Trauma - Lived Experience

And I think that's an important thing to recognize, because I think sometimes we almost celebrate people who've been through huge trauma and do incredibly well afterwards, and what we're actually celebrating is their ability to hide what they're going through.

Absolutely.

And it's, uh, things like that, like you don't...

What I have learnt, and I read a really good book about it, what I've learnt is that good is good enough.

You know, it, you don't have to achieve anything absolutely massive to touch people, and you don't, your life is gonna be your life no matter what choices you make.

I'm never gonna be a top executive of something or save lives or, uh, you know, do things that I thought I would because of the accident.

Well, never say...

I mean, I-

But-

... bet you said I'd never fall 6,500 feet and survive it, so you never know, Joanne.

You might surprise yourself with what you achieve.

Yeah, I certainly would.

[laughs]

Yeah.

[laughs]

I would survive.

And, um, no, I would be very surprised at myself.

But no, good is good enough.

Yeah.

And it takes a long time to work that out.

You can be just as helpful in your own circle.

And recovery, like, is different for everybody.

Yeah.

There is no hierarchy to trauma or to mental health or to whatever else.

It's such a personal experience.