Today the Telegraph is launching a new campaign called Mental Health Emergency, which highlights the urgency of protecting Britons' mental health during the pandemic
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David Lyons, 85, retired railways technical officer, Luton

"I spent Christmas by myself – it was the first one I had ever spent alone. I arranged a delivery of a meal that needed to be microwaved but I couldn’t even face eating it"
Jemma Scanlan, 41, mother-of-three, St Albans

"I feel anxious and overwhelmed pretty much all of the time. I’ve never cried so much in my life – every day during this third lockdown"
Yelena Zylko, 22, first year psychology student at Sussex University

"Being a student this past year has been a bit like being some sort of pariah. The constant anxiety is crippling, and First Year is hard enough as it is"
Sir John Timpson, 77, chairman of @Timpson’s Shoe Repairs, Cheshire

"I have often struggled with depression myself, so I know how important it is to care about the mental health of my team"
Loretta Smith, 67, widow and shielder, Surrey

"It’s difficult not to be overwhelmed by loneliness. I find myself glued to the news, watching the death count climbing, and I’m becoming too frightened to leave my front door for a walk"
“At the moment we can hide behind the fact we have to save lives. Once death rates and hospitalisations are down, we have to really start thinking about the mental health costs” - Sir Simon Wessely, president of the @rcpsych
“There is an awful lot of fragility around. And mental health has to be right at the heart of the recovery" - Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of @MindCharity
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