Nervous System Or Losing My Mind In Literature

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  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Nervous System, Or, Losing My Mind in Literature Jan Lars Jensen, 2004 Jans Lars Jensen was a quiet librarian who struck gold when he sold his first novel - a dystopian tale set in a future India - to a publisher. But the pages he had written unhinged his mind and attempted suicide, life in a psych ward, waking nightmares, and a fragile recovery followed. Nervous System is a gripping and unsettling, yet darkly humorous and deeply moving tale of literary madness.--BOOK JACKET.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection Gardner Dozois, 2006-07-11 In the heart of the new millennium, worlds beyond our imagination have opened up, blurring the line between life and art. Embracing the challenges and possibilities of cyberspace, genetics, the universe, and beyond, the world of science fiction has become a porthole into the realities of tomorrow. In The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-third Annual Collection, our very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world with such compelling stories as: Beyond the Aquila Rift: Critically acclaimed author Alastair Reynolds takes readers to the edge of the universe, where no voyager has dared to travel before---or so we think. Comber: Our world is an ever-changing one, and award-winning author Gene Wolfe explores the darker side of our planet's fluidity in his own beautiful and inimitable style. Audubon in Atlantis: In a world not quite like our own, bestselling author Harry Turtledove shows us that there are reasons some species have become extinct. The twenty-nine stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:Neal Asher, Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Chris Beckett, Dominic Green, Daryl Gregory, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, James Patrick Kelley, Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold, Ken MacLeod, Ian McDonald, Vonda N. McIntyre, David Moles, Derryl Murphy, Steven Popkes, Hannu Rajaniemi, Alastair Reynolds, Robert Reed, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, William Sanders, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, Peter Watts, Liz Williams, and Gene Wolfe. Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection Gardner R. Dozois, 2006 Collects short stories exploring themes of time and space travel, self-discovery, and science and technology.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , 2005 One number each year includes Annual bibliography of Commonwealth literature.
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  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Canadian Books in Print. Author and Title Index , 1975
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  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: The Book Review Digest , 2007
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Emotions of Menace and Enchantment Susan Beth Miller, 2017-12-22 Emotions of Menace and Enchantment examines four pivotal human emotions. It explores what defines these emotions, how they interact, and how they impact the experience of self-boundary. All four feelings speak to the boundary around the self, to whether we stiffen that boundary, relax it or worry about its fraying. Psychoanalysis has looked closely at conflicts that human beings experience, but has paid relatively less attention to the specific emotions through which conflict is known and managed. The disgust emotion is unique in operating like a gatekeeper that manages what approaches us closely. Disgust appears prominently in our relationship with the physical world, but surprisingly, is just as common in the world of politics. It moves people to action, including deeds of great violence. Horror occurs when we feel invaded and altered by something that leads to profound insecurity. Human beings behaving inhumanly is one common source of horror. While disgust is a moral emotion, horror makes no judgments but speaks to the misery of being unsafe. Awe opens the self to the outside world, and creates moments that sustain us through times of stress. Fascination also involves openness but its characteristic attitude and attention shows its differences from awe. It forms the foundation for deep learning. All four emotions find their way into psychopathology; for example, fascination plays a role in addiction and awe in masochism and cult formation. Emotions of Menace and Enchantment will help mental health professionals in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, psychiatry and social work to better parse clinical encounters with the four emotions and to think as well about defensive patterns aimed at blunting contact with them. It will engage anyone interested in examining the roles these emotions play in politics, societal violence, addictions, and everyday joys and suffering.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Library Journal Melvil Dewey, Richard Rogers Bowker, L. Pylodet, Charles Ammi Cutter, Bertine Emma Weston, Karl Brown, Helen E. Wessells, 1922 Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Losing My Religion Tom Frame, 2010-10-14 In this challenging and provocative book, Tom Frame, one of Australia's best - known writers on religion and society, examines diminishing theological belief and declining denominational affiliation. He argues that Australia has never been a very religious nation but that few Australians have deliberately rejected belief - most simply can't see ...
