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Asking questions helps us understand the world around us. On this page, I’ll do my best to answer your questions!

If you are still not sure, you can ask a grown up you trust or someone who works for Who Cares? Scotland to read over this page with you.

Q� What is ‘Mental Health’?

We all have mental health. It’s what makes you happy, sad, angry or scared - it’s about how you’re feeling and your emotions.

Sometimes we feel well, and sometimes we don’t. And that’s okay. Just like we take care of our bodies when we get a cut or a cold. It’s important to take care of our mental health as well. When our mental health is good, we feel happy and excited to do new things and experiences. When it’s not good, we can find things much harder and can feel down. It’s important to talk about how you’re feeling. When we feel all mixed up by our emotions this can be hard.

Here are some emotions I experience and what they feel like to me��� Happiness Sadness

This feels like a big ray of warm sunshine. I laugh, dance, smile and play.

This burns red like a fire that I can’t put out. When I’m angry, I sometimes want to take it out on those around me. When I’m sad it feels like a rainy day where I am all alone. I want to hide from everyone and sometimes I cry.

There are lots of different emotions that you can feel, sometimes at the same time. We can all have good days and bad days. But if negative emotions, like fear and sadness, start to get in the way of what you enjoy, this means you might need some help with your mental health.

When I’m scared, I feel fear. It makes me feel small, like a mouse instead of a bear, and like I don’t have any courage. If you want to talk about your mental health and how you are feeling, you should speak to a trusted adult or your Who Cares? Scotland advocate, if you don’t have one, you can call our helpline on 0330 107 7540 between 12 and 4pm, Monday to Friday.