Any of my closest friends know that I get really anxious for no reason. They also know that I've been struggling with my anxiety for basically all of high school.

I've talked to a few of my friends about my anxiety over the years and they all urged me to do something about it. I always said I would, but I didn't want to put a label on how I feel or be looked at as if I had something wrong with me.

Finally, at the beginning of the school year, I did something, something that changed me for the better.

I told my cousin, who also deals with anxiety, about what I was dealing with. She told me about these anxiety supplements she takes and told me I should get them. Soon, I learned about what I was dealing with and how to handle it.

Learning how to deal with your anxiety is all about learning what triggers it and what eases it. Although I still don't know exactly what triggers my anxiety, I have found so many different ways to ease it. For instance, this week, I stopped drinking coffee in the morning and I don't get nearly as anxious during the day!

Some other things I do to help ease my anxiety are meditating/praying, writing about it, listening to music, talking to a friend about it, and even cutting out people who just cause stress.

I know my anxiety will probably never fully go away, but I know there are so many things I can do to ease it. Dealing with anxiety is a long, difficult journey that I'm still on, but in a weird way, my struggle with anxiety did help me learn more about myself.