The Quiet Crisis: Life Inside Complex Mental Illness - Amanda Gaudion
About this episode
Kirsten Diprose interviews Amanda Gaudion about her experience with her former husband Troy's severe mental illness and its tragic consequences.
This is a big, honest, and deeply human conversation. In this episode, Kirsten sits down with Warrnambool mother, Amanda Gaudion, who shares the story of her former husband Troy — a devoted dad, police officer, and someone who experienced a severe mental illness that ultimately led to his death by suicide. It’s a conversation about love, confusion, systems, stigma and what it’s actually like to live alongside complex mental illness that doesn’t fit neatly into the categories we’re more comfor...
People in this episode
Host: Kirsten Diprose
Guest: Amanda Gaudion
Topics covered
- mental illness
- suicide
- family
- stigma
- personal story
Keywords
- mental health
- suicide prevention
- family dynamics
- stigma
- personal narrative
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Warrnambool
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