Real conversations with your students.
"I don't feel an intimate connection to anyone in my life and being in the general vicinity of people gives me extreme anxiety."
"hey, so i have this friend who i don't want to be friends with anymore but i don't know what to do?"
"im sad i aint at school i wanna kill my self"
"How do I get rid of a friend that is mean and is taking all of my friends"
"Wowwww thats so cool!"
"I totally agree thanks!"
"How do I deal with friends that keep fighting and get me in the middle of their drama?"
"I am very sad and don't feel like attending class."
"Why are boys so mean 😭😭Are all boys mean 😢"
"I don’t enjoy my life anymore.I mess everything up. I dont like it. My life is painful and since then I've had 2 suicide attempts. Been like this since mid 2019"
"That's a good thought, everyone has something to contribute, sometimes it's just hard to see my part when others seem to have so much more to contribute than I do, I appreciate your help, this program is a really great idea"
"Do you think I have depression?"
"How do I make and keep friends?"
"Well for one I'm just sad a lot of the time, I guess we could call that depression at this point, and I often act happy and good natured, and I'm trying to transition away from the religion of the masses here in St George, but I don't expect any of them to be able to understand, so I keep it to myself. Whenever I talk to them I feel like I'm constantly filtering what I really want to say because they wouldn't be ok with it"
"Why do I feel the need to hide who I really am from my friends? I end up resenting them because they're talking to the person I pretend to be, and it feels fake because I'm fake around them"
"You too, have a great rest of the day😁"
"These tips will probably help a lot for now - I'd love to stay in touch, and I'll reach out if I'm struggling again (probably sooner rather than later 😅) thank you so so much"
"idk. i just get sad randomly sometimes like my depression will just come and hit me out of nowhere when i'm feeling fine. and my doctor thought i might be bipolar but the psychologist said i wasn't so yeh. idk i'm just kinda weird lol"
"Guess what? I aced my test, 100/100!"
"i'm failing all my classes"
"I’m stressed, I’m taking the ACT in 6 days"
"Should I get help if I feel anxious most of the time?"
"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"
"That's a good idea thanks"
"I just dont rlly have anyone i can talk or relate to. Idk just feeling lonely and a little overwhelmed."
"Sounds awesome!"
"I get bullied a lot"
"I think you're a genius, you just helped me sooooo much, thank you."
"yeah totally! thanks for your help (:"
"“I have tried to talk a little bit to my parents but I didnt like seeing them upset, plus they are already worried about me to much as it is, I dont want to add more weight on them anymore. And I dont trust the counselors anymore”"