Challenges That Change Us

114 {Damien Thomlinson} What it takes to be a special forces soldier

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Episode notes

Damien Thomlinson is someone who has seen his fair share of adversity.

Damien is an Australian Afghanistan war veteran, inspires globally who lost both his legs to a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan.

He undertook intense rehabilitation, learned to walk with prosthetics and from there he kept going.

He authored his best-selling autobiography "Without Warning.", took on various challenges like the TARGA Tasmania rally, Kokoda Track, snowboarding and the Invictus Games.

He acted in "Hacksaw Ridge," and appeared on "Australian Survivor."

He’s now even ranked among the top 3 Multi-Amputee golfers worldwide.

But it is the challenges of being a special forces soldier and the PTSD that he battles with after that part of his life that he has chosen to share with us today.

In this episode shares:

- The special show he has produced and will be touring the country with

- What the special forces means to him

- What the process to get in was like

- How he made connections despite not being able to tell people what he did

- How his relationships outside of the military struggled while he was in it

- How his PTSD presents for him

- The first time he felt good after his PTSD

- How he handles his PTSD and his weaknesses now

Key Quotes

“Everything shuts down. My voice gets broken into a monotone that I don’t even know if I could do if I was trying to act.”

“I’d much rather get it wrong and get it right the second time.”