SIM Ep 448 Chops 187: Amanda Prowse and The Boy Between
Standard Issue Podcast
Standard Issue
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
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| 0:36.0 | Hello Mickey here, welcome to this week's Sunday Chops, which is a doozy if I do say so myself. |
| 0:41.0 | I mean, it does help that they're all doosies. Now then, while you know we are far from a |
| 0:46.2 | verse to a good swear, they're not normally this near the top, but we're going to be talking |
| 0:50.5 | about depression. And depression is, to put it bluntly a fucker and I say that as someone who struggled |
| 0:56.7 | with the black dog since I was a kid it's equally a fucker for those watching |
| 1:01.4 | someone they love go through it and that is something which |
| 1:04.0 | international best-selling author Amanda Prowse knows only too well having watched her |
| 1:08.6 | son Josh suffer from such severe depression that he planned to take his own life and while we're encouraged to talk |
| 1:15.0 | and told it's okay to not be okay both of which are excellent bits of advice it's not |
| 1:20.8 | always that easy in practice. |
| 1:23.0 | Amanda and Josh though found a new way to communicate which not only help them to help Josh and keep going through the most heartbreaking situations, |
| 1:31.0 | but also got them thinking about how sharing their experience could help others. |
| 1:36.0 | Kue the boy between, a book co-authored by Amanda and Josh detailing their experiences of Josh's depression and how it affects the lives |
| 1:44.3 | of those who dearly love him. It's a fascinating mead and I think a vital one not |
| 1:50.1 | just for someone wanting to understand what a loved one living with depression is going through, |
| 1:54.2 | although it absolutely helps with that, but also for anyone living with depression, |
| 1:58.7 | as a reminder that those around them feel it too, and as lonely and isolating as depression can feel and boy can it |
| 2:06.0 | you're not alone. Before we get to my shout with Amanda who is just a joy I wanted to |
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