The man who is about to be fired from his job and the man who is about to be fired from a circus cannon both respond physiologically in exactly the same way. Yet one faces physical, the other psychological threat. They both feel stress. anxiety; and it is one of the commonest complaints of life - not just modern life. Some people become anxious only occasionally, others may be anxious all the time - and there is no set pattern, no way of saying that one will crack up and he other manage to cope with his stress. This book is about stress - its nature, its causes and its results. If you think it is all bad, you will be surprised to find that without anxiety we could not really get on with our lives. We all feel moderate levels of stress from time to time, and here you will learn how to cope with it (not by tranquillisers) and to avoid its getting worse.