FLORIDA — Calling the National Suicide Hotline will soon be easier: Instead of the current 11-digit number, you’ll just have to dial three — 988.

The hotline is scheduled to be in place by July 16 and will allow people to get urgent help during a mental health crisis — something Anjolie Khan knows all too well.

“I had super-intrusive thoughts all the time, and I just always felt I wasn’t going to be enough or I wasn’t enough for someone, or they secretly hated me,” she said.

Khan said her extreme bouts of anxiety got so bad she didn’t know if she could handle it.

“It was very scary, but very eye-opening knowing that you yourself can get to a place like that,” she said.

Khan said she didn’t know where to turn at first. There was no easy way to remember what number to call. However, she eventually found a mental health counselor who has been helping her with her anxiety. Her sessions are now something she looks forward to going to.

“A time for me to just decompress, and I knew I would be safe here, and that I had someone that I could talk to that I trusted,” Khan said.

The new hotline number, 988, will connect the caller to a trained counselor who will listen, provide support and further resources if necessary.

Khan’s counselor Shantala Boss believes the new hotline will be more accessible for those dealing with a crisis.

“Just thinking I’m depressed, I’m upset, I’m alone — I need to call 988,” Boss said.

With a trained counselor, Khan has learned some of what was driving her anxiety.

“I was always a helper," she said. "I’m very much an empathetic person toward others, but I had a very hard time processing my own emotions."

Khan even said exercise plays a role in her mental health as a stress reliever that keeps her centered.

“Exercise is definitely release therapy for me," she said. "I definitely feel like when I exercise I’m able to just get out over the cloud of feelings I have. It gives me a fresh start."

The way she has learned to deal with her mental health struggles has really helped her grow. She may always have those struggles, but she’s learned to not let them get the best of her.

“It’s not like you’re really curing something — it’s not like that — it’s more like helping yourself become the best version of yourself, and to be at peace and to move forward with your life,” Khan explained.

In the meantime, if you or someone you know needs help, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.