How do you cope with anxiety in a healthy way?

A good trick I've heard but don't do is to write down whatever's bothering you on a slip of paper (not a LJ entry, just the general idea) and toss it into a drawer. A few weeks/months later go back through the drawer and see how many of the things you were stressing out so much over were actually worth the mental strain you put yourself through. Odds are, very few of them. It helps you realize most of the things you're freaking out over really aren't that huge of a concern and you're much better off just making a decision instead of fretting.

(Also, I've never gotten how drugs/alcohol can ease stress since they cost money, and generally money is the cause of most peoples' worries.)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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Most people will just pass off masturbation as "for sex only" but I know when I have a headache or a migraine (yes, I've got the female disease) I just rub one out and say goodbye to my headache.

Doesn't work for everyone. I've tried it a few times and only wind up with a worse headache afterwards.

There's nowhere I can't reach.