He said he wishes that mental health education, such as that offered by the Thinkwell programme, had been available when he was younger.

"I never had any mental health education at school – I didn't know what it was or understand the concept of it," Benjamin told Buzzfeed News.

When he started hearing voices at the age of 10, before experiencing severe depression at 16, he didn't tell anybody because he simply didn't know where to turn.

"I was embarrassed, so I didn't tell anyone," Benjamin said. "I just know that if I'd had mental health education, things would have been different."

Following a breakdown at the age of 20, Benjamin was diagnosed with a kind of schizophrenia, before attempting to take his own life at the age of 24.

"I really just don't think I'd have got to that stage if someone had just come and told me it was OK to get help," he said. "So I'm doing this to stop other young people from going through what I did."