GINGER ZEE

I'm self-deprecating - always.

I find home renovations almost traumatic. But people can create something great.

Meteorologists don't use a script, and most create their own graphics and certainly put together their own forecasts. Most of us went to school to become scientists - at least I did - and studied thermodynamics, physics, and tons of calculus to take this young science to the next level. Our accuracy is amazing and will only continue to improve.

I actually think the last time I stood with a race medal around my neck was after an eighth grade cross-country meet. I was gawky and 65 pounds soaking wet, and running 10 miles a day was no big deal.

Depression, for me, has been a couple of different things - but the first time I felt it, I felt helpless, hopeless, and things I had never felt before. I lost myself and my will to live.

I loved watching the base of those thunderstorms, the billowing tops of the cumulonimbus, the lightning that effortlessly lit up the lake and the sky. It was gorgeous, so energetic. I was in love.

My stepfather and his large family - The Crafts - are from Chicago, so Chicago has always been home for me.

I hope weather coverage on a national level will help folks learn to respect the power of severe weather, and weather in general, so more lives are spared.

At home, my personal life was regularly falling apart, and from childhood on, I had a lot of chaos. I was addicted to chaos; I was addicted to self-harm, and I had to seek help at the hospital.

I grew up a 'Ginger,' and I liked having a somewhat unique name.

I've been into fitness since I was 13.

Anorexia is a real disease. The choice you do have is asking for help.

Dancing is all about your core.

Like most women, I want to stay fashionable during my pregnancy - and on TV, that means coming up with something new to wear every day for at least five months.

I don't think you fully get away from something like the years of depression that I went through.

If someone hurts me on social media, I want to tell them that they've hurt me. I believe you should say what you're feeling. We should all do that, but what I've also realized is that even a negative comment is from a person who is trying to reach out. When I reply, maybe I'm reminding them that there's a deeper meaning to what they're doing.

People can say whatever they want about me. They can call me ugly. But don't talk about my child.

We're all more complex than the person we put out there.

No matter the natural disaster I've covered, whether it's a wildfire or flood, I always come back with a much greater perspective.

The eye of the hurricane forms as air rotates up and out of the hurricane and some of the air that's being spun out of the top of the storm sinks back into the center. This keeps the eye of the storm relatively calm and clear.

Ten days before I started my job at ABC News, I checked myself into a mental health hospital.

It's fun being pregnant at the same time as someone as prominent as Kim Kardashian. Seeing her beautiful body change and morph makes me remember mine is doing the same, and although it may not always feel beautiful, it really is.

Professional highlight of 2011 was definitely getting the job at ABC.

To tell your story, you have to include others.

There have been struggles and challenges that I have faced that few know about but I hope will help others going through the same thing.