Ask HN: I was let go for writing about my depression. What should I do?

So this happened around the middle of October and ever since, I've been trying to process my mind around it. I wrote about my depression and shared it with others. I wrote it as way to sort of come to terms with things and let people know that they aren't alone.

A couple days after I wrote it, I shared the piece of writing with a couple people on Twitter. I'm going to guess that my boss must have saw it popup on his timeline which led to me getting a phone call from him. We just talked about it and how I was feeling. He told me to take the next day off. I guess he was trying to be nice and be a good person but the day after the day I was given off, I received another phone call from him. He pretty much said, "I don't think it's best if you come into work. If you have anything of ours, just return them when you feel like it." aka we're letting you go. He reassured me it wasn't because of what I wrote over and over again. I, on the other hand, do think I was let go because of what I wrote. I wasn't given an explanation as to why I was being let go. I don't and didn't think of myself as a liability but I guess that's how I was viewed.

I talked to a couple people about it. Some said he was in his right to let me go, others said it wasn't right for me to be let go. I'm currently on a gap year and all I wanted some work to do and hopefully gain experience from. I can't do that and every junior Android developer position I've applied to in Chicago has pretty much turned me down. Chicago doesn't have that much junior Android developer positions compared to other cities. I can't get the experience I wanted and can't earn the money I planned on earning. At this point, I have no idea what to do. I just work on my own small projects day to day. What do you guys think I should do? Do you think my boss was in his right to let me go even though I didn't mention anything about the company in my writing?

Any help would be appreciated.

I think you should talk to a local employment attorney. In the meantime pick yourself up and look for another job... A change of scenery can help too if you are not very tied to your location. Also, I hope you find the help you need. You don't have to take it on all by yourself.

Firstly, depression is a serious mental illness with well studied chemical and therapeutic interventions. See a psychiatrist straight away. A few pills may really help your cause.

Sign up for Medicaid (http://www.hfs.illinois.gov/medical/apply.html) and/or talk to the the Cook County Health System psychiatry department (http://www.cookcountyhhs.org/tag/psychiatry/)

I’ve read the Bible and Qur’an front to back 5 times each. They hold no meaning to me.

I've run into some hardline Christians and Mormons in the Chicago software scene and writing that could very well have made you stone cold dead to them. Is your old boss from Wheaton, Illinois or nearby? That seems to be their headquarters.

Actually I live in Indiana but very close to Chicago and commute to Chicago daily for work....well I did. My boss was from Indiana and I don't think he was either Christian or Mormon.

I see a psychiatrist and a therapist twice a week. Obviously they're are cutting into my runway but I figured it's worth it since I've been doing much better ever since I wrote the piece of writing.

Name and shame?