Readers, have you had experiences when you were on tenterhooks, struggling to deal with the unknown? How have you learned to cope with uncertainty?

Although it's a scary thing to hold a tiny vulnerable baby, he said, the new findings show it does help.

To achieve my dream I spent hours in the icy water, where some bears saw me as prey - it was scary.

And very very very scary.

Climbing in cautiously at the window, he found himself standing face to face with his aunt.