Information and opinions on health from LyraStorm 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/932594/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/932594/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/932594/index http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/153045/happened Thu, 17 May 2012 09:30:45 -0400 LyraStorm Just a quick note to let those who were wondering about what happened after my last post regarding my birthday and feeling like my boyfriend didn't give me enough thought what ended up happening.   I spoke to him a few days later and he said that he just wanted to get me something that he was sure I would want and apologised that it made me feel like he didn't give me much thought or that I wasn't worth his energy. He then took me out a... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/153045/happened http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/152804/birthday Wed, 09 May 2012 03:27:34 -0400 LyraStorm I keep telling myself I didn't expect anything - nobody ever goes to great lengths for me after all - but truthfully I didn't just wish and want, I did sort of expect...   What am I talking about? Yesterday was my birthday. It went ok at first - more people than usual realised and posted a message on my wall on facebook, I got texts from a friend and my boyfriend in the morning, and presents off my family, got a few cards too. Then I met... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/152804/birthday http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/151808/arguments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:58:29 -0400 LyraStorm Aren't arguments horrible? Anger flares, people scream out hurtful things, often there is violence being directed somewhere (normally, and hopefully, towards inanimate objects) as people vent there frustrations. Certain things are said simply to try and win the argument. Other times truths come out that the other person has been too polite or afraid to say under calmer circumstances.   Afterwards you are left trying to decipher what was... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/151808/arguments http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/151524/environment Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:50:27 -0400 LyraStorm I struggled with my mental health all last week. I caught up with my boyfriend this weekend and managed to pull myself together a bit. I return home and the house is a pig-sty so I spend all afternoon cleaning, I argue with my older brother, and my mum then whinges that I used something she told me as part of my argument. I feel teary and like I've had more than enough of life again. I need to get out. http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/151524/environment http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/151422/catch-falling Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:47:37 -0400 LyraStorm Don't you hate it when you can feel yourself falling down the rabbit hole and nothing you do seems to be able to stop it... though maybe it does slow the descent some. I'm still not sure that that is helpful though - maybe it is better to just hurry up and have the dip so it can be over with already?   I'm not sure why I'm falling this time. Maybe because I'm trying to find work? Or spending a little less time with my boyfriend (his... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/151422/catch-falling http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/150493/cry-reason Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:02:17 -0500 LyraStorm Ever have one of those times when you feel all teary for no reason that you can think of? Right now I am feeling that way. I guess it might be the overwhelmingness of it all, but in essence my life is pretty good right at this second.   I have a boyfriend that I love and who loves me. I'm getting on well with all the significant people in my life. I am acting in a student short film and have had nothing but praise for my performance.... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/150493/cry-reason http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/150077/feeling Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:48:32 -0500 LyraStorm I know I'm feeling better when: I make a mistake I can learn from it instead of getting frustrated, and can even see the light side of it and laugh at the situation/myself. I'm feeling lonely and disconnected from the world I reach out and get in contact with another, connect in some way (if only a text) instead of retreating into my own private bubble and truly shutting everyone and everything out. I get afraid of something and instead of... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/150077/feeling http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/149879/affected-raw Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:04:48 -0500 LyraStorm Do you ever find that someone else's story - whether it be in book form or movie or song, fiction or real - can affect how you feel? Can even make you feel depressed?   I just got through reading 'The Hunger Games' trilogy. I enjoyed it in that I couldn't put it down, ravishing my way through it, but now I'm left all teary and feeling awful. I guess it had a happy ending of sorts... but I think I was triggered by the mental health battles... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/149879/affected-raw http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/149761/past Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:43:50 -0500 LyraStorm Valentine's Day is coming up. Not for another couple of weeks, of course, but soon enough that there is all that advertising out in the shops. For the first time I will have a boyfriend on this day. I made a comment to him about the day as we were walking through the shops and his reply was 'oh, are we doing that?'   I'm not the type of girl who likes or needs a lot of hoopla. I don't really like doing the gift exchange thing and feeling... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/149761/past http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/149256/aggressive Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:24:07 -0500 LyraStorm I know I don't have to be alone tonight, but I'm busy trying to make a point. Shush you.   I have spent the last few days with my boyfriend doing all sorts of nice things (like putt-putt, playing pool, eating out, cuddling on the couch watching DVDs, just chilling together, having a picnic at a beautiful spot overlooking the city near the wood), but, as always, it has been under his terms at his place. I have let it be this way since the... http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/932594/149256/aggressive