- What is mental health?

- Mental health is how we take care of our emotions and feelings.

- [Speaker] Feelings that affect our mental health are stress, sadness, anger and depression.

- Things that are not good for my mental health are wanting to hurt myself and yelling at other people.

- Things not good for my mental health are watching scary videos, staying up late every night, allowing others to bully me.

- That's not good.

- I know when I need help with my mental health when I feel confused, unfocused or uncomfortable or sad.

- I need help with my mental health if I'm sad every day.

- I need help with my mental health if I'm angry every day.

- Different people do different things to help their mental health.

- [speech device] If you are feeling bad, there are lots of different things you can do.

- I take deep breaths.

[long inhale] [long exhale] - [speech device] When I feel stressed or upset, I talk with my friends.

- [speech device] I need help calming down.

- I like to make hip-hop music.

- I like to color.

- I like to play drums.

- I like popping bubbles.

[bubbles popping] - [speech device] I like going to Grandpa's house.

- [speech device] Hot tub with Dad.

- We can help somebody that is having trouble with their mental health by reaching out to them.

- It's okay to talk about feelings.

- It's okay to talk about our mental health to people we trust.

- I don't talk about my mental health with strangers.

- If I need help, I go to Dad.

- I can talk to my teacher and parents.

- I can go to my therapist to talk about my mental health.

- If I need help with my mental health, I can talk to my parents or counselor.

- [Narrator] Ability Awareness is a KBTC production made possible in partnership with scholars from the Employment Transition Program in the Federal Way Public Schools, and with funding from Best Starts for Kids, a King County initiative.

To learn more about the Ability Awareness program, please visit KBTC.org/AbilityAwareness.