If you are having thoughts of depression, find a friend or advisor you trust and talk to them.
If you are worried about someone, talk to them or encourage them to talk to someone. #TalkSavesLives
• #TalkSavesThursday - N...
If you or someone you know is feeling suicidal or in danger of self-harm, call someone immediately, day or night:
CaPS (CMU): 412-268-2922 or at www.cmu.edu/counseling/
Re:solve Crisis Network (National): 888-796-8226
If the situation is life threatening, call the police:
On campus: CMU Police: 412-268-2323
Off campus or around the country: 911
Outstanding video on why illnesses are not your fault: • Your Illness is Not Yo... (applies to mental illness as well)
On individual freedom and the false dichotomy between an "ordinary" and an "extraordinary" life: • Sula: Crash Course Lit...
Abridged version of this video: • My experience with anx...
Sources for images and quotes (and licensing information):
- CMU Active Minds (images publicly available and reproduced with permission): thebridge.cmu.edu/organizatio...
- Kamy Wakim, Globus Pallidus, reproduced with permission, copyright retained by original artist.
- Randall Munroe, xkcd.com, creative commons licensed: xkcd.com/1089/
xkcd.com/683/
xkcd.com/828/
- Sherri Wolfgang, copyright retained by original artist, reproduced with permission:
www.sherriwolfgang.com/crazy-m...
www.sherriwolfgang.com/crazy-m...
- Surviving the World, copyright Dante Shephard (Lucas Landherr), comic by Kelly Weinersmith, Fair Use Commentary: survivingtheworld.net/GuestLec...
- Journal Articles, copyright held by publisher, titles and author names reproduced without permission (Fair use commentary):
jneurosci.org/content/28/9/219...
jneurosci.org/content/35/35/12...
www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v...
- Books; brief quotes only used:
"An Unquiet Mind", Kay Redfield Jamison, www.amazon.com/Unquiet-Mind-M...
"The Day the Voices Stopped", Ken Steele, www.amazon.com/Day-Voices-Sto...
"Heal Thyself", Oliver Ameisen, www.amazon.com/Heal-Thyself-D...
"Triggered", Fletcher Wortmann (referenced but not quoted): www.amazon.com/Triggered-Obse...
- Truman Show delusion (BrainCraft): • The Truman Show Delusion