<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2117852/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Cohen Miles-Rath shares his powerful journey from psychosis and incarceration to becoming a mental health advocate and author. </p><p>His story reveals how proper support systems and personal determination transformed a life-altering crisis into a mission of education and advocacy that's changing how we approach mental health treatment.<br><br>• Surviving untreated schizoaffective disorder that led to a psychotic episode and incarceration<br>• Using the four dimensions of recovery—purpose, home, health, and community—to rebuild life<br>• Transitioning from jail to graduate school within a year through structured support<br>• Working with Mental Health Association in New York State and the Suicide Prevention Center<br>• Writing memoir "Mending Reality" to share experiences and reduce stigma around psychosis<br>• Speaking publicly to create understanding and empathy for serious mental illness<br>• Advocating for better interventions before people reach crisis points<br>• Emphasizing the distinction between general mental health challenges and mental illness<br>• Building communities where recovery becomes not just possible but probable<br>• Using personal vulnerability to help others develop empathy for those experiencing mental illness<br><br>If you know anyone who would like to tell their story, send them to TonyMantor.com and they may become a guest on Why Not Me? The World.<br><br><br></p><p>https://tonymantor.com<br>https://Facebook.com/tonymantor<br>https://instagram.com/tonymantor<br>https://twitter.com/tonymantor<br>https://youtube.com/tonymantormusic<br>intro/outro music bed written by T. Wild<br>Why Not Me the World music published by Mantor Music (BMI)</p>