<div style><b>Blue Hackers MeetUp</b></div><div style>Sunday, February 12, 2012</div><div style>4:00-6:30pm</div><div style>Jigsaw Renaissance (at the Inscape Building, 815 Seattle Blvd S, Seattle 98134)</div><div style><div>
<br></div><div>Depression, anxiety,bi-polar, Asperger's, ADHD, and more...</div><div><br></div></div><div style>Hackers, makers, and geeks are not immune from mental health challenges. In fact, our subculture brings with it specific challenges related to breaking down barriers to accessing support for mental health issues. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Join us for a guided discussion on:</div><div style>-risks and benefits of seeking support</div><div style>-how to survive when your brain wants you to die</div><div style>-how to manage someone else's crisis without creating one of your own</div>
<div style>-when to hire a professional brain hacker (psychiatrist/therapist)</div><div style>-next steps to increase support in our community for mental health concerns.</div><div style><br></div><div style><b>Led by Robin DeBates</b>, treasurer and chaos wrangler at Jigsaw Renaissance, clinical social work associate; <b>and willowbl00</b>, organic chat client and robot from the future.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>This event is affiliated with the work that Arjen is doing over at <a href="http://www.bluehackers.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,65,112)">http://www.bluehackers.org</a> to improve visibility of mental health and geek culture.</div>
<div style><br></div><div>Willow Brugh // <a href="http://blog.bl00cyb.org/" target="_blank">willowbl00</a></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,238);text-decoration:underline">Schedule a meeting with me<br></span><div><div></div>
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