Danny Carey

The Medicine Ball Challenge

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.

ABF The Soldiers' Charity

Combat Stress

My Updates

The Start

For those that are not aware, I suffered a complete Mental Health (MH) breakdown at the end of November. This was brought on by extreme anxiety. Anxiety that I had no real idea existed, and when it hit, I did not have a clue how to handle it. 
It ended with me trying to take my own life, not from my own personal choice, but from the choice my mind took to put me at peace. It changed who I was and how I acted. 
There are a lot of people out there that struggle, or are struggling with MH illness, or issues. I will be undertaking this challenge to raise awareness within Gibraltar, and hopefully the wider community.

Thank you to my Sponsors

£25.63

Alec Spooner

£20.50

Christopher Bramhall

Hey Dan, good cause buddy.

£20.50

Danny Carey

£20.50

Simon Carey

❤️

£20.50

Ricki Rotimi

£20.50

Anonymous

£20.50

Anonymous

£20

Philip Carr

Legend💪🏼 ⛓️🏋️

£20

Anonymous

£20

Amanda Peach

£10.25

Daniel Gonzalez

It takes alot of courage & resilience to do this, well done & stay strong buddy 💪🏽

£10.25

Shona Stratton

£10.25

Luke Willis

💪🙏

£10.25

Michael Celecia

£10.25

Luke Traverso

🫡

£5.13

Lucy Riley

Well done Danny, it is hard to pull yourself out of a dark place, but sounds like you are doing amazing keep going 🙌🏻 life can have unexpected turns sometimes but it’ll always lead to something better if you let it xx

£5

Jordan

🙌🏾🎉

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