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Losing My Mind Thomas DeBaggio, 2002 At once an autobiography, a medical history, and a testament to the beauty of memory, a writer diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease a few months after his 57th birthday depicts the joys of life and how one can take them for granted.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: How the Brain Lost Its Mind Allan H. Ropper, Brian Burrell, 2021-07-06 A noted neurologist challenges widespread misunderstandings about brain disease and mental illness. Why do we think of mental illness as a brain disease? Is there a difference between a sick mind and a sick brain? How the Brain Lost Its Mind, written by a prominent neurologist and a student of medical history, traces the origins of our ideas about insanity and the collision course that simply reduces the mind to the connections between nerve cells. Starting with syphilis of the brain, the disease that made insanity a medical problem and started the field of psychiatry, the authors study a host of famous and infamous characters--among them van Gogh, the Marquis de Sade, Nietzsche, Guy de Maupassant, and Al Capone. How the Brain Lost Its Mind explains how we have twisted ourselves into the medicalization of every minor mood and thought, each with a pill to cure the psychopathology of ordinary daily life. How are we to understand serious disorders such as schizophrenia and Tourette's syndrome, in which the brain under the microscope is entirely normal? By delving into an overlooked history, this book shows how neuroscience and brain scans alone cannot account for a robust mental life, or a deeply disturbed one.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Parano Jan Lars Jansen, 2015-11-10 La descente aux enfers d'un auteur Unique au plan clinique et littéraire, Parano raconte la plongée subite dans la folie d’un écrivain à l’approche de la sortie de son précédent livre aux États-Unis. Avec l’humour, la distance, la clairvoyance d’un homme totalement « guéri », et comme revenu d’un autre monde. À lire avec précaution. Un livre d'une grande force, marqué par les indices autobiographiques CE QU'EN PENSE LA CRITIQUE - Ce voyage au bout de la folie, raconté avec beaucoup de talent, est un document unique (Magazine Psychologies) - Jan Lars jensen décrit sa descente aux enfers avec une sincérité saisissante... parvenant, avec les mots justes, à captiver son lecteur et à le plonger dans le délire et la folie. (Aurélie Sarrot, Metro) EXTRAIT Allongé dans mon lit, j’attendais mon tueur. Je ne doutais pas qu’il viendrait durant la nuit mais fus déconcerté par la manière dont il choisit de révéler sa présence. « Elle descend de la montagne à cheval... » Debout dehors, il chantait, sans se montrer, et je l’écoutai répéter ce refrain à maintes et maintes reprises. « Elle descend de la montagne à... » De sa part, le chant me parut un choix pervers, une cruelle plaisanterie. Peut-être, pour se préparer à cet instant, avait-il bu. Peut-être avaitil besoin d’être ivre pour accomplir son travail. Ou bien il ne savait pas dans quelle chambre je me trouvais. Oui, ce devait être cela. Il voulait que je me mette à la fenêtre. C’était ce qu’il avait trouvé pour que je montre mon visage et qu’il sache où tirer, dans quelle pièce faire irruption. Il voulait que je le contemple, là, dehors, en train de chantonner. « Elle descend de la... » J’attendis. La gorge sèche. La chanson cessa. Qu’est-ce que ça voulait dire ? Était-il entré ?
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Book Review Index , 2006 Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts , 1856
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Paraneoplastic Syndromes Robert B. Darnell, Jerome B. Posner, 2011-08-22 This text provides a comprehensive review of paraneoplastic syndromes from considering both clinical and pathophysiologic aspects. The book provides an overview, classifying the disorders, describes a clinical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of paraneoplastic syndromes in general, and much more.
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  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Hallucinations Oliver Sacks, 2012-11-06 Hallucinations, for most people, imply madness. But there are many different types of non-psychotic hallucination caused by various illnesses or injuries, by intoxication--even, for many people, by falling sleep. From the elementary geometrical shapes that we see when we rub our eyes to the complex swirls and blind spots and zigzags of a visual migraine, hallucination takes many forms. At a higher level, hallucinations associated with the altered states of consciousness that may come with sensory deprivation or certain brain disorders can lead to religious epiphanies or conversions. Drawing on a wealth of clinical examples from his own patients as well as historical and literary descriptions, Oliver Sacks investigates the fundamental differences and similarities of these many sorts of hallucinations, what they say about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all.
