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25.01.2022 So.....I’m still here!! Last night was the worst night, if not one of the worst nights, I’ve ever had. I was in such a bad place. ... I was alone. One minute I’m in bed, next minute I’m driving in the car, in my pyjamas, it was frightening. I honestly don’t recall making a decision to get in the car. I don’t recall getting out of bed. It was like I was sleep walking (driving) and I woke up behind the wheel. I started looking at how I could end it all there and then. Looking at driving into something at a million miles an hour in the hope I’d die. The terrifying part of all this was how calm I was. I was able to calmly rationalise that my illness has no cure therefore my life isn’t going to get better so just end it now. I then stopped the car in the middle of the road and literally screamed at the top of my lungs.....HELP ME! Help me for what?? I’m not sure what I actually wanted. I’m in agony. Mental illness is killing me from the inside. This sounds so unfair and quite mean, but I just wished everyone in the world, just had one day, just a once off, a day in the life of a mentally ill person, then went back to normal. Because it is so hard sharing my struggles knowing that unless you have it or been through it, you’ll NEVER understand me and my pain and the world I live in. So if you’re reading this, I BEG YOU, please continue to follow my journey. To like my page. To share my page. To encourage me. To fight alongside me. To listen to me. To not give up on me. To love me. I’m in the biggest battle of my life and I can’t do this alone. I’m fighting a disease that has no cure. While ever I can........I will continue to fight! #I’m still here.

22.01.2022 Just an update on the situation with Kylie Walks a Black Dog, and why I have been a bit quiet for the past 3 weeks. Firstly, I have been pretty bad. I have been really up and down, I have been very depressed, I had a big bipolar high, and have been crippled with anxiety. I haven’t really been able to focus on my training or fundraising. Secondly, Rhett and I have been negotiating with Council, local Police and the RMS about the permits required for the walk. Things have been... going well up until now, but 2 weeks ago we were advised by RMS that due to safety concerns we would not likely be given approval for the walk. We have since tried to submit our formal RMS application and even had our registration rejected. When I first started to talk about doing this walk I never even thought there would be an issue with approvals. Despite this realisation, I am determined to keep raising awareness for Mental Illness sufferers in Australia, and particularly in the New England Region. Despite this setback, I am determined to continue to raise money for The Black Dog Institute. I want to thank all of my sponsors for their support up to this point, and I hope you can hang in there with me while I work out what happens now. I also want to thank all those hundreds of people who are supporting me online, sending me well wishes, donating towards the cause and having conversations about mental health. Because of you, I am reaching what I set out to achieve. I am making a noise, and I am raising funds. I am walking my black dog, I am growing in strength, and I am hopefully helping others as well. While I decide what happens next, people are still suffering from depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder. People are still suffering from Schizophrenia, and PTSD. People are still taking their own lives at a rate of 1 every 40 seconds worldwide. People are still struggling to feel real emotions, real joy and happiness whilst their medications strip away their emotions and leave them with emptiness. Watch this space. I am speaking with sponsors, and Rhett and I are working out plans for the next phase of KWABD. Recently we drove along some back roads, looking at routes that I am more likely to get approved for, because they are not main roads. To be quite honest, they scared the heck out of me. I would be much safer on the roads I am not allowed to walk on than the ones I probably can. I don’t know what is going to happen, and I am not sure of exact dates but I will keep giving you all updates. I don’t know what it’s going to look like, but I’m not giving up. Thanks for your support, and by the way, the day after I got told I couldn’t do the walk, I got offered free use of a motorhome. It’s a rollercoaster!!!

18.01.2022 A big thank you to Carmel Black for your donation and your encouragement. It really means a lot to me. Thank you

14.01.2022 A HUMONGOUS thank you goes out to - Lisa Sewell, Cherie Clark, and Daniel Armitage for their donations. Thank you for supporting me and encouraging me, It means a lot. ... Have a great day! Thanks Love Kylie