28/03/2017 Newsround

First up, one of the worst storms in years has hit parts of Australia,

damaging buildings and leaving thousands of people without power.

This is the moment a huge cyclone battered the North East

With winds of up to 163mph and pounding rain, people think that

Cyclone Debbie might be the worst to hit Australia since 2011.

So far it has caused lots of damage to buildings,

trees and roads in an area called Queensland, and it has left more

In fact, Cyclone Debbie is so strong it's been labelled a Category Four

That's only one level down from the strongest category.

Australia's Prime Minister has reassured people

that there are plans in place to keep people safe,

and the authorities have encouraged around 25,000 people

It's very clear that the time for people to move is now,

More than 2,000 emergency workers are on stand by,

ready to help those affected by the cyclone, but the authorities

won't know how much damage Cyclone Debbie has caused,

Now we all feel angry, worried or sad at times.

But when those feelings start affecting our daily lives, it can be

It's thought one in ten kids suffers from one.

They're harder to spot than other health problems

Many people find it really hard to talk about mental health.

Newsround has made a special film about it which is on CBBC right

I am Josh, I am 14 and I love playing hockey.

I am just like you, except for one thing. I have a mental health

problem. Mental health is big news right now.

Everyone is talking about it. Mental health Mental health.

Newspapers. Celebrities. Ho fissions. Even royalty. It is OK

to suffer but as long as you talk about it. So you would think it

would be easy for me and thousands of children like me. To open up

about our problems. It's not. I didn't tell anyone how I was feeling

for over a year and things got pretty bad.

Now I want to find out why it is so hard to talk about mental health

problems and what is being done to make it better.

This is inside my head, a Newsround special.

And finally, author Michael Rosen who wrote "We're Going

on a Bear Hhunt" has been talking about mental health too.

He's been telling us how he coped after his son died.

When he was nearly 19, my son Eddie died.

But I didn't really talk about it a lot.

For quite a long time it was kind of bottled up inside me.

I wanted people to know that I was sad, but at the same time,

I didn't know how to say it, so in a funny sort of way

I didn't want them to know, because that feels kind of weak.

One day somebody said to me - it was a child, actually -

and said, "What became of the Eddie who is in your poems?",

and I suddenly had to say what happened to Eddie.

So in front of a big audience of people I said, "Eddie died."

And then the moment I said that, it gave me the courage

to write the things down, and so that is what I did.

And I even drew a picture - I drew a funny squiggly picture

of me grinning like that, and saying "This is me looking sad."

In a funny sort of way, I felt free, and I felt better.

I could sort of feel good that I had said that I feel bad.

I know that sounds weird, but that is actually how I felt.

So maybe if you wrote something down, you wrote something

down about how you feel, and maybe if you showed somebody

that, that way we can help each other, can't we.

Sometimes we have really strong feelings.

If you feel like that, it really is important to find

somebody who you can talk to, somebody you can trust.

Getting help early, quickly, very soon, can make a big difference.

But stay watching CBBC for our programme all

Here's "Inside My Head - A Newsround Special."

I'm Josh, I'm 14 and I love playing hockey.

I'm just like you, except for one thing -

It's OK to suffer, but as long as you talk about it.

So, you'd think it would be easy for me,

I didn't tell anyone how I was feeling for over a year,

Now, I want to find out why it's so hard to talk about

mental health problems, and what's being done to make it better.

This is Inside My Head - A Newsround Special.

I know what it's like to feel all alone,

and that you can't talk about mental health problems.

I couldn't tell anyone how I was feeling,

because I didn't know what was happening to me.

I DON'T want any of you to go through what I did.

to find out how we can make it easier to talk about mental health.

We all stress about stuff, get sad, angry and worried at times.

That's normal. But for people with mental health problems,

and begin to affect our lives in all sorts of ways.

If you break your arm or catch a cold,

But mental health problems are much harder to spot,

because they start up here, inside our heads,

and affect how we think, feel, our behaviour,

Mine is called OCD - obsessive-compulsive disorder.

When I was 11, I started to worry about bad things happening,

and the only thing that made me feel better was washing my hands.

I didn't think anything was wrong, I just thought I was a bit odd.

I found myself needing to write every three lines,

and certain numbers really freaked me out.

People at school noticed and asked me what I was doing.

because I didn't understand what was happening to me.

I was obsessed about objects being in the right place in my bedroom.

I'd check my room over and over again to make sure nothing moved.

It was taking longer and longer to do my routine.

and I had to do specific things in different rooms.

I suddenly developed a fear of looking at my feet,

and wore my trainers until they fell apart.

It felt like I had two voices inside my head -

the one that said, "You don't need to do these things,"

and the louder, OCD voice, that was shouting, "Do it,

The one place I felt safe was on the hockey pitch.

Even if it was taking me hours to get there.

After almost two years of feeling like this,

I couldn't do all the normal things that I loved doing.

I knew I had to do something and I decided to tell my dad.

So, that morning that I came in to see you,

Things had been getting increasingly worse,

and I couldn't, sort of, handle the stress,

and I almost got pushed to breaking point

because it did make me feel so much better,

and you want to get as much off your chest as possible,

and it's just a whole weight off your shoulders.

What were you most worried about before you told me?

There is a worry how people will react,

and there is that fear that no matter how well you know someone,

how close you are to someone, that...

they won't understand and you tell them and they will shut you down.

