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Mental illness leaves a huge legacy, not just for the person suffering it but for those around them.

Mental illness is a very powerful thing. If it is with you it is probably going to be there until the day you die. I am trying so hard to break mine, but it is not easy. It is my toughest fight ever.

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.

If a person is insane or troubled, you first have to get the person to admit that they have a problem before you can solve anything.

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.

Mental health can improve overall well-being and prevent other illnesses. And since mental health problems have a serious economic impact on vulnerable communities, making them a priority can save lives and markedly improve people's quality of life.

Well, I think it's important to stand as an advocate for the mentally ill.

I think one thing is that anybody who's had to contend with mental illness - whether it's depression, bipolar illness or severe anxiety, whatever - actually has a fair amount of resilience in the sense that they've had to deal with suffering already, personal suffering.