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Open SourcingMental IllnessEd Finkler@funkatron • funkatron.comfictivekin.comOpen Source Bridge 2014
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Who I am
An informal survey
How it affects us
1 in 5
Level of disability
Disease burden
My diagnoses
Generalized AnxietyDisorder
Adult ADD
Meds I take
LexaproBusparStratteraKlonopin
What it’s like
Anxiety
Intensity of emotion
Problems focusing
Spiraling chainsof thought
Obsessing onnegative events
Feeling alone/unlikeanyone else
I'm broken andI will never be right
Suicidal thoughts andself-mutilation
We cannot stay silenthttp://www.actupny.org/reports/silencedeath.html
As a developer
Positives
Working with teams
Interviewing
Managers & Bosses
Making your workplace safe
Sick workers don’t work
41%
8 years
Peers help
Mental Health First Aidmentalhealthfirstaid.orginfo@mentalhealthfirstaid.org202.684.3736
I need your help.Talk. Share. Learn.prompt.engineyard.comosmihelp.orgmentalhealthfirstaid.org
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