Mark MI words

I am a great believer in the power of the spoken word. Poetry however has always been difficult for me and I have never really been able to fully appreciate it (or even get into it).

But when my friend Ananya posted a poem onto her socials, I challenged myself to 'give it a go'.

What I read was a revelation. I'd never connected so much with a piece of prose.

I needed to discuss what I'd read and who better to do that with than the creator of that prose.

Today I welcome Ananya to share her work and some insights into her journey with mental illness.

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When I was first hurt, it was hard for me to acknowledge that I wasn't able to do certain things anymore.

Things that I'd done a million times would be a impossible for me.

I would feel extremely guilty whenever I had to say no to anybody for any reason. I just felt that as and normal existing human, that I should be able to do everything that I set my mind to.

And it could be as simple as just a family gathering, something like that.

I had to learn that at times, I had to have the courage to say no.

I had to have the courage to say, to allow myself to be a little bit vulnerable and say, I can't do this for whatever reason. Going to talk about that today on Mark My Words.

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Even though I have a mental illness I need to understand that your behavior is my own.

I have had to learn to be humble. Had to learn to apologize to my children, to humble myself in front of my children, to be vulnerable in front of my children.

And that in turn allows me to be vulnerable to people outside of my house, to people that I wrong, to people that I treat poorly in a moment of deep anxiety or deep depression or deep anger.

To me, it is one of the best ways I've had to keep moving forward. Own my mistakes, understand that I did the wrong thing, admit that I did the wrong thing and try to do better next time.

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Resilience is not a destination. Resilience is a journey. And resilience is a decision that you make often, sometimes many times in one day.

A couple of weeks ago, something happened. There was a miscommunication, and it went really, really badly for me.

When the incident happened, I lost it. All of my symptoms came back... the silver flashing in the corner of my eye, the shaking, the stuttering, being unable to talk, the anger.

And then I had to go do a radio show. And then after that, I had to go speak at a university.

Now, at the time, I didn't see what I was doing was an an achievement because I'd already failed that day.

But less than 45 minutes after this intense mental health breakdown, was able to do a radio show. Yeah, it was not the best radio show I've ever done, but I did it.

But I just have to keep saying to myself, mate, this is resilience. You are more resilient than you would have been able to be even two, three years ago. Resilience is a decision.

Resilience is a journey. And I really hope that I can continue to share yours.

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Welcome to Mark (& Paul) MI Words.

Paul joins us as a special guest host.

Today we discuss DIAGNOSIS!

The difficulties, the resilience and stress needed to arrive at a diagnosis.

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For those that don't know, as well as Mark MI Words, I do a radio show on 2XX FM Canberra.

It's called Mental Illness Education and you or (mieNu- pronounced 'me-n-you').

This week on the show i welcomed a guest whose insight into life with a mental illness in insightful and clear. He's also incredibly brave. You'll be hearing more from Paul in the coming weeks on Mark MI Words as his is a voice you need to hear.

Pleas enjoy the show we did on Wednesday.

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So I was talking to somebody a little while back and they asked me a question that surprised me, a question that I wasn't expecting, a question that I thought was self-evident to everyone. I didn't think it was a question that anybody would need to ask.

But it was quite simply, what is PTSD? Today is I'm just going to dive into what PTSD means for me. I'm going to talk about what it is, talk about how I got it.

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It's 2025!

To start this year, I'd like to go back to 'why'.

Why do i do this podcast?

A big part of the reason was losing my friend Daniel to suicide.

His loss inspired me to start telling my story so no-one in my sphere of influence would think that suicide is the best option (or even a 'good' option).

All suicide is preventable.

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It's with no small amount of gratitude that I wish you all the best for the holiday season.