- Depression lowers your mood, and can makeyou feel hopeless, worthless, unmotivatedand exhausted.

- Anxiety can mean constant and unrealisticworry about any aspect of daily life.

Obsessions are unwelcome thoughts, ideas orurges that repeatedly appear in your mind.Compulsions are repetitive activities that youfeel you have to do.

- A fear becomes a phobia when you have anexaggerated or unrealistic sense of dangerabout a situation or object.

- If you have bipolar disorder you will experienceswings in mood. During ‘manic’ episodes, youare likely to display overactive excitedbehaviour.

- Schizophrenia is a controversial diagnosis.Symptoms may include confused or jumbledthoughts, hearing voices and seeing andbelieving things that other people don’t share.

- Eating disorders can be characterised byeating too much, or by eating too little.

- Personality develop aspeople go through different experiencesin life, and as their circumstanceschange.

- Self-harm is a way of expressing very deepdistress.

- These are sudden, unexpected bouts ofintense terror.

- It is common to have suicidalthoughts if you are experiencingmental health

- Interact with people every day

- Be Active

- Take notice of things around you

- Set yourself targets

- Talk and express how you are feeling

- Showsupport

- Ask how you canhelp

- Be Open minded,Non-judgemental and Listen

- Have Trust and Respect between you both

- Don't just talk about mental health

- Medication

- Talking Therapies