You might want to try and talk to someone else in your family, because they are having to live with the same problems as you and will know what you're going through. Or you might want to try and think of someone else who you like and trust. This might be a friend, or a youth worker, teacher, school nurse, counsellor, doctor, or mental health professional. Their GP will usually arrange this. They will be offered treatment to help them recover, or at least to help them cope better.
Treatment usually starts by assessing the person's problems.
Most people who have a mental illness are offered either a 'talking' treatment, such as counselling or psychotherapy, or medication to help them get better. Often, they are offered both. Sometimes, people become so ill that they need to go into hospital. Most people are willing to go because they know they need help. But sometimes, if people are very unwell, they might not realise that they need to go to hospital.