Techniques to conquer anxiety and fear of unknown

Anxiety can paralyse you but it can be overcome with a change in outlook, writes Suzanne Harrington

WE’RE living in an age of anxiety. There’s so much to worry about it’s hard to know where to start — or how to stop. Whether it’s the personal (health, money, exams, jobs, housing, our children) or the political (climate change, economic inequality, the rise of nationalism, global injustice, terrorism), there’s plenty to keep us awake at night.

From the trivial (appearance anxiety, status anxiety, consumer anxiety) to the ridiculous (could Donald Trump actually be nominated?), we have limitless fears on which to ruminate, that if left unchecked could easily drive us around the bend. And that’s before you ever consider our irrational anxieties, like snakes or spiders.