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Mental health problems come in all shapes and sizes

In this video Lizanne Schweren explains that there are different kinds of mental health problems and that you
can suffer from those to smaller and larger degrees.

Just like with good mental health, the term mental health problems is not easy to describe. This is because
there are many different mental health problems that each consist of different complaints (also called
symptoms). There is also a difference to what degree you can suffer from such problems.

Two things all mental health problems have in common:

1. they have to do with thoughts and feelings

2. it bothers you in your daily life.

These problems can cause you to do things less well, such as your school work. Mental health problems can also
prevent you from doing things that you like and disrupt relationships with your family members and friends.
When your thoughts and feelings lead to these kinds of negative consequences, we call these mental health
problems.

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