Real conversations with your students.
"I also want your opinion on something real quick: Which one should I get. Two lockets. One is a heart and the other’s an oval. They’re both the same amount. Which one should I get? The heart is the most popular, but oval is more sentimental to some?"
"How do I make and keep friends?"
"I’ll give that a try, I appreciate the words of advice, they’re quite comforting."
"I lost my whole friend group of 4 years. I think that they were just so toxic. i wasn't invited to anything unless i texted them. i would leave with extreme anxiety and no one would ask me if i was ok. and they've all just changed since i met them. we don't have the same values or morals anymore"
"thanks, that's really nice to hear honestly. I hope you have a great day"
"You too, have a great rest of the day😁"
"Sounds awesome!"
"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"
"I am very sad and don't feel like attending class."
"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?"
"hey, so i have this friend who i don't want to be friends with anymore but i don't know what to do?"
"My sister has depression, what can I do to help her?"
"How do you get your teachers to like you?"
"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 was home from school for two weeks because I was depressed because my parents divorced this summer and I moved and haven't been feeling belonged at school"
"I want girls to like me"
"I get bullied a lot"
"I’m doing better now, thank you!"
"Guess what? I aced my test, 100/100!"
"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"
"What can I do to improve my mood?"
"Yea I'm so relieved now, thank you!"
"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🤷🏻♂️"
"I Don't know yesterday and today I just Felt sad when I woke up."
"“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”"
"I’m having major body image issues, and I can't focus on school because all I think about is how ugly I am"
"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"
"Why are boys so mean 😭😭Are all boys mean 😢"
"The end of the quarter is kinda sucky rn"
"I have a lot of family problems. My parents are getting a divorce."