Discovering anxiety
summary
Developer with a Rails job describes being diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder after a 2011 panic attack, repeatedly spending $1,000 on an unnecessary MRI and circling a block five or six times to check for accidents. Treatment combines weekly counseling and a maintenance medication that helps but doesn’t remove worry. Built a quick tool the day before a hurricane that overlays FlightAware flight paths on the storm (used lat/long → nautical miles) and reports that it doesn’t calm the panic.
AI-written summary · about
chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 3:23Defining anxiety and fight-or-flight
- 4:49Childhood anxiety experiences
- 6:17Social anxiety and school fears
- 7:43Driving and irrational fears
- 8:49Health obsessions and compulsions
- 11:43Diagnosis and first steps
- 13:07Generalized anxiety disorder explained
- 14:09OCD obsessions and compulsions
- 15:32Anxiety in adulthood
- 17:25Parenting and increased anxiety
- 18:06Benefits of anxiety
- 19:54Broader mental health spectrum
- 20:39Personal coping strategies
- 21:44Communication and acceptance
related talks
05h 02mSocial Anxiety 2.0
39mHow I became Agile when it came to mental health
01h 00mImpostor Syndrome: How to Overcome Your Inner Roadblock
39mStress Driven Development, and How to Avoid It
50mStress Driven Development, and How to Avoid It
05mLiving With OCD
15mWWDC 2018 Amanda Southworth
54mOpen Sourcing Depression