Real conversations with your students.
"i have another question. how do you feel good about yourself and things you are good at without seeming self centered?"
"Wowwww thats so cool!"
"Why do I feel like isolating all the time? I tend to hate people a lot, they just annoy me, though I strive for connection I hate connecting then I hate myself for not being able to just be normal, it's kinda twisted🤷🏻♂️"
"Yes you too!! Thanks for helping me feel better"
"Guess what? I aced my test, 100/100!"
"“Thank you so much for your support!”"
"well, the overbearing feeling that everyone around is making you feel like you aren't good enough, like you're not deserving of the same kind of love if you're different"
"I enjoy all of this information"
"That's a good idea thanks"
"I’m having major body image issues, and I can't focus on school because all I think about is how ugly I am"
"Ok I'm scared for my speech in leadership"
"Okay so uh I've been thinking a lot about suicide recently, about how there isn't really any point to doing anything because you're just surviving to be ruled by someone else - I made a suicide poem and like know how I would do it and where and what I would dress in but I know I won't do it if that makes any sense? Idk what to feel"
"You're welcome! 😉 But thanks to you too 😁"
"That is true. I'm just happy that I'm able to help him"
"thank you, you too!!"
"I just dont rlly have anyone i can talk or relate to. Idk just feeling lonely and a little overwhelmed."
"My best friend texted me saying she is fed up with me hurting her feelings and being mean, I don't know what I've done and apologized if I've ever done anything not on purpose. She said apparently I did something on purpose and I should know what it is. Now she won't talk to me and I'm still confused. Any advice???"
"0 - I’m super sad. What do you do if nobody likes you?"
"I have funeral I'm going to, ACT stuff is being shoved in my head, I have 4 college classes to keep up on, skills USA is coming up and I've been nominated to participate, and I have two jobs"
"Thank you so much for listening, sometimes I just feel like nobody is listening or understands."
"Yea I'm so relieved now, thank you!"
"My friends say I talk too much, any tips on how to talk less?"
"My friends mom passed away and I don't really know what to say to him. I don't want to sound insensitive but I don't what to sound pitiful, so any advice?"
"I was home from school for two weeks because I was depressed because my parents divorced this summer and I moved and haven't been feeling belonged at school"
"That’s good, I’ll try to do that today with my friends."
"I lost my whole friend group of 4 years. I think that they were just so toxic. i wasn't invited to anything unless i texted them. i would leave with extreme anxiety and no one would ask me if i was ok. and they've all just changed since i met them. we don't have the same values or morals anymore"
"hey thanks im sorry im just being bullied at school and i told the counselor and he's been helping me but it's only getting worse"
"Sounds awesome!"
"How do I deal with very opinionated friends?"
"How do I increase self-confidence while performing or just stage fright in general?"