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Christopher McMahon

as someone who has recently gone through the most challenging 12 months I have experienced, I think this is a vital and meaningful step toward bettering my mental health, with a goal that can also help others struggling or who need support and/or better access to care. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER.

Total Raised

$24

Total Distance

8km

Distance Goal

100km

Support My Walk for Mental Health Research

Did you know that 1 in 5 Australians experience a mental illness each year?

This October, I’m taking part in One Foot Forward to help Australians impacted by mental illness and suicide.

I'm walking to raise funds for Black Dog Institute to put ground-breaking new mental health treatment, education, and digital services into the hands of the people who need them most.

It would mean so much to me if you donated to support my walk.

Together, we can create better mental health for all Australians.

My Updates

in preparation

I’m sitting here now realising (we have been able to blog this whole time and I’m only learning it now?) 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

Anyways, I wanted to update, and continue to commit to this even though no one believes me when I say I’m doing this.

Off the bat, I’m a type 1 diabetic, I’m not overweight (anymore thanks to DKA), but I’m a smoker and I’m incredibly unfit 🤷🏻‍♂️🥵

SO, since making this page and commitment, I have been trying to see how far I can walk without coughing up a lung or getting a gnarly stitch in my body where I have to walk all kinds of (censored) - because honestly, if I do this challenge in small 1km walks I’ll give up and I won’t complete it. I know myself and I know that if I do a decent amount I’ll see the difference, I’ll know the difference and I’ll do better.

However lately, granted I like my solitude, inability to keep track of time and willingness to “be better”, I still find myself on the same steps that prevent me from moving forward and out of the shadows of my past. I can’t tell the people I want to tell that I actually jogged up a steep hill (I want to say more than 600m no more than 1km), down the other side and back up again. The first bit was easy… but man that rest on the top, and those views from up high was amazing. But I can’t tell that to anyone because getting home on a demand is more important than nuance, care and genuine interest in LIVING. Call me crazy but we have this beautiful planet as a home and we’re expecting one another to always be home, always be available… anyway, this has dragged on now.

Snapshot review: “I guess I can walk a few steps without hurling or dropping from dizzy sensations”