This year in Australia, WMHD has three objectives:

1. Encourage help seeking behaviour


2. Reduce the stigma associated with mental illness


3. Foster connectivity throughout communities

One in five Australians will experience mental illness this year, but did you know that 70% of us will do nothing about it? Encouraging help seeking behaviour is one of this years key messages for the Mental Health begins with Me campaign.

The campaign encourages you to head to the Mental Health Australia website and make a mental health promise to yourself.  You can write your own promise or you can pick from one of theirs, then upload a photo of yourself or select an avatar. Your promise will be posted on the "Promise Wall" to encourage and inspire others to to the same.

I've done mine, what promise will you make to yourself?