Depression Expert Kimberly Tyler shares Depression management news and commentary at MyDepressionConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998 http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998 http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/16324/support Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:42:00 -0500 Kimberly Tyler Some of you may have noticed that I have not posted to the MyDepressionConnection portion of the HealthCentral Network of health information and support pages lately, as I have begun posting and sharing over on the MyAnxietyConnection pages. This is not to say that my management of depression has reached its end; that is still on-going. Rather, I will be focusing more on the issues of anxiety as well as Post Traumatic Stress... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/16324/support http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/15143/health-care Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:06:00 -0400 Kimberly Tyler The 2007 celebration gala for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) was held last night in Washington, DC. "Unmasking Mental Illness" has been the name/theme for this newly annual event (the first was held in 2005) and attendance and enthusiasm continues to rise with each passing year. Gathering with others to celebrate the achievements, triumphs and research opportunities to advance understanding of mental illness and remove its... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/15143/health-care http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/14871/mental-make Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Kimberly Tyler This week marks Mental Illness Awareness Week. Mental Illness Awareness Week was approved by Congress in honor of the work being done by NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) back in 1990. Founded in 1979, "NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of person's living with serious mental illness and their families."[1] NAMI continues to work passionately and... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/14871/mental-make http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/14356/victim-living Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:20:00 -0400 Kimberly Tyler I am currently 39 years old. It took me a long time to understand who I was standing between the two worlds of past victim and present time. I choose not to use the word "survivor" as the opposite of victim because a survivor implies that I am surviving rather than living. And living is so much better than surviving.  I started as a victim, as I was a victim to circumstances growing up that I had no control over. I was a small... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/14356/victim-living http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/13895/slip-road Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:27:00 -0400 Kimberly Tyler I know the road of recovery is not a straight shot road. I do consider myself in recovery--not recovered--as the process of recovery requires conscious awareness, medication and therapy compliance, and taking the time to practice self-care. Set-backs will occur sometimes, regardless of just how diligent I try to be. For me, there are no guarantees for the depression, anxiety and PTSD, just the willingness and commitment to be healthy. And for... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/13895/slip-road http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/13543/status Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:28:00 -0400 Kimberly Tyler No matter what anyone else believes about me--be it positive or negative--at the end of the day, their belief about me is still just an opinion. If someone believes that I am kind, that does not immediately translate for me that I then must be a kind person. If someone believes that I am lazy, that does not immediately translate for me that I then must be a lazy person. Yet that is what we do sometimes. We take on others opinions as our... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/13543/status http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/13421/life Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:54:00 -0400 Kimberly Tyler Regardless of what is scheduled in on the calendar, sometimes life happens regardless. Regardless of what form of mental or physical illness one is contending with, sometimes life happens regardless. Whether or not I have the emotional or physical ability, life continues to move forward. Try as I may to keep to a schedule or a routine, best laid plans do not always pan out as effectively as I may have accounted for. There are a few... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/13421/life http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/13016/mini-timeouts Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:18:00 -0400 Kimberly Tyler When I find that I am feeling more overwhelmed or stressed than usual, sometimes a mini "time-out" can make all the difference. I make an effort to schedule in down time, but because I run my own business out of my apartment, I do not do take days off as often as I could. I am fortunate to have reached the point where I do not have to make a grab at every opportunity that comes my way; however, I do want to do a complete and... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/13016/mini-timeouts http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/12914/media-spin Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:37:00 -0400 Kimberly Tyler While I am not surprised (but quite saddened) by the media hounding received by Owen Wilson, his family and associated executives in the industry, what does continue to surprise (and sadden) me is the continuing lack of awareness and reporting surrounding mental illness as well as suicide.   Considering that Mr. Wilson requested, "I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/12914/media-spin http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/12866/study-link Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:31:00 -0400 Kimberly Tyler A recently published study in the Annals of Plastic Surgery reports that women who undergo cosmetic breast augmentation are three times as likely (compared to the same age women who did not choose this procedure) to either commit suicide or suffer death related to alcohol or substance abuse. The suicides begin to show up ten years post-implant.  Considering that abuse of alcohol and substances to self-medicate is higher for those with... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/2998/12866/study-link