Open Sourcing Mental Illness - OSCON 2014

Video of presentation: http://j.mp/osmioscon14video

Transcript

1. Open Sourcing Mental Illness Ed Finkler @funkatron • funkatron.com fictivekin.com OSCON 2014
2. Who I am
3. An informal survey
4. How it affects us
5. 1 in 5
6. Level of disability
7. Disease burden
8. My diagnoses
9. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
10. Adult ADD
11. Meds I take
12. Lexapro Buspar Strattera Klonopin
13. I see a therapist
14. What it’s like
15. We don’t “present” as sick
16. Anxiety
17. Intensity of emotion
18. Problems focusing
19. Spiraling chains of thought
20. Obsessing on negative events
21. Feeling alone/unlike anyone else
22. I'm broken and I will never be right
23. Suicidal thoughts and self-mutilation
25. We cannot stay silent http://www.actupny.org/reports/silencedeath.html
26. As a developer
27. Positives
28. Interviewing
29. Managers & Bosses
30. Making your workplace safe
31. Sick workers don’t work
32. 41%
33. 8 years
34. Peers help
35. Mental Health First Aid mentalhealthfirstaid.org info@mentalhealthfirstaid.org 202.684.3736
36. I need your help. Talk. Share. Learn. prompt.engineyard.com osmihelp.org mentalhealthfirstaid.org
37. Office Hours: Burgerville @ 3:20pm
38. Thank you for listening funkatron.com/osmi • osmihelp.org