#132 - Ctrl + Alt + Depression
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Theme : Mental health in Design
Have you ever noticed that Designer, Developer and Depression start with the same two letters? Coincidence?
All the ingredients for a good depression are intrinsic to the tech world: Perfectionism, Comparison, Performance at all costs. Simmer in a society where we have to please all the time, where no matter what we do we are never enough... BANG, BANG and BANG!
My name is Manon, I am a designer and I went through a major depression. I was off work for 11 months.
While burnout is becoming acceptable, depression is still not. Burnout is the badge of honour of the ambitious, while depression is still synonymous with weakness.
You should be ashamed of being depressed.
I want to say Fuck the shame.
I want to lift the veil on a reality that too many live hidden. Often isolated, the return to "normal" life is a path full of pitfalls that I would compare more to a rollercoaster than a cruise in my bed.
Between toxic positivism and the cult of "hustle", how to get out of it?
Under the pretext that design is a profession-passion, should we put up with everything? Can we have a healthy relationship with our work?
What if healing is loving yourself?
With humour and love, I will speak frankly about loneliness and suicidal thoughts but also about acceptance, questioning, discoveries and hope at the end of the tunnel. I want to share with you the learnings and behaviors I've learned to navigate the discomfort and the little things that make my life better now.
Talking about depression is about what makes us human without judgment.
That's where the work begins.
Let's question everything, together.
🎤 Speaker - Manon Gruaz - Lead Product Design @ HALEO
💬 Will be held in French
💻 Accessible - People in tech.. everybody
🔎 Theme - Mental health in Design
📍 Powerhouse - Lausanne
If you can't make it, the event will be available on Youtube afterwards.
Thanks to our wonderful premium sponsors @liip_ch & @HidoraSwiss who help us make these journey possible 🙂
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