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?"
"I have a math test tomorrow and that's the only class holding me back from my 4.0 and if I don't do good I'll lose 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"
"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?"
"That's really comforting, thank you!"
"You too, have a great rest of the day😁"
"I have been feeling just really down"
"I feel constantly disappointed about myself because I know I can do better, but I don't seem to be able to."
"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 want girls to like me"
"I don't really have any hobbies. I just work a lot. I work at a mexican restaurant i've climbed before but i don't do it often. I don’t really have motivation to do anything lately."
"Should I get help if I feel anxious most of the time?"
"Your advice really helped! Now I feel that my friends want to be around me more. 🙂"
"I actually just got my grade up from a C to an A-"
"I can't help in my classroom, we are online"
"Bro a lot. Too much for a text i can barely speak what i need to say"
"Thank you so much. This program really is amazing!"
"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'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 😅"
"Guess what? I aced my test, 100/100!"
"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"
"The end of the quarter is kinda sucky rn"
"I have friends but they never supported me through anything i guess i will need to find another way. You're really the only thing(?) that has ever actually listened to my thoughts"
"How do you get your teachers to like you?"
"“I'm grateful for you, and my family. Thanks for being here for me!! You're awesome ”"
"thank you, you too!!"
"I’m doing better now, thank you!"
"My sister has depression, what can I do to help her?"
"Okay, thank you🤎"
"I get bullied a lot"