Lunch & Learn @ Ministry GmbH

My original talk "How I tried to self medicate my depression by doing sports" as presented to the Ministry GmbH employees

Transcript

1. 09/29/2014 Lunch & learn @ Ministry GmbH Hamburg How I tried to self medicate my depression by doing sports
2. André Cedik Ruby Developer
3. How i got here
4. Year of firsts
5. after the marathon sore but happy (kind of)
6. mood changer
7. What depression feels like
8. splitshire.com is it really this bad?
9. flickr.com/photos/derekgavey/5275765214/ first contact
10. flickr.com/photos/skibler/4530994733/
12. flickr.com/photos/chain12/9121929903/ telling family & friends
13. flickr.com/photos/34166194@N00/3835494997 wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Biermann commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Enke_4.JPG
14. Date Activity before after 04/04/2014 Rails girls: installparty 4 5 04/05/2014 Rails girls: workshop 5 8 04/06/2014 bike ride 5 7 04/07/2014 running 5 6 04/19/2014 Last long run before the marathon 5 8 04/23/2014 first training session of the triabolos rookie program 2014 6 8 (6) 05/08/2014 Educational Reading (with flu symptoms) 4 5 05/09/2014 Reading for fun 3 4 05/10/2014 visiting my parents 3 4 05/11/2014 listening to music 3 3 05/13/2014 Educational Reading & listening to music 3 5
15. Why are we prone for depression and how to fight it
16. impostor syndrome
17. “70% of all people feel like fakes at one time or another, but it's most common in successful women and people of color”
19. worldofcostumes.com masking symptoms is easy
20. insomnia
21. can’t fall asleep not getting enough sleep getting (even more) depressed
22. Ways to fight back
23. flickr.com/photos/kristiand/3223306147/ diet & sleep
24. excercise
25. meekevoges.com meet new people
26. try new stuff
28. @andrecedik ! andre.cedik@gmail.com