1 00:00:01,016 --> 00:00:02,196 [ Music ] 2 00:00:02,196 --> 00:00:05,086 >> I've experienced anxiety since I can remember. 3 00:00:05,086 --> 00:00:11,166 >> I've definitely experienced anxiety before most of the time I feel just for no reason. 4 00:00:11,166 --> 00:00:14,966 Like I'm just sitting around and there's nothing going on and I feel anxious. 5 00:00:15,546 --> 00:00:21,166 >> I have experienced anxiety to the level of shutting myself off from the world. 6 00:00:21,686 --> 00:00:26,606 It got to the point where I wouldn't even leave my home. 7 00:00:26,606 --> 00:00:32,125 >> About, you know, big questions in life like where's my life going? 8 00:00:32,125 --> 00:00:36,306 What sort of career am I going to have? 9 00:00:36,306 --> 00:00:38,146 Do I have the right major? 10 00:00:38,436 --> 00:00:40,366 I've changed that more than a few times. 11 00:00:40,596 --> 00:00:42,846 >> You get anxiety when you get ready to take a test. 12 00:00:43,216 --> 00:00:45,306 Some of us get more than others. 13 00:00:45,606 --> 00:00:48,256 >> Just constantly all that vibration. 14 00:00:48,256 --> 00:00:50,056 All that, oh, I'm nervous. 15 00:00:50,056 --> 00:00:51,056 It's more than that. 16 00:00:51,326 --> 00:00:55,476 It envelopes your entire body sort of thing. 17 00:00:56,126 --> 00:01:03,916 >> I had a significant amount of coffee one day and I was sitting in the college library 18 00:01:03,916 --> 00:01:11,076 and just having terrible hot sweats and, you know, my mind is racing thinking 19 00:01:11,076 --> 00:01:16,526 about everything that could go wrong right now, thinking about all sorts of things 20 00:01:16,526 --> 00:01:18,266 that didn't matter in that moment. 21 00:01:18,996 --> 00:01:22,786 The biggest solution for that was to breathe. 22 00:01:22,786 --> 00:01:28,376 >> The midterms for history just because in that class the midterm is like half your grade. 23 00:01:28,576 --> 00:01:30,906 I live at home currently, so I was able to talk with my parents. 24 00:01:30,906 --> 00:01:33,736 They helped me pull my anxiety low enough for me 25 00:01:33,736 --> 00:01:37,136 to actually start studying and feel less nervous about it. 26 00:01:37,316 --> 00:01:38,876 >> You've got to get out there. 27 00:01:38,876 --> 00:01:46,066 You've got to be around people who are going to support you, encourage you and just let you know 28 00:01:46,066 --> 00:01:47,936 that everything is going to be fine. 29 00:01:47,936 --> 00:01:53,016 >> Form a plan to deal with it and don't just stress about it now. 30 00:01:53,016 --> 00:01:55,946 >> In Texas, the wasps are about like this. 31 00:01:58,206 --> 00:02:03,726 Huge. And so then they start flying and now, you know, you go could, "Ah!" 32 00:02:03,726 --> 00:02:08,406 And then they might come at you, or you can just relax and let them fly away. 33 00:02:09,276 --> 00:02:19,486 So for some reason, if we freak out about stuff, it seems like it brings negative vibes to us. 34 00:02:19,486 --> 00:02:24,916 >> Essential oils can be really helpful for managing your anxiety. 35 00:02:24,916 --> 00:02:30,906 Taking lavender, vanilla or orange essential oils and dropping them onto your pillow 36 00:02:30,906 --> 00:02:36,876 or a cotton ball, basically anything to help you breathe in those essential oils, 37 00:02:36,876 --> 00:02:40,856 because putting them on your skin can sometimes be a little bit too strong. 38 00:02:40,856 --> 00:02:44,736 >> Caffeine and sugar are huge contributing factors to anxiety. 39 00:02:45,516 --> 00:02:48,436 In one study, those that withheld caffeine 40 00:02:48,436 --> 00:02:52,466 for six months did not experience panic attacks during those six months. 41 00:02:52,616 --> 00:02:58,456 And for two years after that if they didn't have caffeine, they didn't have panic attacks either. 42 00:02:58,456 --> 00:03:02,166 So those energy drinks, they're not helping us. 43 00:03:02,286 --> 00:03:07,016 >> You may have mental health counsellors on your campus and it's a free serve. 44 00:03:07,016 --> 00:03:11,206 The counsellors are there to help you and can give you specific tips on how 45 00:03:11,206 --> 00:03:18,906 to keep your anxiety level low, so check out your student health center.