It is of vital importance that we respect each other, that we realize mental health affects everyone in one way or another, and that we stop giving people the sense that they have to hide it all away. None of us are alone, even though it can feel like it.

Absolutely THIS. I hear so many people talk about their depression/mental illness like it's something that only they have to deal with, that it makes them 'broken' or defective and I think the only way to combat that is to be more open. People need to not feel isolated when so many of us deal with it.