Turia Pitt says her father stopped her from committing suicide after she was badly burned in a forest fire

Inspiring burn victim Turia Pitt recalls the horrific moments she nearly killed herself during the early stages of her recovery.

In 2011, the 34-year-old mining engineer survived the odds after getting caught in a bushfire while competing in an ultramarathon in Western Australia, but suffered horrific burns on 64 per cent of his body.

Opening up about the aftermath of the tragedy 11 years later, the mother-of-two said she ‘wanted to die’ during the early stages of her hospitalization.

Inspiring burn victim Turia Pitt recalls the horrific moments she nearly killed herself during the early stages of her recovery.

Speaking to Jess Rowe on her podcast The Big Talk Show, Turia explained that she and her father were “very logical and practical” by nature, and she told him she wanted to die because “she would know where she came from”.

‘I said, ‘I want to kill myself, I don’t want to be here” he recalls.

‘And my dad said, ‘well the doctors say you’ll be back on your feet in five years.

“So give yourself five years and see how you are and if in five years you want to kill yourself you can do it”.

‘I thought, that’s great, I have a timeline, I have something to work on’.

Turia says when she tries to stay motivated during her recovery, she often thinks ‘I can’t do this, it’s so hard’.

Turia with her fiancé Michael Hoskin before the terrible fire

Turia is recovering in the hospital. Turia says when she tries to stay motivated during her recovery, she often thinks ‘I can’t do this, it’s so hard’

‘I don’t think I know why everyone is so happy I’m alive. I don’t want to be here, I want to die. This is the house of ***,’ he explained.

Anugrah Turia is an ‘amazing’ psychologist who helps her bounce back mentally.

She said she needed to talk to someone outside her close circle because while her family and fiancé Michael Hoskin were there for her, they weren’t. really understand.

Turia recently said ‘she is ‘proud’ of her relationship with fiancé Michael’s decade of traumatic experiences that could have separated them. The couple now have two children – Hakavai, four, and Rahiti, two

Turia recently said ‘she is ‘proud’ of her relationship with Michael a decade after the traumatic experience that could have separated them.

The couple got engaged in 2015, with Michael previously revealing that he bought the diamond ring while Turia was in intensive care in 2011.

The couple welcomed their first son, Hakavai, in December 2017, and their second baby boy, Rahi, in February 2020.

Reflecting on the romance between the couple – who started dating two years before he suffered the grisly burns – he said they were ‘living their best lives’.

“I’m very proud of my relationship with Michael,” she told Stellar Magazine.

We’ve been through something really big and traumatic, and this may sound far-fetched, but we’re living our best lives and we’re happy.

‘We have these beautiful children together, and even though we’re not perfect, we accept each other.’

Turia adds that like all couples, they have their ups and downs, but love each other for all their qualities, good and not so good.

‘It’s easy to like someone for their good qualities and want to change their not-so-good qualities. We’re good at accepting each other as we are,” he said.

Turia recently told The Sydney Morning Herald that she ‘feels the sexiest’ with her partner, Michael.

‘It sounds a bit tragic, but I think it’s beautiful at the same time’ he said.

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