My message is that hope helps heal. What leads people to die by suicide is hopelessness. It's the idea that nothing can get better and that today is the worst day of their lives. The important thing is to recognise that today is not tomorrow and that tomorrow things can change. If you suffer mentally, then with a great deal of hard work, you can have hope - and it can help you heal.

100 Voices was published in the Hot Press Mental Health Special in conjunction with Lyons Tea and Pieta House as part of the Now We're Talking Campaign. For more please visit hotpress.com/now-were-talking/