i put that question to drjoshua klapow a clinical psychologist and associate professor of public healthaying it over and over again, it is unprecedented and so feeling nervous and anxious is very normal and the first part to calming our mind is to acknowledge and accept that we may be feeling nervous and anxious, versus denying it and saying that it is not there. i think it is absolutely critical that we recognize that it is going to be normal to feel nervous and anxious, then we start taking very specific actions to reduce our anxiety daily, maybe hour by hour. do you have specific tips on how to do that? because it sounds easy to sort of think, calm down, but how on earth do you manage that? my biggest recommendation think for a minute about all the things that you normally do to make yourself feel relaxed, so maybe it is exercise, maybe it's meditation, maybe it's just taking a few deep breaths, maybe its taking a little walk. the things that you normally do to just kind of unwind. the difference is, instead of doing them here or there, you may have to build it into your schedule. ta