Why am I pushing up?
Last year over seventy five percent of suicides in Australia were men and the numbers are only getting higher every year. Brothers, fathers, sons, nephews, grandsons, friends - dead, because no one was there for them.
Why? Because Australian men are being ripped apart by societal expectations about what a man is supposed to be.
We have to be sensitive because we are too tough.
We need to be hardened because we are too soft.
We need to be kinder because were are too cold.
We need to be stoic because we are too emotional.
We have to be perfect in every way or else we are not enough.
We can never just be ourselves.
There's too much noise about what masculinity is supposed to look like and not enough noise about how we can support our Aussie brothers through what they go through every day: an emotional tug of war to fit in.
Over 24 days, I will complete 3,307 push ups because I can't sit back and see more men dying by suicide every year.
This is not about me, this about you. All of you.
If you are reading this and you feel lost, or if you have experienced this kind of loss, this is for you.
Dedicated to: Armand
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My Challenge History
Pushuperer for 1 year
| Push-Ups | Funds | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3,307 | $500 |
| Total | 3,307 | $500 |
So proud of you and what you stand for!