SHIT HAPPY with Toni Powell
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SHIT HAPPY with Toni Powell
Surviving Suicide: A Boatload of Miracles with Donna Thistlewaite ep 90
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Shownotes:
After a workplace conflict detonates Donna Thistlewaite’s confidence, intrusive thoughts spiral fast and end in a suicide attempt from Brisbane’s Story Bridge. Donna survives in a chain of near-impossible events and, years later, uses her story to shift stigma, build hope, and teach practical tools for wellbeing. This episode explores suicide prevention, anxiety, shame, catastrophising, nervous system overload, and why you cannot “think your way out” when your brain is in fight-flight.
Topics
- Work stress, humiliation, imposter thoughts
- Anxiety, sleep loss, nervous system overload
- Suicide attempt and survival
- Why the suicidal brain feels “rational”
- Lifeline volunteering and the power of being heard
- Recovery routines: exercise, cycling, gratitude
- Storytelling, shame, privacy and telling family
- Hope: emotional states are temporary
Episode SpecificLinks
- Donna Thistlewaite about: https://donnathistlethwaite.com.au/
- Australian Story episode featuring Donna (2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jpy9RBEDtg
- Lifeline: https://www.lifeline.org.au/131114?q=get-help/services/131114
- Beyond Blue: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
- Transcript and guest bio: https://shithappy.com/surviving-suicid…f-miracles-ep-90/
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# 18, 19, 21, 22, 24 and 25 with Toni about her journey with mental health
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