Tag Archives: anxiety disorder

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

IS IT ENOUGH? a poem

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Mollie Hunt

In this frenzied, challenged world Is it enough to watch a sparrow flit through the black gnarled branches of a plum tree? To delight in the scent of rain? To feel the autumn sun on my aging face? Is … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Older, Poetry | Tagged Aging, anxiety disorder, be here now, beauty, challange, depression, hope, poetry, Portand Oregon, the world, wisdom | 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 →

Posted in anxiety disorder, mental illness | Tagged anxiety, anxiety disorder, depression, Memoir, panic attack | Leave a comment

THE GREAT AMERICAN CHRISTMAS

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Mollie Hunt

I am not good at Christmas. Months before December 25th, I’m plagued with stress – little wiggle worms in my brain saying got to find the perfect gift. There is a lot to do this time of year: decorate the … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Wellness, Lifestyle, Life Through Amber, Save the World | Tagged anxiety disorder, Behavior, christmas, Christmas gift, Christmas worries, depression, Memoir, perfect gift, sorting it out, writing | 1 Comment

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

HAVE A BAD DAY?

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Mollie Hunt

There are some days where nothing goes right. Where work piles up like paper stalagmites on my desk and I can’t catch up. Where my mouse dies and the TV pixelates on channel 6 so I can’t watch NCIS. Where I can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, mental illness | Tagged anxiety disorder, bad day, cats, living with pain, Pain; Chronic pain; Fibromyalgia, self-help | Leave a comment

LUX: AN AFFIRMATION

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Mollie Hunt

In the desperate moments of darkness, between the joy of Lux and the sorrow, I wrote this affirmation. When I stuck by it, things went better; when I didn’t, I was lost. Nothing is perfect. The trip through anxiety is … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety disorder, Cats, Lux, memoir, mental illness, Writing | Tagged anxiety disorder, Memoir, words of wisdom | Leave a comment

I AM ROBIN WILLIAMS

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Mollie Hunt

There is a place in the human psyche that is so dark, so despairing that to live for even a few seconds becomes intolerable. I have been there, and the only thing that anchored me to this world was my … Continue reading →