Understanding despair

Our community is getting better at talking about depression, but we might have a disadvantage when it comes to understanding it. It's not a puzzle to be solved, and not always something you can think your way out of. I want to show you how I came to understand what it means to have clinical depression, and the single most important thing we can do about it. Find out more >

Managing a Mind

Christopher Murphy is a writer, designer and educator based in Belfast. Adrian Shaughnessy, writing for Creative Review, described him as, "a William Morris for the digital age," an epithet he aspires to fulfill, daily.

The organiser of Break, a conference that 'questions the edges of design', he writes about design at Monographic and the importance of work-life balance at fsck. Informing his role as an educator, Murphy is a practicing designer whose work spans a variety of media, both analogue and digital.
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Eating Disorders & Emotional Debt

Eating disorders affect over 70 million individuals worldwide. Despite the increasing number of people that suffer from ED, it is a seemingly shameful disease that many people don’t want to talk about. Eating disorders are a disease the breaks your relationships with everyone around you. A disease that often goes unnoticed by many and can end up being fatal.

Justine Arreche is a recovering bulimic and advocate for opening up the discussion about eating disorders and those affected in the tech industry. Understanding the struggles, signs and symptoms of an eating disorder could allow you to have the tools to help a fellow human who is suffering. Perhaps even save their life. Find out more >

Bipolar Management

Amy Newell is Director of Engineering at PatientsLikeMe, and believes her bipolar disorder is an asset to her management. She feels proud to work for a company that supports and celebrates neurodiversity. She thinks that being open and supportive about mental health creates a better working environment for everyone, increases productivity, and leads to happier engineers. She is committed to showing other tech companies and tech managers how to better support all their employees around mental health, and committed to helping other tech workers with mental health issues navigate successful career paths and get the help they need. She has spoken openly about her mental illness on NPR and can be found on YouTube talking about her bipolar disorder.

She is also a poet.Find out more >