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  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Literary and Visual Representations of HIV/AIDS Aimee Pozorski, Jennifer J. Lavoie, 2019-11-06 Literary and Visual Representations of HIV/AIDS: Forty Years Later explores how film and literature about the HIV/AIDS crisis expand upon the issues generated by the epidemic. Looking at media from the 1980s to today, the representations of HIV/AIDS and their political ramifications shift across time.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Brain Wash David Perlmutter, Austin Perlmutter, 2020-01-14 Fight back against a modern culture that is rewiring our brains and damaging our health with this practical, doctor-approved plan for healing that includes a ten-day boot camp and forty delicious recipes. Contemporary life provides us with infinite opportunities, along with endless temptations. We can eat whatever we want, whenever we want. We can immerse ourselves in the vast, enticing world of digital media. We can buy goods and services for rapid delivery with our fingertips or voice commands. But living in this 24/7 hyper-reality poses serious risks to our physical and mental states, our connections to others, and even to the world at large. Brain Wash builds from a simple premise: Our brains are being gravely manipulated, resulting in behaviors that leave us more lonely, anxious, depressed, distrustful, illness-prone, and overweight than ever before. Based on the latest science, the book identifies the mental hijacking that undermines each and every one of us, and presents the tools necessary to think more clearly, make better decisions, strengthen bonds with others, and develop healthier habits. Featuring a 10-day bootcamp program, including a meal plan and 40 delicious original recipes, Brain Wash is the key to cultivating a more purposeful and fulfilling life.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature , 1916 Author and subject index to a selected list of periodicals not included in the Readers' guide, and to composite books.
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  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: The Superhuman Mind Berit Brogaard, Kristian Marlow, 2015 Taking readers inside the lives and brains of geniuses, savants, virtuosos and a vast array of ordinary people who have acquired truly extraordinary talents, the authors delve into the neurological underpinnings of these abilities and reveals how they can acquire some of them ourselves.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness Eric Jorgenson, 2022-12 This isn't a how-to book, or a step-by-step gimmick. Instead, through Naval's own words, you will learn how to walk your own unique path toward a happier, wealthier life.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith, 1838
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Vivekanand a biography , Swami Vivekananda’s inspiring personality was well known both in India and in America during the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth. The unknown monk of India suddenly leapt into fame at the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893, at which he represented Hinduism. His vast knowledge of Eastern and Western culture as well as his deep spiritual insight, fervid eloquence, brilliant conversation, broad human sympathy, colourful personality, and handsome figure made an irresistible appeal to the many types of Americans who came in contact with him. People who saw or heard Vivekananda even once still cherish his memory after a lapse of more than half a century.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: The London Journal: and Weekly Record of Literature, Science, and Art , 1860
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  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself Dr. Joe Dispenza, 2013-02-15 Discover how to reprogram your biology and thinking, and break the habit of being yourself so you can truly change your mind and life. Best-selling author, international speaker, chiropractor, and renowned researcher of epigenetics, quantum physics, and neuroscience, Dr. Joe Dispenza shares that you are not doomed by your genes and hardwired to be a certain way for the rest of your life. New science is emerging that empowers all human beings to create the reality they choose. In Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, Dr. Joe Dispenza combines the fields of quantum physics, neuroscience, brain chemistry, biology, and genetics to show you what is truly possible and how to recondition the body and create better health. Not only will you be given the necessary knowledge to change your energy and any aspect of yourself, but you will be taught the step-by-step tools to apply what you learn in order to make measurable changes in any area of your life. Chapters include: Foreword by Daniel G. Amen, M.D. Introduction: The Greatest Habit You Can Ever Break Is the Habit of Being Yourself PART I: The Science of You The Quantum You Overcoming Your Environment Overcoming Your Body Overcoming Time Survival vs. Creation PART II: Your Brain and Meditation Three Brains: Thinking to Doing to Being The Gap Meditation, Demystifying the Mystical, and