I am speaking out for the one in five people that are diagnosed with any sort of mental illness; whether it be depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, or Schizophrenia. There are many stigmas that come with mental illness and I hope to break them all. A person doesn’t have to be covered in scars or show obvious symptoms to be understood as ‘mentally ill’. Take me for instance. Outwardly I am the happiest person you could possibly encounter but if you know me, you’d know the many masks I paint on every morning, the struggles I endure to go out in public and act like a normal civilian, and the painful nights that follow.