Depression

2015-11-03T05:47:07Z

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== Geeks and Depression Meetup ==

Geeks & Depression meetups happen every so often.

=== Upcoming reboot meetings for October and November ===
Would you like to be part of new Geeks & Depression meetings to support each other with sharing and wellness hacking?

Contact us about organizing/participating and join the google group:
*lxpk empowerthyself@gmail.com
*Douglas

Please join the google group to be kept informed: 
[https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/geeksanddepression https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/geeksanddepression]

All of our meetups so far have been at: 
No Starch Press, 38 Ringold Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

(near Civic Center BART Station)

We may be meeting there or at Noisebridge in Turing Room with some nice mellow light. Let us know if you have another suggestion for a peaceful and private place to meet near Noisebridge.

You are not alone. Share your story, if you like. Share a friend's story. Or just hang out and listen. Let's make it OK to talk about these things so that we don't feel so alone with our feelings of being alone and depressed or suicidal.
This is not a support group -- none of us are trained professionals, but we can get together in a safe, confidential space to talk about depression and suicide -- an important part of life for so many of us geeks.

== Informational Resources ==

=== Helpful wellness tools and books ===
*[https://www.cnvc.org Center for Nonviolent Communication] is a community based on a book and courses about listening and communicating observations, needs, feelings and requests. It can greatly help understanding of oneself and relationships with others. CNVC has free trainings available to help practice NVC that are a great way to learn.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy] is a powerful way of understanding and transforming internal thoughts and emotions that has become one of the best tools for psychologists to teach patients to actually get more peace and control in everyday life.

[http://www.bluehackers.org bluehackers.org]
An online support group and information resource for hackers dealing with depression.

Checkout the [http://bluehackers.org/category/brain-hacking brain hacking] section

[http://www.namisf.org/ National Alliance on Mental Illness San Francisco]
Nami provides information about how to treat mental illness and
overcome thoughts of suicide and depression.

[http://www.nami.org/ National Alliance on Mental Illness Main Site]

[http://www.dbsalliance.org/ Depression Bipolar Support Alliance]
Resource guide for overcoming depression and bipolar illness including
relevant readings, and guides for times of crisis.

== Emergency Contacts ==

'''SFGH Psychiatric Emergency Services'''
1001 Potrero Avenue
Ph: 415-206-8125

An emergency care provider which provides assessment, general mental health services, intensive case management and medication support, seven days per week, in an effort to ameliorate crisis situations and to divert from Psychiatric Emergency Services OR to facilitate admissions to acute psychiatric hospitals when necessary. Is linked with 911 and other emergency providers. Provides emergency coverage for adult clients of the system. Mobile crisis also provides response for geriatric crisis and HIV crisis after 5 p.m. and on weekends

'''Mobile Crisis Treatment Team'''
Ph: 415-355-8300

Mobile Crisis provides emergency crisis intervention services conducted in the field, early intervention in the field before situation escalates to critical crisis point, and consultation services provided to consumers, support systems, mental health providers and shelter providers. Assistance with linkage to outpatient mental health services. It has involuntary treatment evaluation capacity and determination of appropriate level of care. Psychiatry available for short-term medication services. Available to all adult residents (18 - 59 years of age) regardless of insurance.

Crisis Services: Immediate treatment or triage for voluntary individuals suffering from emotional crisis or symptoms of acute psychiatric illness, including symptoms induced by substance abuse and HIV infection. Brief crisis treatment and on-going outpatient care and medication for clients who can remain in the community with medication support. Provides 5150 (involuntary hold and/or treatment under state law) as needed to inpatient hospital care. Linkage to community follow-up and treatment.

'''Westside Crisis Clinic'''
888 Turk Street at Gough
Ph: 415-353-5050

Suicide Prevention: Telephone counseling and referral for people who are depressed and suicidal. Mental Health and drug service information and referral available 24 hours a day. Drug relapse prevention support available 24 hours a day. Support for those with HIV and AIDS available 5 p.m. to 5 a.m.

