Fame does not mean that one’s life is perfect, and underneath all the success that Mina Starsiak Hawk has had, she has also suffered from anxiety. In 2023, the “Good Bones” star opened up about her mental health journey on her podcast, “Mina AF.” Hawk explained she started to feel “a little bit more stress, a little bit more anxiety” right around the time that “Good Bones” was set to air. As her anxiety worsened, Hawk was prescribed Lexapro, a medication used to help with anxiety and depression.
The medication seemed to help the television star, who explained, “I physically manifest my anxiety. My jaw locks up, I clench my fists, I get nauseous because my stomach is clenched.” She continued, “So, the addition of the Lexapro was really, really helpful for me to just make all the feelings still there, but the unproductive anxiety part of the feeling kind of much more manageable.”
Although her anxiety has been a bit more manageable, Hawk still has those days where she struggles with her mental health, especially as she tries to forge a new career path. In a series of Instagram Stories about her life in 2024, the renovator said, “I’m still scared and anxious a lot of the time, but I know where I want to land (at least personally) and am just working towards that.”
