Ep 20 | Kathryn Prescott: Traumatic Accident, PTSD & Recovery

Fellow automobile-pedestrian accident survivor, actor Kathryn Prescott,  shares the story of her own recovery from being hit by a truck. Together, we chat about our common similarities in PTSD and CPTSD, invisible disability, years of surgeries, the complexity of a patient-caregiver relationship, and life after long-term rehabilitation.

Kathryn (Kat) Prescott, a UK actress known for the titular role of Carter in Finding Carter and - a guilty pleasure of mine - Emily in Skins (UK.) (and she’s from generation 2 - my personal favorite generation!!).

In this episode, we deep dive into Kat’s traumatic accident, (spoiler alert: a cement truck ran over her legs, resulting in 13 surgeries for her legs, pelvis, and vascular system), family dynamics, the bitch that is long-term health recovery, dnd how humans, both friends and acquaintances, react to another’s trauma.

This episode is  supersonically powerful. Everyone absolutely needs to listen to this to better understand health trauma, perhaps receive comfort and validation, and to learn how to be there for a trauma survivor.

Victims of automobile violence, this one’s for you…and binge Skins UK.

Win most, lose some 

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Kat's Book Recs for Recovery:

Talk Crash to Me by S. Dawne McKay

Lucky by Ed Jackson

I'm Glad My Mom Died  by Jeannette McCurdy

Educated by Tara Westover

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Wintering by Katherine May

Shattered by Hanif Kureishi

Good Morning, Mon

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:30 Meet Kat
• 3:10 Skins UK
• 5:44 Kat's Injuries
• 8:04 Pregnancy Possibility Post-Injuries
• 9:04 Kat's Story
• 12:18 Patient-Caregiver Relationship
• 17:47 Destroying Your Lower Body
• 22:40 Travel Post-Injury
• 24:00 Being There for Yourself
• 26:06 Show Up for People!!
• 28:00 Kat's Living Complexities
• 33:24 Our Therapists
• 35:24 Health Insurance :/
• 40:00 Showing Up for Ourselves
• 41:09 High Pain Tolerances
• 47:55 The Finances of Healthcare
• 51:15 Running in Survival Mode
• 57:55 Well Meaning, But Adverse
• 59:16 Lost Relationships
• 1:02:50 People's Responses to Trauma
• 1:08:30 Inability to Relate
• 1:11:20 I'm Normal...But Read the Room
• 1:13:30 Invisible Disabilities
• 1:15:22 Brain Injuries are CHRONIC
• 1:17:35 he's gone btw
• 1:18:55 PTSD & CPTSD
• 1:20:30 Fear of Abandonment
• 1:25:45 Physical Vulnerability
• 1:30:00 PTSD Presents Differently
• 1:31:18 Reading & Writing Heals
• 1:34:00 Support Groups
• 1:36:00 Truck Safety Coalition
• 1:37:00 Advice to Victims
• 1:41:00 Advice to Friends & Family
• 1:45:00 Thank You, Doctors & Nurses!!
• 1:48:45 Our Book Writing
• 1:51:15 Where to Find Kat
• 1:52:17 Goodbye!!