15 August

This compassionate and caring approach will actually make anxiety and panic worse. What would have been much better is Nate being encouraged to continue, accepting the feelings of panic, perhaps with one of the other presenters joining him on the floor. Anxiety and panic are the (baseless) fear of fear. By calmly accepting the feelings while not responding to them, your calm mind will restore a calm body. Or as Claire Weekes used to say, ‘wait on no mood’.