Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

I am a doctor...

Avatar for Russell Keith-Magee Russell Keith-Magee
September 09, 2015
Programming
0
150

I am a doctor...

Closing talk from DjangoCon US 2015, discussing my experiences living with depression.

Avatar for Russell Keith-Magee

Russell Keith-Magee

September 09, 2015
Tweet

More Decks by Russell Keith-Magee

See All by Russell Keith-Magee
Python All The Things!
Avatar for Russell Keith-Magee freakboy3742
2
400
Snakes in a browser
Avatar for Russell Keith-Magee freakboy3742
1
130
Making a splash with your open source project
Avatar for Russell Keith-Magee freakboy3742
0
370
Things your parents didn't teach you about sharing your toys
Avatar for Russell Keith-Magee freakboy3742
0
380
A tale of two cellphones: Python on Android and iOS
Avatar for Russell Keith-Magee freakboy3742
0
240
Beyond Web 2.0 - Django and Python in the modern web ecosystem
Avatar for Russell Keith-Magee freakboy3742
0
270
Python on the move: The state of Mobile Python
Avatar for Russell Keith-Magee freakboy3742
0
310
Professional Yak Coiffure
Avatar for Russell Keith-Magee freakboy3742
0
91
Money Money Money: Making software, in a rich (wo)man's world
Avatar for Russell Keith-Magee freakboy3742
0
200

Other Decks in Programming

See All in Programming
GraphQL×Railsアプリのデータベース負荷分散 - 月間3,000万人利用サービスを無停止で
Avatar for Koya Masuda koxya
1
1.2k
ソフトウェア設計の実践的な考え方
Avatar for 増田 亨 masuda220
PRO
3
490
overlayPreferenceValue で実現する ピュア SwiftUI な AdMob ネイティブ広告
Avatar for Takashi uhucream
0
110
フロントエンド開発に役立つクライアントプログラム共通のノウハウ / Universal client-side programming best practices for frontend development
Avatar for nrs nrslib
7
3.9k
WebエンジニアがSwiftをブラウザで動かすプレイグラウンドを作ってみた
Avatar for uutan1108 ohmori_yusuke
0
170
非同期jobをtransaction内で 呼ぶなよ！絶対に呼ぶなよ！
Avatar for Yuto Urushima alstrocrack
0
550
GitHub Actions × AWS OIDC連携の仕組みと経緯を理解する
Avatar for Itaru Ota ota1022
0
240
Cloudflare AgentsとAI SDKでAIエージェントを作ってみた
Avatar for Sato Naoya briete
0
120
(Extension DC 2025) Actor境界を越える技術
Avatar for Himeshi teamhimeh
1
230
iOS 17で追加されたSubscriptionStoreView を利用して5分でサブスク実装チャレンジ
Avatar for Atsuya Sato natmark
0
620
私はどうやって技術力を上げたのか
Avatar for Yusuke Wada yusukebe
43
17k
CI_CD「健康診断」のススメ。現場でのボトルネック特定から、健康診断を通じた組織的な改善手法
Avatar for teamLab teamlab
PRO
0
180

Featured

See All Featured
Performance Is Good for Brains [We Love Speed 2024]
Avatar for Tammy Everts tammyeverts
12
1.2k
Evolution of real-time – Irina Nazarova, EuRuKo, 2024
Avatar for Irina Nazarova irinanazarova
9
960
Designing for Performance
Avatar for Lara Hogan lara
610
69k
Let's Do A Bunch of Simple Stuff to Make Websites Faster
Avatar for Chris Coyier chriscoyier
507
140k
Reflections from 52 weeks, 52 projects
Avatar for Jefferson Lam jeffersonlam
352
21k
Music & Morning Musume
Avatar for Bryan Veloso bryan
46
6.8k
How to train your dragon (web standard)
Avatar for Monica Dinculescu notwaldorf
96
6.3k
Scaling GitHub
Avatar for Zach Holman holman
463
140k
Why You Should Never Use an ORM
Avatar for John Nunemaker jnunemaker
PRO
59
9.6k
We Have a Design System, Now What?
Avatar for Morgane Peng morganepeng
53
7.8k
Fireside Chat
Avatar for paigeccino paigeccino
40
3.7k
Into the Great Unknown - MozCon
Avatar for Noah Learner thekraken
40
2.1k

Transcript

  1. I am a doctor... Dr Russell Keith-Magee DjangoCon US 2015

  2. Content warning Content warning Depression Suicide and suicidal thoughts Drug

    use Miscarriage
  3. None
  4. None
  5. None
  6. None

  7. I am a doctor....

  8. ...but I'm not that kind of doctor.

  9. This is not medical advice

  10. None

  11. An angry man

  12. Rollercoaster

  13. Rock bottom

  14. Rock bottom

  15. Diagnosis

  16. I'm OK.

  17. R U OK?

  18. None

  19. You're not alone.

  20. You're not alone.

  21. Shame

  22. None

  23. http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/verysick

  24. http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/verysick

  25. http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/verysick

  26. None
  27. None
  28. None

  29. Birthdays

  30. Seek help

  31. What does help look like?

  32. K10 test for Psychological Distress

  33. Get thee to a doctor

  34. Depression isn't the only mental illness

  35. Depression isn't the only mental illness

  36. Treatment

  37. Drugs

  38. St John's Wort

  39. Melatonin

  40. Self medication

  41. Self medication

  42. SSRIs Setraline (Zoloft) Fluoxetine (Prozac) Benzodiazepines Alprazolam (Xanax)

  43. SSRIs Setraline (Zoloft) Fluoxetine (Prozac) Benzodiazepines Alprazolam (Xanax)

  44. SSRIs Setraline (Zoloft) Fluoxetine (Prozac) Benzodiazepines Alprazolam (Xanax)

  45. SSRIs Setraline (Zoloft) Fluoxetine (Prozac) Benzodiazepines Alprazolam (Xanax)

  46. Non-drug treatment

  47. Exercise

  48. Sunlight

  49. Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  50. Keep talking

  51. MHPrompt BlueHackers Beyond Blue Black Dog Institute mentalhealth.gov

  52. Be the help for others

  53. What depression isn't

  54. Snap out of it.

  55. Broken limbs

  56. Broken limbs

  57. Spoons

  58. Spoons

  59. Spoons

  60. Spoons

  61. Spoons

  62. What not to say It will all get better You

    don't have it so bad There's always someone worse off than you Stop being so negative

  63. RU OK?

  64. RU OK?

  65. RU OK?

  66. RU OK?

  67. None
  68. None

  69. Thanks! [email protected] @freakboy3742 cecinestpasun.com djangoproject.com pybee.org