Student Wellbeing 

Breakfast Club 

Breakfast Club will continue in Term 2 and everyone is welcome to join us 8am - 8:30am Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Uniform Shop foyer.

How to handle a Friendship Breakup

Falling out with a friend can be pretty upsetting. It can make you feel angry, confused, hurt, jealous or disappointed. While it’s common for friendships to end, it can be really hard to pick up the pieces once it’s done. Luckily, there are steps you can take to improve the situation.

#1 Give Yourself Space to Mourn the Loss

The loss of a friendship can be just as heart-breaking and agonizing as a romantic breakup, it’s just that people don’t talk about it quite as much. Just like any other “loss” in your life, you have to give yourself time to mourn and come to terms with your feelings. Don’t push yourself too hard to get over it in a day, a week or even a month. A heart takes time to heal.

#2 Talk About It

Try not to keep all those pent-up emotions inside. Talk to your mum or dad (who likely know way more about how you’re feeling than you realise), another supportive and caring friend, a sibling, or anyone else you’re close to. Even though they may not have answers to give you or explanations to offer, just having the ability to bring your thoughts and emotions to the surface and verbalise your feelings can help you see things more clearly and help you cope with the heartache in a productive way.

#3 Focus on You

When you’re growing, learning, changing and figuring out who you are, you can’t expect every “bestie” you had in primary or middle school to stick with you on your journey. Not only are you changing, your friends are changing also. It’s not a rejection if your friend moves on or if the two of you “outgrow” one another. Not every friendship is meant to last - and that’s okay. On the flip side, remember, some friendships are best left in the past.

#5 Don't Try to Force Closure

You may never get the answers you’re looking for to questions like “Why would she just drop me like that? What did I do?” “We used to be so tight and he just stopped answering my calls. I wish I knew why.” There are so many reasons why a friendship might dwindle. In some cases, the reason might be clear (like an argument), at other times, it might not make any sense at all. It might be something you inadvertently did (in which case, it may require some self-reflection on your part) or perhaps you did nothing at all. Try not to dwell on it and don’t get caught up in finding a reason. Just move on and focus on yourself, the healing process, and opening yourself up to new friendships. 

Tips on How to Handle a Friendship Breakup continued in the attachments: 

Keeping Safe over School Holidays

Just a reminder Wellbeing will be closed for the holidays. For support or in case of emergency, please consider: 

Resources & Support Services

The Wellbeing Team have compiled a range of resources and support services for students and families to access via Compass under Community (the two people) – School Documentation – For Students/For Parents – Wellbeing Resources.

Youth Support services 

headspace: visit headspace.org.au to find your nearest centre or call headspace on 

1800 650 890.

Kids Helpline: 

1800 55 1800 or kidshelpline.com.au 

ReachOut: reachout.com.au 

SANE Australia: 1800 187 263 or sane.org

National 24/7 crisis services 

Lifeline:13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au 

Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 or suicidecallbackservice.org.au 

beyondblue: 

1300 224 636 or beyondblue.org.au

Student Wellbeing Team

Email: wellbeing@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au

Guiseppe Relia – Wellbeing Coordinator 

Talea-Jane Simpson – School Counsellor

Lea Marrison - Mental Health Practitioner

Tajinder Wulff - Mental Health Practitioner