Boston Celtics forward Marcus Morris has advice for others dealing with anxiety and depression.

"I know lots of guys who are dealing with some kind of anxiety and depression -- not knowing if they have a job next season, not knowing if they're going to get traded. It's so stressful. Everyone is pulling at you. They want your time, your money, a piece of your fame," Morris told ESPN's Jackie MacMullan. "If you have depression, you should be trying to get rid of it instead of bottling it up and letting it weigh on you and weigh on you and weigh on you."

Morris opened up about his personal experience with depression for part two of MacMullan's five-part series on mental health in the NBA. Tuesday's piece discussed how race relates to depression.

Marcus and his twin, Markieff, who plays for the Washington Wizards, have both dealt with mental health struggles that stem back their childhoods in Philadelphia, where they lived in a basement with 6-and-a-half foot ceilings inside a crime-ridden neighborhood. Marcus, specifically, detailed to MacMullan the stress of wanting to stay out of his hometown. He discussed the weight of playing in the NBA, dealing with unreliable management, a system that doesn't always prioritize mental health and how his upbringing affects his outlook on it all.

MacMullan addressed Celtics legend Paul Pierce's bout with depression during part one of her series. Click here to read part two, which goes far deeper than simply outlining the Morris twins' personal accounts.

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Fred Katz covers the Celtics for MassLive.com. Follow him on Twitter: @FredKatz.