‘I started hearing voices telling me to kill myself’
People with mental health illnesses are judged more negatively than those with physical ones - according to 69% of people questioned for an exclusive Comres poll for the Victoria Derbyshire programme.
A quarter of us are thought to suffer from a mental health issue each year with many saying they experience some sort of discrimination.
We heard the personal experiences of people with conditions ranging from post-natal psychosis to anorexia.
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from 20/07/2015
-
![]()
Celebrities on their mental health problems
Duration: 02:08
-
![]()
Mental health funding: Is enough being spent?
Duration: 01:11
-
![]()
The impact of mental illness on Britain's economy
Duration: 01:16
More clips from Victoria Derbyshire
-
![]()
Coronavirus: Inside a UK GP surgery battling the outbreak
Duration: 06:27
-
![]()
'My anti-depressant withdrawal was worse than depression'
Duration: 08:58
-
![]()
Menstrual cup misuse 'can cause pelvic organ prolapse'
Duration: 05:23
-
![]()
Rough sleepers: 'No-one ever asks how lonely we are'
Duration: 14:50
