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'Singing is really good for my mental health'

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'Singing is really good for my mental health'

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This week is Children's Mental Health Week.

It is all about helping young people speak up and feel empowered to talk about their feelings.

Each year the week has a theme, and this year is 'Know yourself, Grow yourself' and is all about encouraging you to build self awareness.

But its not just talking, as De-Graft found out when he went to meet some children using singing to learn all about emotions.

What is mental health?

a cartoon drawing of a girl with a squiggly speech bubble, talking about mental healthImage source, Getty Images

Mental health describes our emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing.

Everyone has mental health - it effects how you feel and think, and sometimes how you act and cope with things going on in your life.

It is completely normal for us all to feel all sorts of emotions. We all feel sad, angry or worried sometimes.

But when those feelings won't go away and they start to really affect day-to-day life, that is when there might be a problem.

Some people can experience mental health problems, which can massively affect their thinking, mood, and behaviour.