This information is about how to know if you might have a mental health problem.

It has information on

• How to know if you might have a mental health problem

• Why you feel different

A mental health problem is when your feelings start to worry you.

It can be when you cannot control your feelings.

You might not be able to calm your feelings to think clearly.

You might feel different to the way you usually do.

You might feel very sad.

You might not know why you feel sad. 

You might not want to do things you like to do.

You might not want to see friends.

You might get very angry with people.

You might sleep

• More than you used to

•  Less than you used to

You might eat

• More than you used to

• Less than you used to

Someone close to you might see the changes.

For more information about who this might be go to https://www.idmhconnect.health/someone-trust

For more information on mental health and your feelings go to

https://www.idmhconnect.health/about-mental-health-and-id/ER

For more information about how to know if you might have a mental health problem look at the Council for Intellectual Disabilitys Mental Health Guide https://cid.org.au/resource/mental-health-guide

There are lots of reasons why you could have a mental health problem.  

You could be very worried.

You might be worried about things like fighting with

• Friends

• Family

You could have a mental health problem because you have had trauma in your past.

Trauma is when something has happened to you that made you very frightened or very upset.

It could be because you have had something bad happen to you like bullying.

Bullying is when someone or a group of people are mean to you on purpose.

This could be more than one time.

You could have a mental health problem because of other stress.

You might have a mental health problem if you have been sick.

You could have a mental health problem because someone in your family has

• A mental health problem

• Had a mental health problem in the past

Sometimes we do not know why mental health problems start. 

Mental health problems are very common.

They can happen to anyone.  

You can get help if you are worried about your mental health.

For more information about when to get help for your mental health go to

https://www.idmhconnect.health/when-get-help/ER

There are some tricky words on this Easy Read page.

For more information about these words go to

https://www.idmhconnect.health/word-list