Waves of Your Future PART III: Stepping Toward Your New Destiny The Meditative Process: Introduction and Preparation Open the Door to Your Creative State Step 1: Induction Prune Away the Habit of Being Yourself (Week Two) Step 2: Recognizing Step 3: Admitting and Declaring Step 4: Surrendering Dismantle the Memory of the Old You (Week Three) Step 5: Observing and Reminding Step 6: Redirecting Create a New Mind for Your New Future (Week Four) Step 7: Creating and Rehearsing Demonstrating and Being Transparent: Living Your New Reality Dr. Joe demystifies consciousness and ancient understandings to bridge the gap between science and spirituality. Through his powerful healing workshops and lectures, thousands of people in 24 different countries have used these principles to change from the inside out. Once you break the habit of being yourself and truly change your mind, your life will never be the same! “In this book, I want to share some of what I learned along the way and show you, by exploring how mind and matter are interrelated, how you can apply these principles not only to your body, but to any aspect of your life.” — Dr. Joe Dispenza “Anyone who reads this book and applies the steps will benefit from their efforts. Its cutting-edge content is explained in a simple language that is accessible to anyone, and provides a user-friendly guide for sustained change from the inside out.” — Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., Director of Research, HeartMath Research Center
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Banipal , 2004
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art , 1838
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Integrating Literature and Writing Instruction Judith H. Anderson, Christine R. Farris, 2007-01-01 Judith H. Anderson and Christine R. Farris, colleagues at Indiana University and prominent scholars in literary studies and composition respectively, aim here to bridge the perceived division between the two disciplines. In a spirit of curricular collaboration, Integrating Literature and Writing Instruction presents an array of courses, mainly for non-English majors, that use literature in teaching first-year college students how to read, write, and think critically. Contributors teach at a range of institutions—from Research I and large state universities to small, selective colleges—and use different classroom approaches, some highly participatory and others combining lectures with small-group work. Divided into three groups, representing humanities core courses, courses that focus on literature, and courses that focus on cultural issues in relation to literature, the essays explore the use of a variety of literary texts, from Shakespeare's sonnets to historical novels to detective fiction. Contributors offer imaginative assignments and innovative pedagogical techniques that can be adapted profitably in multiple courses and institutional contexts. The concluding section narrates the collaborative development of a course on language, metaphor, and textuality, which the editors offer as a successful model of what literature and writing instruction can accomplish together.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Shiva 3000 Jan Lars Jensen, 2001 Science fiction roman.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: Solve for Happy Mo Gawdat, 2017-03-21 In this “powerful personal story woven with a rich analysis of what we all seek” (Sergey Brin, cofounder of Google), Mo Gawdat, Chief Business Officer at Google’s [X], applies his superior logic and problem solving skills to understand how the brain processes joy and sadness—and then he solves for happy. In 2001 Mo Gawdat realized that despite his incredible success, he was desperately unhappy. A lifelong learner, he attacked the problem as an engineer would: examining all the provable facts and scrupulously applying logic. Eventually, his countless hours of research and science proved successful, and he discovered the equation for permanent happiness. Thirteen years later, Mo’s algorithm would be put to the ultimate test. After the sudden death of his son, Ali, Mo and his family turned to his equation—and it saved them from despair. In dealing with the horrible loss, Mo found his mission: he would pull off the type of “moonshot” goal that he and his colleagues were always aiming for—he would share his equation with the world and help as many people as possible become happier. In Solve for Happy Mo questions some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence, shares the underlying reasons for suffering, and plots out a step-by-step process for achieving lifelong happiness and enduring contentment. He shows us how to view life through a clear lens, teaching us how to dispel the illusions that cloud our thinking; overcome the brain’s blind spots; and embrace five ultimate truths. No matter what obstacles we face, what burdens we bear, what trials we’ve experienced, we can all be content with our present situation and optimistic about the future.
  nervous system or losing my mind in literature: American Agriculturist , 1885
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Jun 5, 2025 · The meaning of NERVOUS is timid, apprehensive. How to use nervous in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Nervous.

NERVOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
There were a few nervous giggles from people in the audience. The stock market's recent seesaw movements have made many investors nervous. I was nervous on my first day at college, but I …

Nervousness: Why It's Different from Anxiety & How to Feel Better
Feb 5, 2019 · Feeling nervous is very different from having an anxiety disorder. Nervousness is a natural reaction to a new or stressful event. Everyone feels nervous at some point.

nervous adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage …
Nervous is more often used to describe how you feel before you do something very important such as an exam or an interview, or something unpleasant or difficult. Nervous can describe …

Nervous - definition of nervous by The Free Dictionary
1. unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive; timid. 2. highly excitable or agitated. 3. of, pertaining to, or affecting the nerves: nervous tension; nervous diseases. 4. suffering from, …

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Being nervous is a major part of life that everyone has to deal with at times. Some people are more nervous than others, but we all get nervous about certain things — for example, having …

Nervous System: What It Is, Parts, Function & Disorders - Cleveland Clinic
Nov 16, 2023 · Your nervous system uses nerve cells called neurons to send signals, or messages, all over your body. These electrical signals travel among your brain, skin, organs, …

Nervous Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Nervous definition: Marked by or having a feeling of unease or apprehension.

NERVOUS - Meaning & Translations | Collins English Dictionary
If someone is nervous, they are frightened or worried about something that is happening or might happen, and show this in their behaviour. [...] 2. A nervous person is very tense and easily …

Nervous Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
NERVOUS meaning: 1 : having or showing feelings of being worried and afraid about what might happen; 2 : often or easily becoming worried and afraid about what might happen

NERVOUS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Jun 5, 2025 · The meaning of NERVOUS is timid, apprehensive. How to use nervous in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Nervous.

NERVOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
There were a few nervous giggles from people in the audience. The stock market's recent seesaw movements have made many investors nervous. I was nervous on my first day at college, but I …

Nervousness: Why It's Different from Anxiety & How to Feel Better
Feb 5, 2019 · Feeling nervous is very different from having an anxiety disorder. Nervousness is a natural reaction to a new or stressful event. Everyone feels nervous at some point.

nervous adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage …
Nervous is more often used to describe how you feel before you do something very important such as an exam or an interview, or something unpleasant or difficult. Nervous can describe …

Nervous - definition of nervous by The Free Dictionary
1. unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive; timid. 2. highly excitable or agitated. 3. of, pertaining to, or affecting the nerves: nervous tension; nervous diseases. 4. suffering from, …

Nervous - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
Being nervous is a major part of life that everyone has to deal with at times. Some people are more nervous than others, but we all get nervous about certain things — for example, having …

Nervous System: What It Is, Parts, Function & Disorders - Cleveland Clinic
Nov 16, 2023 · Your nervous system uses nerve cells called neurons to send signals, or messages, all over your body. These electrical signals travel among your brain, skin, organs, …

Nervous Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Nervous definition: Marked by or having a feeling of unease or apprehension.

NERVOUS - Meaning & Translations | Collins English Dictionary
If someone is nervous, they are frightened or worried about something that is happening or might happen, and show this in their behaviour. [...] 2. A nervous person is very tense and easily …

Nervous Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
NERVOUS meaning: 1 : having or showing feelings of being worried and afraid about what might happen; 2 : often or easily becoming worried and afraid about what might happen