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-The stigma attached
to mental illness,

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there's nothing
positive comes out

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of being called mentally ill.

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There's nothing trendy about it.

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-Yes, they may have an illness.

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They've got something wrong
with them that's affecting them,

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but that's not them
as a whole person.

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They're a young person with all
the hopes, dreams, and beliefs,

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and wondering about the world
that all young people have.

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-I think there's a lot
of wrong information

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and harmful information
about mental illness.

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-I think there is confusion
between madness and badness.

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The media will often
talk about murderers,

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slayers being schizo
or psycho or something,

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but actually most people
with mental illness,

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or serious mental
health disorders,

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are not criminal, and
don't commit murders,

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and aren't violent.

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-Any media will concentrate
on the most extreme examples

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because it's a better story.

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So there'll be stories about
people who killed themselves,

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or who maybe repeated
suicide attempts,

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or spend their whole
life in hospital,

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or who spend their whole
life hiding behind the sofa.

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-People are so afraid to talk
about it because people think,

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she's depressed
she can't handle...

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he's depressed he can't
look after himself.

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-What isn't a great
story is here's

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someone with a
mental illness who

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doesn't earn quite as much as
they might do if they didn't

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have a mental illness, but they
are getting on with their life.