Mental health

Personal accounts #

Below are various talks, vlogs and blog posts that I've collected over the recent years. All of them show a perspective of software engineers with good access to health professionals, living in countries where treatment is widely available. I recognize how biased it is, and still, these are invaluable resources to educate yourself and your loved ones on topics of mental health.

Greg is Type II BiPolar and ADHD. This talk motivated me to seek help at two different points in my life. There's a few more recent recordings of the same talk, the one at Google was good.

• I Took Ritalin To Change My Life by Early Owl, Head of Eng at SafetyWing
• I Live With Chronic Depression and Generalized Anxiety. I Am Not Ashamed. by Wil Wheaton
• The Depression Thing by Zach Holman, ex GitHub
  • "What is with it with people expecting that a quick run will sort out your life?"
• MentalHealthError: an exception occured and MentalHealthError: three years later by Kenneth Reitz
  • Bipolar Type 1, Schizoaffective Disorder & Borderline PTSD
• Benga opens up about his bipolar and schizophrenia
• A Decade Without a Drink by Nolen Royalty

Books #

• Coming of Age on Zoloft by Katherine Sharpe
• The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk
• ADHD 2.0 by Hallowell and Ratey
• Taking Charge of Adult ADHD by Russel A. Barkley
• Executive Functions by Russel A. Barkley
• Succeeding with Adult ADHD (2023) by Abigail Levrini and Samara Naeymi
  • Probably the last thing to read on the topic but offers a good set of coping techniques

Other links #

• Therapist Reacts to ADHD TikToks by HealthyGamerGG
• Why Software Devs Keep Burning Out by HealthyGamerGG
• The Autism Constellation by No Boilerplate
• This is why you can't get ADHD treatment by Benn Jordan