'''San Francisco Suicide Prevention'''
Ph: 415-781-0500

Urgent Care: Brief intervention that is provided in cases of non-emergent but stressful conditions which require contact within 24 hours. Services include: assessment, general mental health services, case management and medication support.

== Personal Support ==
Here is a list of people who have added themselves as someone you can call or email or text at any time if you need or want someone to talk to. 
{| style="color:green; background-color:#cccccc;" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
! Name
! Phone
! email
|-
|[[user: maltman23 | Mitch Altman]]
|415-377-5993
|maltman23 at hotmail dot com
|-
|''your name here''
|''your phone number here''
|''your email address here''
|}

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2015-10-12T20:39:57Z

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We've been Noisebridging for quite some time by now. So have many others. Many, many others.

A lot of us are pretty burnt out. There's also a lot of newbies who still have hopes and dreams.

A thing that's been on our collective mind lately is the relatively small number of people making big things happen at Noisebridge. Its a feeling that this number is slowly sliding back into the entropy danger zone.

Another thing that's been on *everyone's* mind is: Wow that reboot thing went pretty good, eh? Lets have another!

Why not, hmm?

Late/mid September (probably, idk, lets talk about it), lets close Noisebridge for the weekend. Lets shut things down. Lets close it all down and clean up the space. Fix all the things that we've been wanting to hack on but nobody's had the time to get everyone together, build a big todo list, sort out supplies, and MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Sounds like a lot, huh? Thats fine. We can do it. We're Noisebridge. We did a whole 3 month long reboot last year, so we can totally have a two day long hack day where we hack on Noisebridge.

= Goals =

* Clean up the space
** WTF is all the crap in the project shelves; do we '''really''' want to be a dumping ground for electronics and computer junk again????!!!!
** Make things tidy again
** So many locks on the lockers that need cut
** Prune our furniture hoard
** Empty the fridge!
** Scrub bathrooms!
** Sweep!
* Fix all (or most) of our broken shit
** The Noise Square is on the blink :(
** The dirty shop's window is smashed
** Fox lounge lights are brokenredred
** Broken bookshelves
** The Laser cutter!
** Bathroom sink
* Implement some new infrastructure
** Install some better electrical instead of more extension cords everywhere
** Run some more long cat5 ethernet
** Build a new couch for the Fox Lounge
** Put up some signs, yo/nosotros/ustedes
** A rack to hold all of our power drills
** Plywood rack
** Overhead shelving in the dirty shop
** Remote switch to turn on the Noiseboard projector
** Doorbell/buzzer /inside/ the elevator room
** RFID entry through the elevator gate
* Beautification
** Get some muralists to come in and start hacking
** Paint a big map of hackerspaces in the cafe
** Hang up some Art(tm)
** Arts in the fishbowl/elevator/trash room
** More LED arts
* Inculturation
** What does Noisebridge actually mean to you, eh what?
** Get more newbies into IRC/Slack/nb-discuss
** We should get more members. This is how we get consistent donation$ and dedicated involvement, right? Right!
** I heard someone wants to make a newsletter

* Make Noisebridge earthquake ready
** Anchor all shelves / lockers to the wall
** Survey the space for other earthquake hazards and come up with solutions for them
** Earthquake water supply / rations stored somewhere in the space??
= How It Happens =

We'll continue to talk about it during our Tuesday meetings. Lets figure out how it'll happen as we go. Our current Cat Herder is [[User:Tdfischer|Torrie]], so poke her with questions and ideas and she'll coordinate everyone.

== Helping Out ==

If you're keen on helping out, add some items to this wiki page!

== Supplies ==

Things we'll need a big pile of to make this happen:

* Drywall anchors
* Conduit bender
* Conduit clips to anchor new conduit to the walls
* Bathroom cleaning supplies
* Paints of all the colors
* Romex staples
* Fabric for curtains

== Volunteer ==

Want to get involved? add your name to the list so someone can hassle you to do something when the time comes

* [[User:patrickod]]
* [[User:M4R1]]

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Depression

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