I think its natural to feel anxious as one is nearing the end of the journey, i am in the same boat, plan to submit sept 2013 and since the beginning of the year i started to get butterfly in my stomach, get anxious and nervous of, " what if" i fail the viva- this kind of thoughts make me stressed out and depressed and many times I have to motivate and discipline myself to think on positive thoughts and focused on positive thoughts that I can and will pass my viva. what i want to say is that, many of us feel the same when we are nearing the end of our journey and are fill with fear or other emotions

I guess most of us go through that stage of being terrified of failing at the viva as overall its the examiners who decide and have the authority to pass or fail us. I am not sure if its mandatory to have some publication? does having publication counts at the viva? if ayone has any idea pls do share some thoughts.
I am from social science/ humanities background