Open Sourcing Mental Illness - Distill 2013

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1. Open Sourcing Mental Illness Ed Finkler @funkatron • funkatron.com Friday, August 9, 13
2. Who I am Friday, August 9, 13
3. My Diagnoses Friday, August 9, 13
4. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Friday, August 9, 13
5. Adult ADD Friday, August 9, 13
6. Meds I take Friday, August 9, 13
7. Lexapro Buspar Strattera Klonopin Friday, August 9, 13
8. What it’s like Friday, August 9, 13
9. Intensity of emotion http://j.mp/killbillsiren Friday, August 9, 13
10. Anxiety Friday, August 9, 13
11. Problems focusing Friday, August 9, 13
12. Spiraling chains of thought Friday, August 9, 13
13. Obsessing on negative events Friday, August 9, 13
14. Unwanted thoughts Friday, August 9, 13
15. Feeling alone/unlike anyone else Friday, August 9, 13
16. I'm broken and I will never be right Friday, August 9, 13
17. Suicidal thoughts and self-mutilation Friday, August 9, 13
18. This will kill you one way or another Friday, August 9, 13
19. Anxiety and depression raise mortality rate http://www.newrepublic.com/article/ 113176/science-loneliness-how- isolation-can-kill-you Friday, August 9, 13
20. “Depression is the worst disease you can get” http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=NOAgplgTxfc Friday, August 9, 13
21. Friday, August 9, 13
22. As a developer Friday, August 9, 13
23. Positives Friday, August 9, 13
24. Working with teams Friday, August 9, 13
25. Conferences & Community Friday, August 9, 13
26. Helping friends & coworkers Friday, August 9, 13
27. Help them feel safe Friday, August 9, 13
28. Acknowledge their frustration Friday, August 9, 13
29. Change is terrifying Friday, August 9, 13
30. Encourage & enable them to seek help Friday, August 9, 13
31. Want to help? Talk and share funkatron.com/osmi Friday, August 9, 13
32. Thank you for listening Friday, August 9, 13