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June 29, 2013
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Open Sourcing Mental Illness Ed Finkler @funkatron • funkatron.com
Who I am
My Diagnoses
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Adult ADD
Meds I take
Lexapro
Buspar
Strattera
Klonopin
What it’s like
Intensity of emotion http://j.mp/killbillsiren
Anxiety
Problems focusing
Spiraling chains of thought
Obsessing on negative events
Unwanted thoughts
Feeling alone/unlike anyone else
I'm broken and I will never be right
Suicidal thoughts and self-mutilation
None
As a developer
Positives
Working with teams
Interacting with users
IRC & forums
Conferences & Community
Techniques
Most of us self-medicate
Therapy
Medicine
Exercise
Meditation
Light
Avoidance of triggers
Crying
Finding comfort
Helping friends & coworkers
Help them feel safe
Frustration
Change
Resources
๏ http://helpguide.org/ ๏ http://www.devpressed.com/ ๏ http://nami.org ๏ http://bit.ly/namilocal ๏ Hope
For The Day (http://htfd.org) ๏ http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/ ๏ http://www.nimh.nih.gov
๏ http://www.patientslikeme.com/ ๏ https://www.moodscope.com/ ๏ https://www.superbetter.com/ ๏ Mental Illness Happy
Hour (http://mentalpod.com/) ๏ http://mentalpod.com/forum/
Two more things https://joind.in/8689 3:30pm in Open Spaces: BlueHackers BoF
Thank you for listening