Donny Watkin details the ‘vicious thoughts’ that sparked him to confront his own mental health (subscription required)
14 June 2026 Donny Watkin was sitting in a radio studio and staring down at the microphone, when he realised he was losing touch with reality.
His brain was red-lining. Nothing around him felt real. But the microphones were live, the lights were on, and as the breakfast radio host for thousands of listeners across North Queensland, his job was to be funny and sound positive.
So, he powered through.
“I don’t often think about how many people I’m talking to, ever,” Watkin said of the experience.
“I’d normally relate to one car, that’s how I kind of do the show, but in that moment I felt like I was talking to thousands of people.”
14 June 2026
