Debugging Humans

a short presentation I gave a few times about debugging my mental state when I hit a wall.

Transcript

2. when shit goes wrong
3. we were trained to debug
4. debugging humans is ... different
5. a few debugging techniques I use
6. I start with my body
7. is my body healthy?
8. do I have food and shelter?
9. sweet, so it is just my mind that is buggy
10. common mental bugs are:
11. - no one loves me - not good enough - too much [ thing ]
12. only a matter of perception
13. step outside myself
14. accept that there are others that care about me
15. start caring about myself by doing mundane tasks
16. do something in my physical world, like ...
17. ... do the dishes ... clean up a room ... plant some herbs
18. do something that can be done in an hour and leaves me satisfied
19. look back and be happy about what I just did
20. next: get some rhythm into my live again
21. also: accept others that try to help
22. accept that they not always get what I need right now
23. had to learn to see it as a sign that they care, never mind if it helps me right now
24. debugging my mental state is hard but persistence helps
25. debugging humans is like debugging a legacy project, getting more familiar over time
26. debugging humans is also a bit like looking at myself from outside ...
27. and changing my point of view to see things in a different light.
28. nothing is like it looks, it always just looks the way I want it to look
29. debugging humans is a lot about learning to see things in a nice way