Why I’m doing this?
Hey everyone!! Thank you for taking the time to read a little about why I’m doing this 🫶🏻
If you know my story, you’ll know I’ve struggled with my mental health since my early teens. But honestly, I didn’t realise just how much it could affect my everyday life until 2025.
In mid 2025, I experienced what severe depression looks like for me. Then, later that year, I had my first panic attack, which landed me in hospital. It felt like something shifted in my brain, and to be honest, it completely changed the way I saw the world.
Since then, I’ve made it my mission to use my voice for anyone who’s struggling, whether they’re open about it or going through it silently.
I want YOU to know that I hear you and I see you.
That’s why this challenge means so much to me.
Bring on December, when I’ll be spending 20 hours with no talking or technology, just me and my thoughts, to raise awareness for youth mental health.
Let’s keep speaking up for each other and the next generation 🤍
20 Hours of Silence for Youth Mental Health.
I’m taking on the 20 Hours for 20Talk Challenge which will see me sitting in a 2×2 metre square in a warehouse, alongside 400 other participants, with no talking and no technology for 20 hours. All I’ll have are the essentials I bring with me: a chair, sleeping mat, journal, water, and food. No distractions.
This challenge is a small glimpse into the isolation and struggle that someone with mental health challenges might feel every day. I know it will be tough - physically, mentally, and emotionally - but it’s a challenge I’m taking on to stand in solidarity with those navigating these experiences.So why am I doing this?
We have all been touched in some way by the reality of mental health. It can be dark, lonely, and confronting.
Structurally, the statistics are still alarming:
- Suicide remains the leading cause of death for young people aged 15-44.
- Only 2% of mental health funding goes towards prevention (Mental Health Commission 2022).
I’m completing the 20 Hours for 20Talk Challenge to help turn these statistics around. Your contribution goes towards 20Talk’s relatable prevention campaigns. They are a mental health charity that makes education cool and accessible, for young people by young people. Your generous donations go towards:
- Every $120 puts a young person through a one-day Mental Health Maintenance course
- Expanding 20Talk’s online resources and 60,000+ social media community
- Running large-scale interactive mental health events'
What is Mental Health Maintenance?
Mental Health Maintence (MHM) is a free, one-day workshop designed with industry experts to help individuals better understand and engage with different areas of their wellbeing, as well as learn effective ways to monitor them. MHM is designed to support people by equippig them with the knowledge and tools to maintai their mental wellbeing before reaching crisis point. By improving mental health literacy, removing harmful stigma, and encouraging professional help-seeking, this workshop hopes to prevent people from reaching crisis in the first place. To learn more, please visit www.20talk.com.au.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and for donating to the cause. Hopefully this small challenge can help change someone’s life.
If you ever need to chat, I’m always here. Love you all and thanks again!
Thank you to my Sponsors
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I am donating in honour of my dad who struggled his entire life with mental illnesses. Proud of you for spreading awareness around a hard topic and everyday struggle.
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