I was so worried that if that was the case,

I would get to the stage where I would never feel better,

and that I would be on my own for the rest of my life.

And because the problem was getting worse, so worried that there was...

Because you don't want to face it alone, it's such a big problem,

I couldn't handle it on my own, that's why I told you.

So, were you worried that if you told someone

and they didn't help you, you'd be more isolated?

that you were the only person in the world with that.

Yeah. You have to build up the confidence to do it,

the thought of telling someone that you think you're going mad,

or something's wrong, but what I don't think many people realise

..telling someone is only ever going to make the problem better,

And it was so important that you did tell me,

because although there were ups and downs afterwards,

that probably was the moment where you...

It's always good... ..started to get better.

..to have someone to talk to, because the moment you, sort of,

let it all out, the moment you start to fully understand yourself,

that having to keep it to yourself probably made it a lot worse.

It made it a lot worse. Is that what it did for you?

Yeah. It was always a lot worse when we didn't speak.

'My mental health problem didn't just affect me,

'it affected everyone close to me, especially my big brother Sam.'

that I was suffering with a mental health issue?

I think at first it was hard to understand,

because I don't think you knew fully what was going on.

And I think that was the hardest thing, because...

not being able to communicate properly

about the problem meant that a lot of times,

and frustrated over an issue which you couldn't control.

Mm. But then I couldn't try and help you,

because we didn't know what it was, and it's something

'Having the support of family and friends is so important when you're

'dealing with a mental health problem.

'My best friend Jamie was brilliant when I told her.'

Did you first notice that something was wrong before I told you?

Yeah, I would say, like, in our classes at school,

when you got stressed, and you were often looking at the clock,

you had your little head shake thing, and like,

I, kind of, like, knew something was up, but I kind of accepted it as

something that was going on with you.

I was really worried at the time that you would judge me

and not want to be my friend any more

and think that I was a complete weirdo when I told you.

I guess I just didn't really see it as something that we could ever,

like, fall out about. Yeah. So, you didn't judge me or think...

"..I'm not hanging around with this guy who looks at clocks"?

One in ten young people in the UK has a mental health problem.

That's around three kids in every classroom.

And one person who knows just what this is like is Lucy.

During my time, I've heard a lot of things.

However, something that really stood out to me was that

I didn't look like I should have a mental health illness.

I've come to meet her to find out how she's using her experience

of mental health problems to change people's attitudes for the better.

So, I was fully aware that I was suffering from depression

and anxiety, and I accepted it, however hideous it was.

One part of me was incapable of caring for myself.

I couldn't eat, I couldn't wash, I couldn't function at all.

Tell me a little bit about your story, what you've been through.

Erm, so, I've suffered with depression and anxiety

Depression is basically feeling really, really, really sad.

You feel very worthless, you feel helpless.

It stops you from doing what you want to do.

Anxiety is feeling extremely nervous, worrying,

for an extensive period of time, really.

What made you want to decide to come into schools

and share your story with other children?

I think there's a lot of misconception

around mental health problems, a lot of stigma and discrimination.

So, I feel like it's my responsibility to come in

give them the facts about what mental health is,

so that they can have a better understanding.

Yeah, stigma is having these negative attitudes towards people,

And the word discrimination is when we act on this stigma.

So, we might leave someone out, we might not be friends with someone,

And that might prevent young people from going into school,

it might make them feel quite isolated.

So, we really need to change these things,

so that young people can go out and reach their potential and do

everything that they've set out to do.

Any of you shocked or even surprised about what you heard today?

I was shocked that one in ten people can get mental health issues.

And I was basically shocked that lots of people are discriminated,

Is it surprising that you find out that people like me

and Lucy have mental health disorders?

It is quite surprising, because when we see you now,

you're all really confident, so we couldn't really imagine it of you.

But when we hear your back story and how it affected you,

'attitudes to mental health are slowly changing for the better.

'Adults are becoming more aware of what children like us

'are going through, and politicians are sitting up and taking notice.'

but the Prime Minister has promised more help for children

One person who's already making a difference

to the lives of young people is Dr Radha from The Surgery on Radio 1.

She believes getting help early is key.

If you're worried about your mental health,

then there are loads of people who can help.

So, the best thing to do first is to tell an adult that you trust.

That might be your mum, your dad, an aunt or uncle.

It might be a teacher or a school nurse, for example.

But also there are loads of other confidential helplines

The most important thing to do is to seek help and to ask someone,

and tell someone how you're feeling as soon as you can.

'I've learnt from experience that you can't solve mental health

'They're complicated, difficult things

'that can make you feel like you're going mad.

'But telling someone really can change your life.

'When I told my dad, it was the best thing I ever did.

'He helped me to get the support I needed,

'and now I'm in control of my mental health.

'And life has pretty much gone back to normal.

'Even though it's been a long journey for all of us.'

Sometimes you can believe, and you can think in your own mind, that,

because I felt like someone had entered my head,

and was pulling bits apart and changing all the wires around,

But it's important to remember that it doesn't change who you are.

Even when you're having difficulties,

you're still the same person. Yeah.

And I've always been really proud of the person you are.

'I wish now that I'd said something sooner.

'I don't want any of you to go through what I did.

'So, please, if you're worried about how you're feeling - sad, angry,

'lonely, anxious, down - tell someone.

'There's loads of help out there, and trust me,