When the poet W.H. Auden published The Age of Anxiety in 1947 he could not have predicted the subsequent explosion of conditions that today come under the heading of anxiety. Seventy-five years on, we find that the term anxiety has become attached to virtually any of the many troubles of life. The recent Lockdown has given rise to terms like lockdown baby separation anxiety, lockdown puppy separation anxiety or lockdown easing anxiety. The British National Health Service offers advice on ‘How to cope with anxiety about getting “