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I have heard of the ACT, but have no idea what it is. When I applied for college (the first time arround), I went to the evergreen state college in Olympia, WA. It was an alternative college and did not hand-out grades or require the SAT. I don't know what it's like now, 30 yrs later, but it was pretty wacky in Sept. '73.

Many thousands of people in the US suffer from this type of anxiety. Unfortunately, it does go away without a conscious effort. It is a natural response, the "fight or flight" response. There is wonderful book by Dr. Herbert Benson call, "The Relaxation Response." It was first published in the '60's or '70's. The "fight or flight" response is a natural and physiological reaction to perceived fear, whether it is a saber-tooth tiger or wooly mammoth. Today we are not threatened by those things, but, thanks to our genetic coding, we still react to stressors the same way…the adrenaline rush, faster heart rate, sweating, etc. In learning and applying the relaxation response we can calm ourselves, body, mind and emotions. Benson sets forth the Western interpretation which practitioners in the East have know for centuries. I wish you both the best.