28/03/2017 Newsround

We're talking about mental health problems.

And the super hero vet helping animals walk again.

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

But when those feelings start affecting our daily lives,

It's a sign of a mental health problem, and it's thought one in ten

They're harder to spot than other health problems

But many people find it really hard to talk about mental health.

Newsround has made a special film about this that

It's presented by Josh who wants us all to know how important

We'll chat to him in a sec, but first, watch this.

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

I'm just like you, except for one thing. I've got a mental health

problem. Mental health is big news right now. Everyone's talking about

it. Mental health Mental health. Mental Holly Wells... Newspapers,

celebrities, politicians, even Royalty. It's OK to suffer as long

as you talk about it. So you would think it would be easy for me to

talk about the 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's so hard to talk about mental health problems and what's

being done to make it better. Josh is in the studio with us this

morning. Good to finally meet you, Josh, I watched the team put your

special together. Happy to be here? Cool. Good stuff. Why did you think

it was important to talk about it? The moment I told my dad I felt

immediately tonnes better because it's a massive weight taken off your

shoulders. It's important to get the message out that the earlier you

talk about it, the easier it is to deal with. You story is being turned

into an animation. Shall we take a look? Have a look at this. When I

was 11, I started to worry about bad things happening. The only thing

that made me feel better was washing my hands. I'd wash them all the

time. 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. I couldn't explain to them because I didn't

understand what was happening to me. I felt embarrassed So you felt

embarrassed. It took you a long time to talk to your dad in the first

place and tell him what was up. Why did it take that long? I think it

was because I didn't know what I had was OCD and I just thought that I

was a bit odd and I was worried that if I told someone they didn't

understand, I'd get shut down and would be on my own for ever. You

worried about your mates as well didn't you, you struggled to tell

one of your closest friends, how did she deal with it? She was brilliant.

She was very caring but didn't change the way she behaved towards

me, she wasn't overnice, she didn't avoid me, she kept everything the

same which helps mental health problems be nor more national

because they are normal in every day life now. -- more normal. How should

people deal with their friends or relatives who suffer with a mental

health problem? The important thing is, talk to them, but don't force it

on them, don't go straight up and go "have you got a mental health

problem", just talk to them if they are feeling anxious, sad or

depressed. Talking is the best way to share how you feel. Really cool

to meet you this morning, thank you so much for coming in. You are going

to be busy today talking about this, so good luck with that. Thank you

very much. You can see the rest of Josh's story

in "Inside My Head - A Newsround Special"

at Newsround Online now. Or you can watch it right here

on the CBBC at 4.25 this afternoon. And there's tonnes of help

and advice about mental Dr Radha from Radio 1 answers

lots of questions for you, and top author Michael Rosen

explains why talking about your A powerful cyclone has hit

Queensland in Australia. Named Cyclone Debbie,

the category four storm has whipped And has left more than 45,000

people without power, Australian Prime Minister

Malcolm Turnbull has said there is a disaster response plan

in place and lots of people are being encouraged

to evacuate their homes for safety. Next up, the American vet who's been

compared to a super hero. Derrick is helping animals

to walk again including She was injured when she was much

younger and has now been fitted The vet has also helped much bigger

animals to walk again That's all from me, Newsround's

back at four twenty this afternoon and don't forget

to watch our special "Inside My Head" which is

on straight afterwards. Dick and Dom are on the way next

with Absolute Genius and don't forget,

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