Active Friday! Check out our Mo Bro’s updates and see what kind of Movement they are doing for Movember.Â
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Movember Foundations and The Good Men Project have partnered up in honor of raising awareness for men’s health issues!Â
Join us for November and watch our Mo Bros continue to grow their crazy mos! Check back daily for updates on their facial hair and the issues that these Bros are talking about this Movember!
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Daily Mo Update
And Lo; the stubble-Mo hath risen.
Have you donated to Movember yet? Thinking it’s not affecting you or anyone you know? Take another look. Millions of Men of all ages have to take on these terrible trials and Movember is dedicated to helping. The best part, though, about mental health issues is that you don’t even need to donate money for that. All you have to do is keep an eye on those who mean the most to you, and keep in touch. Call them once a week or so. Text them whenever you think of something they might be interested in. Etc. One of the things I’ve been highlighting so far in this series is the feeling of being alone. Simply having someone to chat with can make a big difference in somebody’s life!
Mental health blurb: At first I felt bad because everyone in my Movember group is concentrating on mental health this month, but then I realized the reason: mental health is clearly a popular issue amongst men. If anybody out there is still feeling alone about this, take a look around you.
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Dyllon Charron
Daily Mo Update
Today my Mo is awesome. My beard for No-shave-november, which I am also doing however… is awful. It’s reached the “I’m gonna stab you whenever you move and be generally itchy and uncomfortable” point. In a few days, it’ll be alright, but for now… I’m fighting the urge to shave the beard.
On another note, don’t forget to get your move on this Movember! I just got back from a two mile run, and next week I’m starting an MMA program to take the place of the Kung Fu that I left in my old hometown! Get yo’ move on!
Movember Awareness
“For men, anxiety is even more common than depression – 1 in 5 men will experience anxiety at some point. Like depression, anxiety can be a serious condition, but you don’t need to let it control you.”
In high school I had a serious issue with my anxiety. Every time I had speak in front of others, or do something when other people were watching and it felt like the end of the world. My body began to shut down around sixteen. I started to break out into hives every time I had a panic attack, and that would be two to five times a day.
Once I got to college, I began to learn how to control my anxiety, but before I could master it, it manifested as another medial issue. I suffered for nine months straight with an esophageal spasm that kept me feeling like my throat was closing— all day… everyday. No matter how calm or relaxed I made myself, I had pushed my body too far and it said “enough.”
We often take for granted our bodies’ abilities to persist when we don’t take care of them. Mental disorders, though mental, still have an effect on your body. In fact, many mental disorders affect your body in many more ways than you could ever guess. Anxiety causes rapid aging, that alone destroys your entire body.
Learn to recognize when you are having a hard time, and take that first notice as a sign to get help. Don’t just keep going because you think you can… like I did; get the help you need before you fall to pieces.
Want to know more? Check out BeyondBlue.org for more information on anxiety and depression in men.
I took today’s pic before yoga. Since part of Movember’s focus us physical activity, I felt it important to share.
I haven’t done yoga in a long time. 15 years ago I was very overweight. I started eating better and doing yoga from a vhs tape I bought at a library booksale. I lost 100lbs in a year.
Today, however, I was not at my best. I was a beginner again. I was the only man in a class of housewives and older women. The class was a cardio-yoga format. All the squats and lunges left me sucking wind and I was slower than most of the class.
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Come yoga time, though, and I still had much of my balance, flowing strength, and flexibility. Not to brag, but I *kinda* kicked ass.
I think it’s important to be uncomfortable and challenged. I think it’s important to have fun, get over yourself, slay your ego, and not take everything so seriously.
Which is why I went to mom yoga in a purple hoodie with a dodgy moustache.
Donate to We Mustache For The Truth and help these MoBros raise money towards combating the men’s health issues they are advocating for this Movember!
Dyllon Charron was an editor for The Good Men Project in 2015, when this spectacular group of people helped change his life. He is a martial artist, a Sci-fi & Comic book author, a pianist, and a seeker of zen; which can be found in a balanced breakfast. By day he is your friendly neighborhood master of shenanigans, by night, a madman behind a keyboard. You can tweet to him @ArbiterHavak or email him at [email protected].
