"I didn't think I'd be the type of person that would suffer from mental health problems"

"I first experienced mental health problems in 1999 when I had an experience of depressive illness which came on very suddenly and without any warning"

"I was first diagnosed with depression back in 1991 when something just hit me and I didn't know what it was"

"I didn't realise that children could get depression until a number of years ago and that's one of the guilts that I live with"

"I'm so busy, I'm so happy and it was depression that made me go out and get involved - to try and conquer the depression"

"When I first became ill I didn't accept it; wouldn't take the medication or the advice of my doctors"

"Usually the first thing to go is your self-esteem and your confidence, and it can be very, very hard to get it back"

"Before I became ill I never actually gave a thought about mental illness"