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August 24, 2013
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Transcript
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
This will kill you one way or another
Anxiety and depression raise mortality rate http://www.newrepublic.com/article/ 113176/science-loneliness-how- isolation-can-kill-you
“Depression is the worst disease you can get” http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=NOAgplgTxfc
None
As a developer
Positives
Working with teams
Conferences & Community
Helping friends & coworkers
Empathy Empathy Empathy
Help them feel safe
Acknowledge their frustration
Change is terrifying
Encourage & enable them to seek help
Want to help? Talk and share funkatron.com/osmi prompt.engineyard.com
Thank you for listening