From the junior year in high school to junior year in college. I've lived in fear. Fear of dying, fear of losing people, and fear of everything and anything. I didn't want to leave my house so for a year in college I took online classes and stayed home. I know, pathetic but I was scared. I started losing hope and believing that I'd live in fear for the rest of my life.

Junior year in high school I lost a very important person in my life, my great-grandmother. She raised my siblings and me when we lived in Greece while my parents were working 24/7. I didn't get to say goodbye to her since I live in the USA now and she was in Greece. That made me very depressed and I started feeling very lost.

It wasn't until 2016, where I told myself, "Enough already!" I got tired of anxiety and feeling sad and scared all the time. Before I was afraid of dying, but now knowing that my great-grandmother is up in Heaven, I'm not. I trust God and I believe he has a plan for all of us. He knows when I'll die and there's nothing I can do about that, so in the meantime, I need to live my life.

I always prayed, but only when I needed His help and that was wrong. I now pray and tell Him to thank you for everything he has blessed me with.

I know not everyone believes, and that's ok, but for me my faith is everything. I feel safe knowing I have Him to watch over me, and every time I feel anxious, I think to myself "faith over fear" and honestly that really helps me.