Types of mental health problems

Someone you know right now will have a mental health problem, they just don’t know how to tell you.

Anxiety & panic attacks

Anxiety is a normal emotion that we all experience but becomes a mental health problem when someone finds they are feeling this way all or most of the time.

Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder is a diagnosis given to someone who experiences extreme periods of low (depressed) and high (manic) moods. 

Depression

Depression is a diagnosis given to someone who is experiencing a low mood and who finds it hard or impossible to have fun or enjoy their lives.

Eating disorders

An eating disorder is a diagnosis given to someone who has unhealthy thoughts, feelings and behavior about food and their body shape.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental health diagnosis given to someone who experiences obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors.

Self harm

Self-harm is when someone purposely hurts themselves, usually in order to cope with intense emotional distress.

One thought on “Types of mental health problems

  1. linawwest's avatar

    This is so helpful and so true. people around us can really be struggling and we wouldn’t even know. this post really helped me check on my friends every once and a while too.

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