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Margaret Trudeau draws crowd of 700 in Oakville by Nathan Howes Special to the Beaver 17 | Friday, May 6, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Although she was in the public eye as the wife of a Canadian prime minister, Margaret Trudeau's battle with mental illness remained well-hidden. Mother of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former wife of the late Pierre Trudeau, Canada's 15th prime minister, the mental health advocate shared her story about battling mental illness Wednesday (May 4) at the 2016 annual Mental Health Week Speaker's Event, held at the Oakville Conference Centre. Hosted by Canadian Mental Health Association Halton Regional Branch (CMHAHRB), with television news anchor Pauline Chan as emcee, the presentation drew a crowd of 700 people, a record for the CMHA Halton branch. The event marked Mental Health Week (May 2-8), celebrated annually since 1951 to offer Canadians practical ways to maintain and improve their mental health and support their recovery from mental illness and addictions. "Getting hold of your own mental health is a private and personal commitment. It involves a tremendous amount of courage and leaps of faith. It involves allowing yourself to hope that things can get better. It's baby steps," said Margaret. "It's through kindness and compassion that we can help others to face it, that they need help, that there is correction... and how we can get people out of the misery of depression this way,'" Margaret joked, which generated a loud applause and laughter. She was "just fine" until she reached university, Margaret said, and studied until 2 a.m. in her second year, which caused her to suffer from sleep deprivation and an unhealthy diet, too. "In my second year, I was about 18, my boyfriend came into the cafeteria one morning and said, `Margaret, Strawberry Fields Forever,'" she said. "An older, more sophisticated, cooler friend of his from UBC (University of British Columbia) had come over the night before with a new Beatles album and some marijuana. I was shocked." Margaret didn't drink alcohol, so she chose marijuana, which "makes sense. It gets you high," she explained, but it can lead to mania if you're bipolar. "It won't cause you to have schizophrenia, but if you're going to go into schizophrenia, it will start it much faster," she said. see Margaret on p.20 Natural Approaches to Helping Fibromyalgia Margaret Trudeau drew a record crowd as she spoke in Oakville Wednesday about mental health wellness. | photo by Riziero Vertolli ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/ HaltonPhotog) Featured Speaker: Dr. Sebastian Guarnaccia Location Date Time Free Informational Health Session Glen Abbey Community Centre 1415 Third Line (Third Line and Upper Middle) Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 7:00 PM and the terror of mania." Her remarks delved deep into her experiences with depression and bipolar disorder, but were interspersed with a few jokes that elicited laughter from the audience at different times throughout. "I don't know how I got bipolar disorder, (but) as Lady Gaga says, `Maybe I was born Everyone is welcome! · Seating is limited. Reserved seating is recommended. 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