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Coping with depression

Slides from my talk at @mkgeeknight as part of #geekmentalhelp week

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October 28, 2014
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Transcript

  1. coping with depression #geekmentalhelp

  2. our industry

  3. “Mental health affects EVERYBODY and adding an often derogatory term

    in front of it is another form of segregation.” @psdesignuk

  4. mental health (547 responses) GOOD AVERAGE BAD 38 34 20

    7 1

  5. curiosity

  6. exposure

  7. about depression

  8. None

  9. critical

  10. the self

  11. filters

  12. strategies

  13. speak to a professional

  14. talk to somebody

  15. get away from a screen

  16. watch what you eat

  17. notifications

  18. turn it off and on again

  19. http://geekmentalhelp.com/ #geekmentalhelp @geekmentalhelp