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Open Sourcing Mental Illness Ed Finkler @funkatron • funkatron.com fictivekin.com
Who I am
An informal survey
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
This will kill you one way or another
Anxiety and depression raise mortality rate http://www.newrepublic.com/article/ 113176/science-loneliness-how- isolation-can-kill-you
“Depression is the worst disease you can get” http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=NOAgplgTxfc
None
We cannot stay silent http://www.actupny.org/reports/silencedeath.html
As a developer
Positives
Working with teams
Conferences & Community
Techniques
Most of us self-medicate
Therapy
Medicine
Avoidance of triggers
Crying
Finding comfort
Helping friends & coworkers
Empathy Empathy Empathy
Help them feel safe
Acknowledge their frustration
Change is terrifying
Encourage & enable them to seek help
Mental Health First Aid www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org
I need your help. Talk. Share. Learn. funkatron.com/osmi prompt.engineyard.com
Thank you for listening funkatron.com/osmi