Category Archives: anxiety disorder

LIFE WITH ANXIETY: THE COMIC CON

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Mollie Hunt

You may already know how much I love Comic-Cons and conventions. If you’ve never seen your favorite actors in person, answering your questions, talking ad lib, making jokes, and doing skits, you are missing a whole dimension of entertainment. For … Continue reading →

DESPITE THE DARKNESS

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Mollie Hunt

The first thing I saw when I opened my inbox this morning was the quote from Desmond Tutu*, “Hope is being able to see light despite all of the darkness.” To find this in front of me today was, … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety disorder, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, mental illness, Save the World | Tagged depression, Desmond Tutu, hope, inspirational, opinion, state of the world | 6 Comments

2022 DAY ONE-FINISHED MY MEMOIR!

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Mollie Hunt

It’s the first day of a brand new year! I didn’t do it on purpose, but this morning I finished the second draft of my memoir, THERE’S A CAT HAIR IN MY MASK: How Cats Helped Me Through Unprecedented Times and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alcoholism & Addiction, anxiety disorder, Cats, Death & Dying, Emotion, Getting Older, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, Life Through Amber, Lifestyle, memoir, mental illness, Writing | Tagged #catwriters, #crazycatladycozymysteries, Animal Shelters, book launch, depression, inspirational, writing | 2 Comments

ANXIETY: PANDORA’S BOX UNLEASHED

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Mollie Hunt

Put on your softies, your fuzzy slippers. Make a cup of chamomile tea and find your “safe” place. Turn on your go-to zone-out show, and while it loads, listen to my story of anxiety: I suffer with General Anxiety Disorder. … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety disorder, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle | Tagged anxiety disorder, depression, general anxiety disorder, help for anxiety, inspirational, mental health | 8 Comments

THE THING ABOUT RETIREMENT

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Mollie Hunt

A little over a year ago, I retired from my full-time job as a records scanner for a large medical concern. In reality, it was quitting since there is no Social Security payment involved, but only time that is now … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety disorder, Getting Older, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, Lifestyle | Tagged blogging, broken goals, cats, Getting Older, goals, promises, quitting a job, retirement, revelations, writing | Leave a comment

Eight Week Challenge: STUFF HAPPENS

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Mollie Hunt

Stuff happens. Stuff like starting a new medication for my GAD and having it do the exactly reverse effect, throwing me into a full blown anxiety episode. Apparently I have a strange reaction to some drugs. (recall the great Cymbalta withdrawal … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety disorder, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, OTHER BLOGGERS | Tagged Challenge, Eight Week Challenge, The Caffeinated Writer | 2 Comments

ANXIETY IN PARADISE

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Mollie Hunt

The ocean pounds the shore, a peaceful noise. The air is warm, perfect. Birds sing, the coor of a dove. I have no place to be, no time constraint, nothing on my agenda, yet I am anxious. It is … Continue reading →

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ANGER

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Mollie Hunt

Anger, like a white dwarf star after implosion, lives on. Like a star, anger is deadly. Unlike a star, anger is personal.

Posted in anxiety disorder, Emotion, Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, mental illness, Poetry, Secret Soul, Writing | Tagged anger, anxiety, emotional, pissed off, poem, poetry, short poem | 3 Comments

FALLING APART OR TRANSFORMING?

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Mollie Hunt

My world is falling apart. It’s all inside me; the outside is the same as ever. Outside my head, life goes on: Work, chores, cats, sleep, meals, family, writing. But inside, my mind is crawling with worms, my head … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety disorder, Cats, mental illness | Tagged Anxiety Attack, anxiety disorder, lux the cat, My Cat From Hell, Pain; Chronic pain; Fibromyalgia, Transformation, writing | Leave a comment

Inkitt Writing Contest, FATED PARADOX

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Mollie Hunt

A few days ago, I was invited to enter a writing contest called “Fated Paradox”. The name was so intriguing that I pressed a noir story I’ve considered for a while, something quite different for me (no cats). I have … Continue reading →