The war with Iraq is the first conflict ever to have been fought with 24-hour television news coverage.

Harrowing images from the Gulf have often been filling pages of newspapers as the battles continue.

The casualties have been small compared with the 20,000 Britons who died during the First World War on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

But in those days there was no TV and little photography. It took days or even weeks for the terrible news to filter back from the front.

All of us, whatever our individual stances on the war, find these images upsetting and worrying. The death of any man or woman through violence is shocking.

But there are thousands of people, young and old, who find it all too much. They are struggling to survive the onslaught of images.

For some, the solution is to turn away whenever possible from the unpleasant scenes and one way of doing this is to avoid the TV news.

As The Argus shows today, another way is to seek help from people such as Steve Clifford, an expert in trauma.

Britain has a reputation for being a brave nation, where people are able to take war in their stride.

But being worried about the war is nothing to be ashamed of and anyone who feels unable to cope should ask for aid.

Mr Clifford and colleagues can give sensible advice which can help reduce fears and enable people to go about their daily lives.