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People with schizophrenia open up about living with the illness in moving video

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Alice, Andrew, Sonia and Paul break the silence (Picture: Rethink Mental Illness/ Youtube)

Even today, many people are still nervous and ashamed to talk about mental illness.

But in this incredibly moving video by the charity Rethink Mental Illness, four brave people talk about their experiences of living with schizophrenia.

It’s estimated that one in 100 people in the UK will experience schizophrenia in their lifetime, and Alice, Andrew, Sonia and Paul are just four those people.

Talking candidly to the camera about everything from how the illness manifests in their lives, to how others perceieve them, and finally, how the right care turned their lives around, they lift the lid on a subject many people shy away from.

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