How to Keep Calm and Carry On

PREFACE

Is anxiety becoming a nuisance for you? Do you find yourself worrying more than you used to? Are your fears getting you down? Are they starting to interfere with your day-to-day life?

If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, you’re in very good company. Anxiety is a problem that increasing numbers of us seem to be facing.

In one recent survey, for example, more than a third of UK adults reported feeling more anxious and fearful than they had in the past. Over three-quarters felt that the world had become a more frightening place over the previous decade. And almost a third said that anxiety had affected the way they lived their lives.

At the relatively severe end of the spectrum, anxiety disorders are (with depression) the ...