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Open Sourcing Mental Illness - Open Source Bridge 2013

Open Sourcing Mental Illness - Open Source Bridge 2013

funkatron

June 19, 2013
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  1. Open Sourcing
    Mental Illness
    Ed Finkler
    @funkatron • funkatron.com
    Thursday, June 20, 13

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  2. Who I am
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  3. My Diagnonses
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  4. Generalized Anxiety
    Disorder
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  5. Adult ADD
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  6. Meds I take
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  7. Lexapro
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  8. Buspar
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  9. Strattera
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  10. Klonopin
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  11. What it’s like
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  12. Intensity of emotion
    http://j.mp/killbillsiren
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  13. Anxiety
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  14. Problems focusing
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  15. Spiraling chains
    of thought
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  16. Obsessing on
    negative events
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  17. Unwanted thoughts
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  18. Feeling alone/unlike
    anyone else
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  19. I'm broken and
    I will never be right
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  20. Suicidal thoughts and
    self-mutilation
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  21. As a developer
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  22. Positives
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  23. Working with teams
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  24. Interacting with users
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  25. IRC & forums
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  26. Conferences &
    Community
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  27. Techniques
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  28. Most of us
    self-medicate
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  29. Therapy
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  30. Medicine
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  31. Exercise
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  32. Meditation
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  33. Light
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  34. Avoidance of triggers
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  35. Crying
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  36. Finding comfort
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  37. Helping friends & coworkers
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  38. Help them feel safe
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  39. Frustration
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  40. Change
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  41. Resources
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  42. ๏ 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
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  43. ๏ Mental Illness Happy Hour
    (http://mentalpod.com/)
    ๏ http://mentalpod.com/forum/
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  44. Thank you for listening
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