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Support My Walk for Mental Health Research

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

In fact, every day in Australia, 9 people will die by suicide.

Mental illness can be debilitating and can have a devastating impact on not only those living with it, but those around them.

This October, I’ll be taking part in One Foot Forward to help reduce the impact of mental illness and suicide.

I'm walking to raise funds for Black Dog Institute, so that they can 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

Why i chose to put one foot forward for mental health

a little bit why this cause is so close to my heart, When I was 11 i started showing signs of aggression and hostility towards others and wouldn’t be able to rest at night I used to punch holes in walls kick people and the worst part was I used to be so mean to people who loved me the most my mum and dad. At the age of 12 someone close to me tried to leave this world, after that all my anger hostility and other emotions escalated dramatically to the point I started running away from home and only spending time with one person who made me feel so much better my grandmother. Just before I was 13 my parents took me to see so many different doctors and specialists. And until I saw a psychiatrist there was no sign of me getting any better. Aged 13 my psychiatrist diagnosed me with major depression, anxiety and ADHD which sort of made everything make sense Couple months later I was put on medication to help with my brain chemical levels which I was scared to death about but god did they help along with constant therapy and methods to help deal with my diagnosis. Aged 15 I started acting a little bit more like a normal teenager “normal” funny terms when there’s no such thing as normal. Aged 16 I started liking life again Aged 18 life started to suck and I had to go back to therapy and that felt like I was pushed right back to day 1 but I did end up back at day 1 no I was still were I was only with a minor step back. Aged 21 today writing this message life it’s going look it’s not perfect but again what is perfect I have great friends, family and I have a stable job. But my main passion is mental health so even though I can’t be helping with it at this point in life for a career I still want to help as much as I can.

My mental health journey

I’m Ethan I’m 21 and bisexual and I’ve been dealing with mental health issues coming on 9 years. it actually stems back to when I was 12. I had someone in my life try and leave my life permanently (suicide) and that’s when it all started. I’ve been diagnosed with depression anxiety and adhd and have been medicated for these issues for 8 years and glad I am because if I didn’t seek help i probably wouldn’t be here today to help with taking one step forward to fight mental health. I’m not looking to get any sympathy from this because I wouldn’t be who I am without going through what I’ve been through. and I know it’s a very cliche term but things do get better so just reach out to someone and ask for some help because I can bet 1 million dollars that anyone you know will much rather have the weight of your tears on your shoulders than your coffin. you are worth it, you are great, you are the one and the only one, you aren’t number 5,4,3 you are the number 1