[dropcaps form=”square” color=”#d3992d” fontcolor=”#ffffff”]UN[/dropcaps]wrapped is a new video series created by Neal O’Farrell, the founder of Mynde.me, where he tries to unwrap, explore, and understand the mental illness he’s struggled with for nearly 50 years, in the hope that we can change the way that we understand, talk about, and embrace mental illness and health. Learn More.
Unwrapping Mental Illness, One Mynde At A Time

MEET THE CREATOR AND HOST OF
UNWRAPPED
Neal O’Farrell is an award-winning cybersecurity expert who has spent nearly forty years fighting cybercrime and identity theft around the world. About the same length of time he’s been fighting his own trifecta of mental illnesses.
As 2020 approached, Neal decided to pursue a different passion, a switch in mission from cyber health to mental health (including his own), and specifically on how the workplace could be the epicenter for improving employee mental wellness.
In addition to Mynde.me, Neal also leads The PsyberResilience Project, to study the chronic levels of stress and burnout in the cybersecurity workforce, the personal impact on these digital first responders, and the broader impact on global cybersecurity.
He’s also involved in a project to examine how smart cities can support and improve the mental health of their residents.

SOCIALIZE, SHARE, SAVE.
As a new initiative, Unwrapped has a social media following of near zero. Imagine if we were reaching millions of people with these critically important messages, how many lives we could change or even save?
Latest Blogs
Stories that offer some background and insights to accompany the Unwrapped series, plus some random ramblings on connected tissue.

BASEBALL AND SUICIDE
- Posted by Finegas
- On July 21, 2020
So let’s talk about suicide for a moment, shall we. Because if we don’t, there’s probably a good chance that you won’t...
- DEPRESSION, mentalillness, SUICIDE

The saddest thing about mental illness is often just the sadness
- Posted by Finegas
- On July 21, 2020
I don’t think I’ve ever been happy a day in my life. By the time I realized that I’d said it out...
- adhd, anxiety, mentalhealth, mentalillness, socialanxiety

I’m Telling You, I’m Not Shy, It’s More Complicated
- Posted by Finegas
- On July 21, 2020
Not right in the head, the doctor said, though not in so many words. Banjaxed at birth I always thought, said my...
- anxiety, avoidantpersonality, mentalhealth, mentalillness, socialanxiety