How to get stuff done when you are depressed | Jessica Gimeno | TEDxPilsenWomen
Jessica Gimeno lives with bipolar disorder and wants to expand the discourse around mental health. It's not enough to just receive a diagnosis, she says, people ...
========== Translator: Kamile Viezelyte
Reviewer: Giang Pham Depression takes practice. Now, some of you may hear that and say:
"Jessica, that's preposterous. Do you know my boss?
Have you met my ex? Don't you know that mental illness
runs in my family? I don't have to try to be depressed.
It just happens. What I'm saying, is that living well with
depression takes practice. Being productive every day, despite
depression, takes practice. Being a student or an employee with
depression takes practice. I've had experience with depression
both personally and professionally, but before I go there, I want to share
with you a few numbers that illustrate how depression impacts all of us,
as a society. According to the World Health Organisation
by the year 2020, depression will ...