Mental Health in Software Development - Tanzt kaputt, was euch kaputt macht!
summary
A public confession of long-term depression, a birthday-timed autism diagnosis and ongoing self-harm appears alongside concrete practices that change teams: an elephant channel and asynchronous thought toast for raising issues, adding pronouns on slides, using headphones/VR and music as coping tools, and small culture tweaks (ask for a smiley after blunt messages). These steps generate surprising results — a few colleagues know something becomes 200 people aware, many private disclosures follow, team friction drops and communication measurably improves.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Trigger warning and intro
- 1:11Why this talk is personal
- 13:52Elephant in the room
- 22:20Ignoring workplace issues
- 30:28Small misunderstandings cause friction
- 38:20Raising elephants and open communication
- 41:15Introducing myself
- 51:15Thought toast and idea sharing
- 55:07Embedding elephants in meetings
- 59:03Coming out about depression
- 1:03:24Autistic burnout explained
- 1:13:00Mental health stigma and bravery
- 1:18:19Living with mental health challenges
- 1:20:23Better communication tactics
- 1:21:50Closing thoughts and disclosure
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