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>> I've experienced anxiety
since I can remember.

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>> I've definitely experienced anxiety before
most of the time I feel just for no reason.

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Like I'm just sitting around and there's
nothing going on and I feel anxious.

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>> I have experienced anxiety to the level
of shutting myself off from the world.

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It got to the point where I
wouldn't even leave my home.

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>> About, you know, big questions
in life like where's my life going?

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What sort of career am I going to have?

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Do I have the right major?

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I've changed that more than a few times.

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>> You get anxiety when you
get ready to take a test.

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Some of us get more than others.

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>> Just constantly all that vibration.

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All that, oh, I'm nervous.

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It's more than that.

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It envelopes your entire body sort of thing.

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>> I had a significant amount of coffee one
day and I was sitting in the college library

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and just having terrible hot sweats and,
you know, my mind is racing thinking

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about everything that could go wrong right
now, thinking about all sorts of things

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that didn't matter in that moment.

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The biggest solution for that was to breathe.

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>> The midterms for history just because in
that class the midterm is like half your grade.

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I live at home currently, so I
was able to talk with my parents.

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They helped me pull my anxiety low enough for me

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to actually start studying and
feel less nervous about it.

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>> You've got to get out there.

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You've got to be around people who are going to
support you, encourage you and just let you know

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that everything is going to be fine.

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>> Form a plan to deal with it and
don't just stress about it now.

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>> In Texas, the wasps are about like this.

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Huge. And so then they start flying
and now, you know, you go could, "Ah!"

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And then they might come at you, or you
can just relax and let them fly away.

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So for some reason, if we freak out about stuff,
it seems like it brings negative vibes to us.

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>> Essential oils can be really
helpful for managing your anxiety.

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Taking lavender, vanilla or orange essential
oils and dropping them onto your pillow

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or a cotton ball, basically anything to
help you breathe in those essential oils,

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because putting them on your skin can
sometimes be a little bit too strong.

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>> Caffeine and sugar are huge
contributing factors to anxiety.

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In one study, those that withheld caffeine

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for six months did not experience
panic attacks during those six months.

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And for two years after that if they didn't have
caffeine, they didn't have panic attacks either.

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So those energy drinks, they're not helping us.

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>> You may have mental health counsellors
on your campus and it's a free serve.

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The counsellors are there to help you
and can give you specific tips on how

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to keep your anxiety level low, so
check out your student health center.