28c3: Geeks and depression panel

Panel discussion on depression and suicide within the hacker community. Please see http://saizai.com/suicide.shtml for resources to contact if you want to talk, or join us on IRC at freenode #bluehackers.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• 28c3
• ccc
• geeks
• depression
• hacker community

[AnaLimaLuiza]

I'm sorry for the lost of your friend.

Suicide needs to be discussed.

Thank you for that.

Be careful with drug-induced suicide ideation! Antidepressants SSRIs - Prozac like - has violent behavior and it makes people kill others or/and self.

It is very different from the "wanting" to die.

Be careful!

[Dahajda]

@BinaryCoder You don't have Asperger do you? We are taught by doctors that we can't communicate properly with normal people and it fucking sucks. We're people who will never be as everybody else.

[Dahajda]

@mydsbr We all think our depression is unique when it really isn't. Don't let a bad experience that you had 8 years ago bring you down. Now is the time to act! You seem like an awesome guy to me and I can promise you that there are people out there who would wanna be friends with you.

[jwmn]

You can't solve or even fully understand psycholical problems in a logical way. Unfortunately. If it would be that easy...

[jacobmgreer]

I found this incredibly moving. I'm wondering if there are some next steps within the community to be looking at? Like finding ways to encourage discussion at hackerspaces or even promote some sort of anti-suicide campaign in the STEM/hackerspace/nerd community?

[racedezertcom]

The speaker looks Rob Gonggrijp in the 1980/90s

[odv000]

i'm 29 and never had girlfriend

i don't have friends either.

i hate my life, i hate myself, i want to die.

[AnExplorer1000]

Hey, listen...there are 7 billion people on this planet. That's 7.000.000.000!!! :-) There will always be A LOT of people in every city in the World who are going to have similar interests as you do...and similar ways of thinking about some things. Always.That's statistics my friend.And if you don't find anyone in your own city (forums etc.) then you can always try the next 5 cities around yours.BTW,while you search,enjoy in your life by yourself.Life can be very interesting! ;-)

[madtrade]

nothing depress me more then those depressives :-/

specially the 2th talk omfffgggg

[mydsbr]

Thanks for your comment, but I don't believe I will ever find any friends again. There is just a gap between myself and the people around me. Example: I started visiting music concerts like 7-8 years ago, but no one cares. No one I know seems to have any passion regarding this activity. It's like a curse.