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Open Sourcing Mental Illness Ed Finkler @funkatron • funkatron.com fictivekin.com Open Source Bridge 2014

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Who I am

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An informal survey

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How it affects us

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1 in 5

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Level of disability

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Disease burden

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My diagnoses

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Adult ADD

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Meds I take

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Lexapro Buspar Strattera Klonopin

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What it’s like

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Anxiety

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Intensity of emotion

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Problems focusing

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Spiraling chains of thought

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Obsessing on negative events

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Feeling alone/unlike anyone else

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I'm broken and I will never be right

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Suicidal thoughts and self-mutilation

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We cannot stay silent http://www.actupny.org/reports/silencedeath.html

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As a developer

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Positives

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Working with teams

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Interviewing

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Managers & Bosses

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Making your workplace safe

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Sick workers don’t work

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41%

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8 years

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Peers help

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Mental Health First Aid mentalhealthfirstaid.org info@mentalhealthfirstaid.org 202.684.3736

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I need your help. Talk. Share. Learn. prompt.engineyard.com osmihelp.org mentalhealthfirstaid.org

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Thank you for listening funkatron.com/osmi • osmihelp.org