Meg LeDuc: Journey Through Serious Mental Illness:Living Beyond the Diagnosis
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What happens when the diagnosis changes, the struggle feels endless, and hope seems impossible to find?
In this episode of Why Not Me?, Tony Mantor sits down with writer and journalist Meg LeDuc to discuss her personal journey through depression, anxiety, psychosis, suicide attempts, self-harm, recovery, and ultimately healing.
Meg shares how years of misdiagnosis, hospitalization, and mental health challenges shaped her life—and how determination, faith, support, and the right treatment helped her rebuild it.
This honest conversation explores what it feels like to live with serious mental illness, the realities of psychosis, the impact of stigma, and why recovery is possible even after the darkest moments.
Whether you're living with mental illness, supporting someone who is, or simply looking to better understand the human experience, this episode offers insight, compassion, and hope.
In This Episode:
- Meg's journey through anxiety, depression, and psychosis
- The challenges of diagnosis and finding effective treatment
- Living with suicide ideation and surviving multiple attempts
- Self-harm, shame, and learning to heal
- The role of faith during recovery
- Relationships and mental illness
- How stigma affects people living with serious mental illness
- The difference between receiving help and choosing healing
- Recovery, resilience, and rebuilding a meaningful life
- Why psychosis is not a life sentence
Memorable Quote
"It's a piece of the puzzle. It's not the entire puzzle. There's so much more to me than illness."
About Meg LaDuke
Meg LaDuc is a Detroit-based freelance journalist, creative writer, and contributor to mental health publications. Drawing from both lived experience and professional reporting, she writes about mental health, disability, recovery, and resilience. She is currently working on a memoir chronicling her journey through serious mental illness and recovery
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