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Sommerfeld joins fight against mental health stigma

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It takes a lot of confidence to share something personal, and it takes courage when that something is a mental illness.

Maria Hayes talks to Lorraine Sommerfeld, about how she lives with bipolar disorder.


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Mental illness still holds a shameful stigma. Lorraine hopes to help chip away at that, by publicly speaking about her own struggles.