Cohen Miles-Rath (on psychosis and recovery)
6/3/20262 hr 7 min
Cohen Miles-Rath (Mending Reality: An Advocate’s Existential Journey with Mental Health) is a mental health advocate, author, and suicide prevention professional. Cohen joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up between two wildly different households in upstate New York, finding his footing as a distance runner while becoming the first in his family to go to college, and how injuries and pressure began to unravel his sense of self. Cohen and Dax talk about the psychotic break that led him to try to kill his father, the role weed and sleeplessness played in his crisis, and the unconditional love that helped him rebuild his life after jail. Cohen explains what hallucinations and delusions feel like from the inside, why recovery requires daily vigilance and a strong support system, and how sharing his story helps reduce stigma around severe mental illness.
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First 90 secondsDax Shepard· Host0:00
Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert, Experts on Expert. I'm Dan Shepherd. I'm joined by a crying Lily Padman.
Monica Padman· Host0:06
[laughs] No, there's, like, dust on my face.
Dax Shepard· Host0:07
You gotta... You're having an allergic reaction right now?
Monica Padman· Host0:09
Well, we didn't finish something we started, and that's upsetting for me.
Dax Shepard· Host0:12
Are there high winds in here that I don't know about?
Monica Padman· Host0:14
Maybe.
Dax Shepard· Host0:14
Okay. This is one of the most interesting episodes we've ever had.
Monica Padman· Host0:19
Yes.
Dax Shepard· Host0:19
Uh, our guest today, Cohen Miles Rath, uh, is a mental health advocate and speaker, and he has a memoir out now called Mending Reality: An Advocate's Existential Journey with Mental Health. This is a firsthand account of someone who had a psychotic break, um, a schizophrenic episode, uh, that resulted in them trying to kill their father.
Monica Padman· Host0:43
Yes.
Dax Shepard· Host0:44
And the amount of bravery and honesty that Cohen brings to this- Yeah ... is, is incredible.
Monica Padman· Host0:50
Astonishing. It really is.
Dax Shepard· Host0:51
It is very helpful to hear the firsthand account as opposed to the outsider's- Yes ... view of it. It is very powerful.
Monica Padman· Host0:57
I agree.
Dax Shepard· Host0:58
Uh, please enjoy Cohen Miles Rath.
Cohen Miles-Rath· Guest1:01
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