09/29/2014 Lunch & learn @ Ministry GmbH Hamburg How I tried to self medicate my depression by doing sports

André Cedik Ruby Developer

How i got here

Year of firsts

after the marathon sore but happy (kind of)

mood changer

What depression feels like

splitshire.com is it really this bad?

flickr.com/photos/derekgavey/5275765214/ first contact

flickr.com/photos/skibler/4530994733/

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flickr.com/photos/chain12/9121929903/ telling family & friends

flickr.com/photos/34166194@N00/3835494997 wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Biermann commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Enke_4.JPG

Date Activity before after 04/04/2014 Rails girls: installparty 4 5 04/05/2014 Rails girls: workshop 5 8 04/06/2014 bike ride 5 7 04/07/2014 running 5 6 04/19/2014 Last long run before the marathon 5 8 04/23/2014 first training session of the triabolos rookie program 2014 6 8 (6) 05/08/2014 Educational Reading (with flu symptoms) 4 5 05/09/2014 Reading for fun 3 4 05/10/2014 visiting my parents 3 4 05/11/2014 listening to music 3 3 05/13/2014 Educational Reading & listening to music 3 5

Why are we prone for depression and how to fight it

impostor syndrome

“70% of all people feel like fakes at one time or another, but it's most common in successful women and people of color”

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worldofcostumes.com masking symptoms is easy

insomnia

can’t fall asleep not getting enough sleep getting (even more) depressed

Ways to fight back

flickr.com/photos/kristiand/3223306147/ diet & sleep

excercise

meekevoges.com meet new people

try new stuff

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