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Understanding Mental Health

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Understanding Mental Health

Mental health awareness illustration

🧠 Part 1: Everyday Feelings vs Mental Health Problems

1. Look at these feelings. Circle whether each one is an Everyday Feeling or a Mental Health Problem:

a) Feeling sad because your pet is ill

Everyday Feeling

Mental Health Problem

b) Feeling very sad for weeks and not wanting to do anything you used to enjoy

Everyday Feeling

Mental Health Problem

c) Feeling nervous before a test

Everyday Feeling

Mental Health Problem

d) Feeling worried all the time and having trouble sleeping for many days

Everyday Feeling

Mental Health Problem

2. Complete this sentence using words from the word bank:

Word Bank: think • feel • behave • act • cope • respond

Mental health is about how we ________, ________, and ________.

💭 Part 2: Bullying and Mental Health

3. Read these scenarios. How might each situation affect someone's mental health?

Scenario A: Sarah gets nasty messages on social media every day calling her names.

Think about:

• How would Sarah feel about herself?

• How might this affect her sleep or eating?

• Would she want to use social media or see friends?

Sentence starters:

• "Sarah might feel..."

• "This could make her..."

• "She might start to think..."

Scenario B: Tom is left out of group activities and ignored by his classmates.

Think about:

• How would Tom feel about coming to school?

• What might he think about himself?

• How might this affect his confidence?

Sentence starters:

• "Tom might feel..."

• "Being ignored could make him..."

• "He might worry that..."

4. Tick all the ways bullying can hurt someone's mental health:

Make them feel very sad

Make them worry a lot

Make them not want to go to school

Make them feel angry

Make them have trouble sleeping

5. Online bullying is:

Not as serious as face-to-face bullying

Just as harmful as other types of bullying

Only happens to adults

🤝 Part 3: Getting Help and Support

6. List three trusted adults you could talk to if you or a friend needed help with mental health:

1. _________________________

2. _________________________

3. _________________________

7. If you saw someone being bullied, what should you do?

Ignore it - it's not my problem

Tell a trusted adult

Join in with the bullying

8. Complete this sentence:

Asking for help when you're struggling is ________ and ________.

9. Write one thing you learned today about mental health:
10. Draw or write about one way you can take care of your mental health:

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