I now live in a 150 sqft tiny house in the woods, shower under the stars, poop in a bucket, grow food, fall asleep to the sound of frogs and owls... And it's the happiest I've ever been.
Ask HN: Is startup PTSD real and possible?
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Re: Ask HN: Is startup PTSD real and possible?
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
All disorders are just labels trying to encompass the complexity of the entire human brain at every level. If you hear stories from people diagnosed with something and you're surprised by how much you relate to it, then you're surprised by how much you relate to it and can empathize on some level depending on how it impacted you and the person whose story you're comparing to. Or maybe you strongly relate but reject d…
Eh, sorta? Clinicians take those "labels" seriously; they're more than a mere shorthand for the psychological experience(s) of an individual.
The medical model of the human brain is good for billing insurance companies and standardizing clinician behavior i suppose but not necessarily an objective reality.
Re: Ask HN: Is startup PTSD real and possible?
#431999/2000 Toronto, height of the dot com, new grad in a "senior dev" role with no real experience. Our CTO was a paranoid chronic pot smoker who lectured me regularly on knowing the difference between "sharks" vs. "dolphins", our manager, a sweet Hungarian man who excelled in his prior career managing major infrastructure projects, was pulled out of retirement to lead the team and the experience almost killed him...…
Glad you found your personal sovereignty.
(by the way I know the difference between a shark and a dolphin, but what about a dolphin and a porpoise?)
Re: Ask HN: Is startup PTSD real and possible?
#441999/2000 Toronto, height of the dot com, new grad in a "senior dev" role with no real experience. Our CTO was a paranoid chronic pot smoker who lectured me regularly on knowing the difference between "sharks" vs. "dolphins", our manager, a sweet Hungarian man who excelled in his prior career managing major infrastructure projects, was pulled out of retirement to lead the team and the experience almost killed him...…
I suspect the whole idea of startups is "no boundaries" and you ran smack into it. Glad you found your personal sovereignty. (by the way I know the difference between a shark and a dolphin, but what about a dolphin and a porpoise?)
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#45I've been taking a break for most of the last 6 months, and am only just starting to get back to 'normal'. I'm not at all convinced that I'll ever fully get back to where I was pre-burnout, but at least I can check my email again without provoking a fight or flight response.
If you have the financial resources to do so, I strongly recommend you take some time off - be away from all technology and spend time in nature if at all possible. Focus on sleeping well, eating well, and exercise.
Trying to power through what you're feeling might seem heroic, but you could end up doing lasting damage to yourself.
Re: Ask HN: Is startup PTSD real and possible?
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Eh, sorta? Clinicians take those "labels" seriously; they're more than a mere shorthand for the psychological experience(s) of an individual.
Some critics say psychological labels are invented, not discovered. The medical model of the human brain is good for billing insurance companies and standardizing clinician behavior i suppose but not necessarily an objective reality.
Re: Ask HN: Is startup PTSD real and possible?
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some critics say psychological labels are invented, not discovered. The medical model of the human brain is good for billing insurance companies and standardizing clinician behavior i suppose but not necessarily an objective reality.
Words ≠ reality...you don't say?
Re: Ask HN: Is startup PTSD real and possible?
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Stress caused by trauma is by definition post-traumatic stress. It is commonly associated with war, car crashes or other violence but bear in mind that trauma is fairly subjective.
Yes, but to be a disorder it has to meet specific criteria.
Re: Ask HN: Is startup PTSD real and possible?
#49Re: Ask HN: Is startup PTSD real and possible?
#501999/2000 Toronto, height of the dot com, new grad in a "senior dev" role with no real experience. Our CTO was a paranoid chronic pot smoker who lectured me regularly on knowing the difference between "sharks" vs. "dolphins", our manager, a sweet Hungarian man who excelled in his prior career managing major infrastructure projects, was pulled out of retirement to lead the team and the experience almost killed him...…
I suspect the whole idea of startups is "no boundaries" and you ran smack into it. Glad you found your personal sovereignty. (by the way I know the difference between a shark and a dolphin, but what about a dolphin and a porpoise?)