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Transcript
Open Sourcing Mental Illness Ed Finkler @funkatron • funkatron.com fictivekin.com
Open Source Bridge 2014
Who I am
An informal survey
How it affects us
1 in 5
Level of disability
Disease burden
My diagnoses
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Adult ADD
Meds I take
Lexapro Buspar Strattera Klonopin
What it’s like
Anxiety
Intensity of emotion
Problems focusing
Spiraling chains of thought
Obsessing on negative events
Feeling alone/unlike anyone else
I'm broken and I will never be right
Suicidal thoughts and self-mutilation
None
We cannot stay silent http://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 Aid mentalhealthfirstaid.org info@mentalhealthfirstaid.org 202.684.3736
I need your help. Talk. Share. Learn. prompt.engineyard.com osmihelp.org mentalhealthfirstaid.org
Thank you for listening funkatron.com/osmi • osmihelp.org