' he had made friends with a walter, a treadmark on the polished takes a hand. Anxiety is trans- who was in the habit of rewarding the vicinity left their midday meat happily, does not shure In very great measure in this develop floor, a speck of ash on lated into a bodily symptom his visits with any stale ples in ment, although as time goes on carpet, a bread, crumb outside

such as

nervous indigestion, over from the previous day. Ob- the pockets of their coats hanging palpitation, nervous

his extraordinary alert nose. The certain viously, to be dragged into a public-nails within convenient reach of there is no reason why, with the your plate. She suffers from

house at all odd times of the day sight of a black spaniel, cars flapping mysophobia-fear of dirt.

headaches, asthmas, can lead to the most embarrassing wildly, carrying a huge slab or prospect of bigger industrial ex-

I etc.TM One mysophobiac writer pansion locally, this Colony's )

know dusts his typwriter and position should not be materially study table after each para-| improved. One

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Acrophobia (fear of heights). Nyctophobia

dark).

(fear of

the

of disease Pathophobia (fear or germs).

Pyrophobia (fear of causing |

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Erythrophobia (fear of blush- Tephephobia (fear of being buried alive).

Mr. Runciman himself realises.ing)." A further helpful factor is that the defence programme is creating a

Paralipophobia (fear of pre- large volume of new work, incipitating disaster by forgetting |which connection every, effort is to do something).

Homilophobia (fear that some- being made to allocate as much of body will find something wrong this work as possible to the de- with one's clothes. books, be- pressed areas. It may be truehaviour),

that money spent on armaments is

in- non-productive, but, in the pre-ployment will be much for sent state of world affairs, it creased. It is also to be noted is expenditure which the nation that shipbuilding, one of Britain's cannot escape. There is the major industries, is once again) further point that the defence beginning to boom. All in all, programme is, in reality, to a there is evidence that a spirit of

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nervous

situations.

SIDE GLANCES

By George Clark

"There's the kind of husband I'm waiting-for

isn't a week he doesn't take her a box of candy,'

There

left

serious form of

workmen engaged in

bread and cheese, pursued by an Infuriated labourer brandishing pick, presented a spectacle calculated to bring tears to the onlooker's eyes.

Fortunately, building operations ceased

abruptly, otherwise it is doubtful if he would have survived

to perpetuate his final offence, which brought him at last into condict with the law.

Ashbin Raids

turning

Slipping out at night, he would away till long after dark, with head completely covered with fine white ash. Two brown eyes staring out of a white head on a black body made a sight that it was difficult to so comical administer the admonition cleuly Indicated.

sce

One day, in response to a sum-. mons to the door, i was alarmed to the local policeman with note- book

and

extremely businesslike expression. Did a bluck spaniel live here?

Before any answer could be given the bluck spaniel trolled out sniffing suspiciously at the officer's legs. legs.

no

Apparently there. had been complaint from the Cleansing De partment to the effect that most of the uslibins in the district were be- Ing overturned and the contents strewn about, causing considerable delay in the collection of refuse. Careful observation had proved con- clusively that the culprit was other than a black spaniel dog. view of the threatened dire conse- quences if the nuisance continued, had to these midnight excursions

And now, of an evening, lying by the fireside, he dreams of public- houses

and ples, high links with workmen's ploces, whole streets full of ashbins, and, waking, he “e- members sadly these are all strictly taboo. Truc, there is at his old enemy, down the road, but what is an occaslonal rough and tumble- compared with, sty, carrying off by stealth someone's carly morning bag. of rolls?

W.3.5.

cense.