Real conversations with your students.
"Yeah, my aunt took a stroke, the doctors didn’t know why and it wasn’t looking very good. She had a severe brain bleed and their hope was that her brain would swell and stop the bleeding. But 12 hours later her brain was still bleeding. She had a 3% chance of pulling through but by 8 last night she was brain dead so they took her off life support and around 4 this morning she passed"
"I enjoy all of this information"
"Why are boys so mean 😭😭Are all boys mean 😢"
"I just got rejected by a girl 😂"
"my older sister and i got into an argument and she moved out so i had to step up as older sister and then my dad kicked my mom out so i feel like i have a lot of pressure on me"
"I'm dealing with the suicide of a family member- how do I cope?"
"Bro a lot. Too much for a text i can barely speak what i need to say"
"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!"
"That’s a great idea thank you, honestly, I really appreciate it.”"
"this kid said he loves me and i don't know how i feel!!! like he's so sweet but i just can't say it. it's hurting my brain"
"Yea I'm so relieved now, thank you!"
"I am very sad and don't feel like attending class."
"There's a lot on my to do list and I feel it piling up"
"I’ll give that a try, I appreciate the words of advice, they’re quite comforting."
"I’m feeling nervous"
"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"
"That’s good, I’ll try to do that today with my friends."
"The end of the quarter is kinda sucky rn"
"Your advice really helped! Now I feel that my friends want to be around me more. 🙂"
"Kind of because I don't know where J belong"
"I just dont rlly have anyone i can talk or relate to. Idk just feeling lonely and a little overwhelmed."
"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"
"Okay sweet! there’s kind of a back story to it all to explain, as well as this being the first time I’ve gotten into this subject with anyone, so I’ll do that first if that's all good."
"Idk 😂 I am the oldest in my family and I am struggling with the idea of leaving for college. I kinda just try to not think about it but then I end up not doing the things that I need to do like apply for scholarships. When I do think about it I cry though😅 I love my family and I don't want to loose what we have but I also want to continue to grow and got to college ya know?"
"I have a lot of family problems. My parents are getting a divorce."
"Well thank you amazing human too! It's so awesome that you take time to talk to strangers and brighten their day through this program. Keep it up! Have a great day"
"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 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"
"I totally agree thanks!"
"thanks, that's really nice to hear honestly. I hope you have a great day"