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Hope and Help for Your Nerves by Claire Weekes My rating: 4 of 5 stars I help people with their thinking, emotions, relationships and beliefs every day. This little gem, written back in 1969 by an Australian physician/psychiatrist should be in the hands of every person who has ever suffered with a full-on panic/anxiety disorder. We call that general diagnosis "GAD" or Generalized Anxiety Disorder today. There are a lot of great resources out there to help. This book is quite personal, clear and wonderful. It's not perfect; she suggests leaving the family for up to several months to recover, which is not something I would easily advise to anyone. And all the advice will probably not be enough without therapy, but it's a helpful adjunct. Her principles of treatment, and they are right: 1. facing fear as a normal emotion running too high in your life 2. accepting that it is doing that at the moment, and it WONT KILL YOU 3. learning to rise, or float above or behind th