Real conversations with your students.
"yes i really think being friends with her will be the best option. and thank you very much! Thank you for helping me think of new things to do to help myself!"
"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"
"I have been feeling just really down"
"I get bullied a lot"
"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"
"How do I make and keep friends?"
"That's a good idea thanks"
"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"
"hey, so i have this friend who i don't want to be friends with anymore but i don't know what to do?"
"thanks, that's really nice to hear honestly. I hope you have a great day"
"I'm dealing with the suicide of a family member- how do I cope?"
"I’ll give that a try, I appreciate the words of advice, they’re quite comforting."
"I’m stressed, I’m taking the ACT in 6 days"
"I appreciate it 😊most definitely👍"
"Your advice really helped! Now I feel that my friends want to be around me more. 🙂"
"thank you so much! i will reach out if i need to 🥰"
"Sometimes people don't tell me things because they don't want to hurt my feelings,but the fact they don't tell me hurts my feelings. What should I tell them?"
"im sad i aint at school i wanna kill my self"
"Guess what? I aced my test, 100/100!"
"That's a very structured way of looking at it, I think that would be a great start"
"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🤷🏻♂️"
"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"
"“I'm grateful for you, and my family. Thanks for being here for me!! You're awesome ”"
"I'm stressed with my grades still. Normally I have all A's but I have a C in math that I've been trying to get up but I don't get the unit I missed"
"How do I deal with very opinionated friends?"
"Idk, family life has gotten a little better for him, but his sisters make him feel worthless, and when his parents get after him, they yell at him so much, he feels like cutting. I always manage to make his feel better, but, I really just don't like his mom the most. She manipulates him to fo what she wants, and it just breaks him"
"What can I do to improve my mood?"
"That is true. I'm just happy that I'm able to help him"
"Yea I'm so relieved now, thank you!"
"Thank you, I love getting messages that make me stop what I'm doing and think about things that leave me in a more positive attitude than before!"