Real conversations with your students.
"I get bullied a lot"
"I miss my dad, he seems to be the only one who calm me down lately. And i'm stuck in my room breaking down while trying finishing assignments before the quarter ends so i don't have a bad grade, and i just need him to be here."
"That is true. I'm just happy that I'm able to help him"
"Kind of because I don't know where J belong"
"i'm failing all my classes"
"I donโt 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"
"Bro a lot. Too much for a text i can barely speak what i need to say"
"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?"
"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"
"thank you! i'm kinda stuck right now & i don't know what to do about this boy! i really like him & we've dated in the past but needed to break up to work on ourselves. we just recently decided to try again because obviously we still like & care for each other! but last night, i found out while we were broken up he did some bad things that he shouldn't have! he regrets it & says he was forced into it. at the end of the day you are responsible for the decision you make & no one can 'force' you๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ i've been thinking about this all day & it makes me sick:( i know it shouldn't affect me this bad because we were broken up but i don't know if i can move past this! he's told me he is sorry SOO many times but it just hurts me:("
"Will do๐๐"
"I feel constantly disappointed about myself because I know I can do better, but I don't seem to be able to."
"I want girls to like me"
"Idk ๐ 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 though๐ 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?"
"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"
"I love music, thank you! Thank you so much for ur help"
"Ok thanks for your help ๐"
"I listened to your most recent podcast about confidence, and I thought it was epic.๐ค I had a question that's related to it about something I've been dealing with recently. I already typed it up to explain the situation, and it is very long haha. Is that alright...?"
"Iโm doing better now, thank you!"
"You too, have a great rest of the day๐"
"How do I deal with stress?"
"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"
"I have a question, I have a friend who hasn't been making the best choices and so I've been trying to stop being friends with her how do I do that without hurting her feelings?"
"I've been feeling a bit stressed, I work full time. And also have been struggling to take out a motor I've bought from the junk yard."
"I'll try to gain the courage to talk to someone irl, if not I'll come back to talk to you- it's easy to release over text honestly ๐ "
"โI'm grateful for you, and my family. Thanks for being here for me!! You're awesome โ"
"you're so right !! i'm kind of doubting the relationship because it has a lot to do w/ me trusting him!"
"I have a lot of family problems. My parents are getting a divorce."
"hey, so i have this friend who i don't want to be friends with anymore but i don't know what to do?"
"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!"