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|title=How to Keep Calm and Carry On

|author=Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman

|publisher=Pearson

|date=August 2013

|website=http://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/univ-people/professor-daniel-freeman

|summary=An accessible, well written and easy to follow guide presenting simple self-help techniques designed to lower anxiety levels.

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Heart pounding, rapid breathing, dry mouth and sweaty palms are just some of the unpleasant symptoms associated with anxiety. Anxiety affects us all at one time or another in our lives and occurs in varying degrees of severity. For example, a little nervousness is par for the course when a performer steps on stage in front of a huge crowd, but on the other end of the spectrum, conditions such as OCD and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can leave sufferers paralysed with fear.