I have a dream that one day I won't hold my breath every time I tell a person that I suffer from bipolar disorder, that I won't feel shameful in confessing my mental illness.

我有一个梦想，有一天，当告诉别人我得了躁郁症的时候，我不再低声细气。当我坦白地说出自己患有心理疾病时，我不再感到羞愧。

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But for the first time in the three decades I have been forced to cope with mental illness, I understand what all those "you have a choice" people were trying to tell me.

但就在被迫进行精神治疗的这三年来，我第一次明白了那些说过“你还有更好选择”的人们，他们的用心良苦。

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"We met a few times and I realized he was probably suffering from some sort of mental illness, " Zhang said.

“在和他接触几次之后，我发现他可能是有些精神上的问题”张说。

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"I think people with a mental illness have to work harder to be good parents, " she added.

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Of all the questions sent to me for CNNhealth, I wanted to address yours first, because it breaks my heart, because it points to the devastation that mental illness can cause, and because I've seen similar situations a thousand times in my work as a psychiatrist.

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"With hindsight I am pretty sure that James's mental illness had started in late 2005 possibly as a result of his cocaine use, " he said.

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