Episode 5 - "I didn’t feel anything because I was trying to hide from everything.” Sam Magee, Lead Practitioner at Man On! Inverclyde. "Heaven Can Wait."
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Episode 5 - "I didn’t feel anything because I was trying to hide from everything.” Sam Magee, Lead Practitioner at Man On! Inverclyde. "Heaven Can Wait."
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About this listen
In this episode of the Connected Communities podcast, we speak with Sam Magee. Sam is the Lead Practitioner for Adult Services at Man On! Inverclyde, ASIST and SafeTalk Trainer. During this episode we dive deeply into Sam’s personal experiences of education, serving with the British Army and his own challenges with mental health. We also explore the role he now does in preventing suicide in the Inverclyde community, as well as what he does to support his own wellbeing and a song he wrote and recorded.
Covered in this podcast:
· Early life growing up in Greenock.
· The loss of friends through addiction and suicide.
· Sam’s experience of education, skidging and exam results.
· The unseen impact of 2 teachers and feeling seen/valued.
· Joining the Army or being a bad guy on TV.
· Phase 1 and 2 training – Finding commonality with strangers.
· Adventure training in Canada and getting lost with bears.
· Deploying to Iraq for Op Telic, losing friends and reassessing life.
· Detaching as a coping mechanism and how it filter into every aspect of life.
· “I didn’t feel anything because I was trying to hide from everything.”
· Making the last call to family on operations and not knowing if you’re going to stand up again.
· Taking home the violence and disassociating from my own feelings.
· A difficult transition into civvie street, mental health challenges and finding a new belonging.
· Doing Christmas duties to avoid going home. “I just sat and cried all day.”
· “What I needed was peace. Peace of my own thoughts.”
· The impact of Gordy’s suicide and the journey to helping others with Man On Inverclyde!
· The powerful initiatives that are preventing suicide and building connection in Inverclyde
· The Mental Health Buffet
· Closing Ritual - Kitbag
· “Heaven Can Wait”
· The Mindful Minute
References and Support:
Mental Health Websites and Contact Numbers – www.beinnunity.co.uk/support
Veteran Support – www.beinnunity.co.uk/erv
Man On! Podcast
Man On! Inverclyde - https://manoninverclyde.co.uk
Heaven Can Wait – Sam McGhee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gCzLFr5nJM