Information and opinions on Depression from Izzy 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/38939 http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939 http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/95873/calling Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:25:15 -0500 Izzy This weekend has been one filled with a lot of emotions some good and cheerful, others very reflective and sad. One thing that has been a common thread however is that I have a need to write, to write what I'm not entirely certain.   I suppose I should try and explain why this is an odd feeling for me to be having. You see there was once a person in my life who seemed to make everything ok, and appeared to have my best interests at heart.... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/95873/calling http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/94019/dealing-tough Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:57:13 -0500 Izzy Sometimes it feels like everyone around you is looking to make your already difficult day that much harder. You know how it is you're sitting on an already swaying tower of blocks, each block containing some type of commitment, or task and here comes another block, a larger one that you weren't expecting and suddenly you're no longer sitting on top of your tower. Now you're under the rubble of what was your tower, wishing that whoever felt you... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/94019/dealing-tough http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/87547/life-update Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:38:35 -0400 Izzy Hi Everyone :)   Let me start off by saying that I hope everyone here is doing well and that it always helps me to log in here now and then to keep myself on track where my depression and anxiety is concerned.   Life right now is pretty amazing I am loving my new school they are very encouraging of self expression and individuality which is helping me to get out a lot of feelings I use to let bottle up inside me. More then that... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/87547/life-update http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/85653/lot-hope Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:25:56 -0400 Izzy Hi Everyone!   It's been a bit since I decided to check in on the board so I thought now would be a good time for an update!   - I am officially moved into my very own apartment with fantastic neighbors, and currently in the decorating process but atleast the chaotic pile of stuff is all organized into its respective places.   - Decorating will be incorperating foam letters and pictures of friends and family who mean the... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/85653/lot-hope http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/83471/can-keep-it-all Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:51:49 -0400 Izzy I can't even compare today to yesterday or the days prior for they are like night and day. I feel like I'm stretching my wings and surveying the world for the first time, seeing so much beauty and life where there had only been darkness and despair. I find myself doing things that I haven't had any desire to do in so long painting, drawing, writing and just getting outside. I know these things don't sound like great strides, but considering only... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/83471/can-keep-it-all http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/83357/fighting-fight Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:19:35 -0400 Izzy Some people will tell you that the internet is not a good place, that to pour your heart out online is probably the worst thing you can do because you never know how those on the other end will respond. I believe those people have never come to the point I found myself in last night. Last night I was fighting a fight within myself to claim that the feelings my depression was evoking inside of me were wrong. I felt like everything around me was a... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/83357/fighting-fight http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/83175/losing-world Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:53:52 -0400 Izzy Butterfly   I'd like to say I've healed but it hasn't happened yetI'm struggling to rise above the pain, the broken pieces and regretI'm falling hard instead of soaring above the clouds of rejectionLonging to clear my mind, and see my true reflection   Though all I see is your eyes, your smile and that angelic glowAll the memories and feelings I had before you let me goYou didn't have the courage to face me and left so much... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/83175/losing-world http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/83009/fall-fly Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:08:55 -0400 Izzy Not ReadyI cry over what you've done to me, and to those I care aboutI hear your name and deep inside I still fear you though I seldom let everything outI fear the way you made me feel, how you blurred the line between fiction and what was truly realA black cloud you created looms over me, and a hole in my heart still prevents me to trust or feelI'm not ready to forgive you, that I know is trueI'm not finished being angry the wounds are far too... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/83009/fall-fly http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/81476/advice-emotions Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:12:20 -0400 Izzy Sometimes the buffet of life brings you seconds and dessert long before you've had time to contemplate picking up your fork to deal with what was initially in front of you. That's how I feel today, there is just so much happening I don't know where to begin. Next week marks the beginning of final exams and since my laptop was stolen and notes erased I'm pretty much doing them from memory yikes! Next week is also the week an assignment worth 45%... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/38939/81476/advice-emotions