One in four adults experience mental illness, and many more of us know and care for people who do. Talking openly about we feel can help.
The challenge involves cuffing a 3kg Medicine Ball to my wrist for 7 days. It may not sound that heavy but being tied to the medicine ball continuously for 7 days is a significant burden. The ball becomes a physical, visual and tangible representation of the invisible burden of mental health so many of us can experience.
The challenge raises money for the following charities. Any support you can offer will be gratefully received and split evenly between the causes.
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The challenge starts next week
Well it’s official my Medicine Ball Challenge starts next week. It is going to be hard, but not as hard as dealing with mental health issues and that is the point. Unfortunately suicide amongst men is extremely high because we find it hard to talk about and to many serving personnel and veterans suffer from their service and seem to get left behind.If you see someone walking around with a medicine ball handcuffed to there wrist it is to get your attention and to get people talking about mental health and seek the help they need and not be ashamed because it’s not a weakness or anything to be ashamed of.
So please donate to this amazing cause and sign up to the challenge if you think you can handle it 😉
