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About My Challenge

I'm hoping to complete some push-ups in 23 days. Mainly I want to raise awareness for mental health. Any funds (tax-deductible donation can be made to my page) will go to headspace is Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation.

 

Note: I am not a medical professional, and I do not give medical advice.

I have struggled with various mental health issues, part due to nature and part to nurture. I want to share what helped me in case it can help others. If you're tired of hearing "this too shall pass" here is what helped me.

 

Treatment - Medical professionals/clinics

Depression/anxiety - Therapy & TMS

Trauma - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (psychologist trained to perform EMDR)

Insomnia - Sleep Matters Clinic - (Specialist sleep psychologist)

ADHD/Insomnia - ADHD diagnosis and long acting medication (Psychiatrist)

 

Depression & Trauma:

Book - Lost connections - Johann Hari

Book - Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion - Dr Marshall Rosenberg (available free on youtube from the author)

Book - A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle

Film - Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

TV series - Black Books

TV series - After life (TW: Suicide)

Practice - Mindfulness (Body scans, breathing exercises, sensory input scans)

Practice - Movement/exercise (rock climbing, dancing, walks)

Practice - Art/creative (fun non-judgmental like paint by numbers, finger painting, paint and sip)

Practice - Gratitude & kindness (even if it's the smallest thing, even if the kindness is only to yourself, acknowledge it)

Practice - Sleep hygiene/routine

Practice - Whimsy/humor (the horrors persist but we remain silly)

Practice - Journaling

Practice - interacting with/caring for animals or plants

 

Grief:

Book - Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief - David Kessler

Practice - writing and speaking to the departed

 

Anxiety:

Book - Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind - Dr Judson A. Brewer

Practice - Breathing exercises - Note: smoking (Tabacco) is not advised for health typically, but as activity which had me take a break, go outside, and focus on my breathing... I found it helped me through the harder times.

Practice - Movement/exercise (rock climbing, dancing, walks)

Practice - Worry time - Schedule in a specific time to worry, for a set amount of time. For example - worry time could be 5-20mins, every day, at 3pm. This allows the brain to process and let go of worries in a manageable way.

Supporting headspace National

headspace is Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation, providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds. 

Each year, headspace helps thousands of young people access vital support through our headspace centres in over 157 communities across Australia, our online and phone counselling services, our vocational services, and our presence in schools. 

The support headspace receives from the community helps us achieve our vision - that all young Australians are supported to be mentally healthy and engaged in their communities.  

My Challenge History

Pushuperer for  1 year

Push-Ups Funds
2025 260 $0
Total 260 $0

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