Information and opinions on health from winwin at HealthCentral.com. 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/profiles/c/553/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/553/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/553/index http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/149677/revelation Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:06:14 -0500 winwin I came to this realization probably at the worst timing: while I was taking practice exams for the MCAT (medical college admission test). I am currently chest deep in studying for the MCAT, which had been happening for 3 months now. All was going well until about a month ago, my practice scores went down hill. The most recent one I completed was today, and that one was the lowest I ever scored. I don't know what happened. I have been... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/149677/revelation http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/142351/feel-wasted-life Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:54:44 -0400 winwin Hello everyone! I haven't posted here in about 3 years! Last time I posted here, I was newly diagnosed with dysthymia, stressed out with school, hating my suffocating college environment, and generally loathing myself. Three years later, I have since graduated from college. While a lot of the physical symptoms of depression has improved and I am doing MUCH better in terms of getting up in the morning and taking care of myself, I am just starting... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/142351/feel-wasted-life http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/100306/lack-motivation Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:32:33 -0500 winwin Hi everyone! Hope everyone had a good holiday! I am back home on winter break from school. I have been experiencing complete lack of motivation. It is even worse than my time at Smith College. All my friends from high school had left town, so I have no one to hang out with. My parent's house has no TV because they don't speak English. My mom is at home all day because she can't drive, and I don't get along very well with my mom. Although I... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/100306/lack-motivation http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/95442/smith-counseling Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:45:03 -0500 winwin Seriously, do I have to donate a library to get this way over priced private institution to take my problems seriously?    so I have been diagnosed with chronic-minor depression, and I have been able to manage it for almost 2 and a half years now. However, this Monday, I just woke up with this intense urge to hide and let everything else go... so I did. I haven't gone to class nor check my email for three days now.. and I have been... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/95442/smith-counseling http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/74443/identity Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:32:22 -0400 winwin In the mids of my preparing my med school essay, I discovered the most fundamental thing that I think is wrong with me is that I don't know who I am. I understand that most young adults my age deals with similar problem of not knowing what they want to do after college, but I think mine is beyond indecision on a career choice.    I grew up under the notion that all my goal in life was to make enough money to take care of myself and... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/74443/identity http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/46613/crying-shame Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:41:08 -0400 winwin Anyone ever heard of the song "Crying Shame" by get set go? The song accurately describes how it feels to live with chronic depression, serious but with a ton of humor. The chorus sorta goes: " What do you do when you're done with living, but you're still alive? I don't want to kill myself, but I just can't survive, it's a crying shame,,," For me, the song captures exactly how I feel, everyday, in a light hearted tune. It's for morbid people... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/46613/crying-shame http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/26869/semester-ends-low Sat, 03 May 2008 13:07:07 -0400 winwin I have one week left of Smith College, and it's finals week. This past week has been the worst week of this semester in terms of my school performance. I managed to slept through all my classes from tuesday to friday. I know, good job, right? Great, now I have to start studying for my finals without having gone to class forever. And, I have a cellulatase infect on my right ear. It probably started out with a pimple, but it got infected when my... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/26869/semester-ends-low http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/12929/hong-home-past Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:15:00 -0400 winwin I moved to America when I was 10, from Hong Kong, a glamorous international trading port. Out of all the placed I have to move to, I ended up moving to manchester, New Hampshire, a state who's said to have more cows then people, a state most americans don't even know about. My life took such a sharp turn. I feel weird, out of place in a land of blonde, brown,red hairs and blue, hazel, and green eyes. I had only several friends throughout... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/12929/hong-home-past http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/12928/dysmythia Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:59:00 -0400 winwin I am a college student. I Think I have dysmythia because I always felt distant and unable to connect with others, withdrawn, worthless, anxious and worry about everything. I know I was always angry for no reason as a young child, and also cried before going to elementary school. I never really feel passionate or interested in anything. Even if I have an interest or hobby, it goes away really fast. Day by day, I feel like my feeling of not... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/553/12928/dysmythia