Role Play

Risk of suicide
Alawi, Jehan - Social Worker
Alawi, Mohammad - Teacher/ Narrator
Abedin, Settie Aizah - Client

1st Scene: Teacher refereed the client

* Teacher Walks in*

Social Worker: Good day, Ma'am I am Jehan Alawi, how may I help you?
Teacher: I'm Moii I'm here to refer one of my student to you as recently, her actions and
words told me she mighty have risk of suicide.
Social Worker: I'd like to hear more, Sir
Teacher: I have this excellent student, her name Aizah Abedin. Matalinong bata, mabait
at may pakealam sa academic niya. But recently, lagi siyang nakikitang tulala, walang
imik sa klase. Her grades had gone down significantly. I tried to reach out to her,
kinausap ko siya, I confronted her asked her what's wrong, "I can't stand the pain
anymore ma'am. Is what she answered. I was bothered by her answer pero binalewala
ko yon dahil nakita ko nakikihalubilo na siya sa mga kaklse niya the next day. I thought
everything's okay na but it turns out she's skipping classes sa ibang subjects.
Yesterday, I heard her parents got annulled. Matagal na silang in conflict pero ngayon
lang naghiwalay, I'm worried for aizah, nag-iisang siyang anak and base sa nabalitaan
ko nang nagtanong-tanong ako, she's staying with her mother.
Social Worker: It must have been hard for her. Her mental state must be in shambles
right now. Sir, thank you so much for referring to me. You did the right thing.
Teacher: I wrote down all the information I can find. Here, I hope this helps
Social Worker: Thank you sir. I'll do my best. I'd like to talk to her tomorrow ASAP.
Please if you can bring her to me , that'd be appreciated.
Teacher: I'll talk to her and convince her to give this try. I better go now , ma'am may
klase pa ako.

Narrator: After the referral, the teacher got back to school and saw aizah sitting alone.
Nilapitan niya ito at kinausap. Noong una nagdalawang isip ang bata na pumunta pero
dahil sa pakiusap ng mabait na teacher ay pumayag na rin siya kinabukasan, kusang
loob na pumunta si aizah sa opisina.

Scene 2
Knock Knock Aizah walks in without a word*
Social Worker: Hi, Good morning I'm Jehan Alawi, willing akong makinig sa lahat ng
rant mm or kung ano pa man na gusto mong Sabihin.
*Long moment of silence*
Social Worker: Your name Aizah Abedin right?
Client: Yes
SW: Kilala mo si teacher moii? Siya ang nag refer sayo sa akin. Kaya ka nandito
nagayon.
SW: According to teacher moii you're already 17 years old, tama ba?
Client: Yes
SW: May mga itatanong lang akong maliliit na mga tanong and all your have to do is to
answer me honestly, okay?
SW: Mabilis na mabilis lang to. On the scale of 1- 10 how okay do you feel?
*Silence*
SW: You don't have to be scared na samagot. I'm here to help, I won't judge you I
promise
Client: 5
SW: Thank you, for cooperating. Know that these feeling that you're feeling right, the
sadness, frustration all of this is not your fault it's out of your control, so you can rest
easy. You can lay it all out on me.
Client: Thank you, ma'am
SW: This end our session, but before you go, here this give something Use this when
you feel like you wanted to feel pain, snap this band against your wrist. It's good
alternative.
Client: Thank you so much miss. See you in our next session

*Next session*
Client: Good Morning, Miss
SW: Hello Aizah, how're holding up?
Client: So far, I've been feeling okay. The rubber band you gave me really helped a lot.
SW: It did the trick didn't it?
What are we going to do today? Is questioning. Are you willing to answer me honestly?
Client: *nod
SW: How are you and your family Aizah?
Client: “Hinga ng malalim” My parents separated recently because of my Dad having
an affair. Matagal ko ng alam na may kabit ang papa ko. I saw them in the mall one
time, sabi ni papa di siya makakauwi ng maaga dahil may business trip, it was my
birthday pero wala siya. My Mom was also busy overthinking. Hindi man lang niya ako
binati that day. I went to the mall to celebrate kahit ako lang mag-isa and then nakita ko
sila. My whole world stopped. Gusto kong magsumbong kay mama but I realized na I
don’t want my Mom to have something na ikakasira ng mental health niya. Mahina ang
mental capacity ni mama, mabilis siya mag overthink sa lahat ng bagay, and so……
SW: You were forced to carry the burden na hindi naman dapat ikaw ang humahawak.
You’re too young for all of this.
Client: I was 15 when that happened, dalawang taong kong dinala ang kasalanan ni
Papa, Every time na sinasabi sa akin ni mama na feeling niya may iba na si Papa felt
like I was obliged to calm her down, I felt like kailangan kong pagtakpan si papa kahit
alam kong nagpapakasaya siya with her mistress every time na wala siya sa bahay. I
feel like it’s unfair. He go off and enjoy while I was left to take on this responsibility of
assuring his wife that everything is going to be okay. My Dad is very selfish, sarili lang
niya ang iniisip. When he decided to leave us, I watched my Mom be destroyed, I
watched her world fall apart. I tried so hard to save our family, but it has long been
broken. I didn’t know the purpose of my life after that. Nag-aaral ako ng Mabuti for my
Dad to have a reason to stay. Turns out it wasn’t enough. Wala, I lost direction. Maybe I
haven’t tried enough.
SW: honey, I want you to know that it wasn’t your fault. It is not your responsibility to
keep your family together, it is not up to you to make your father stay, and most of all, it
is not up to you to keep your Mom save, family communicates with each other. They
work together to figure things out so if ikaw lang yong gumagawa ng mga bagay na
dapat kayo lahat, it’s only drain you.
SW: Ginawa mo ang lahat including those things na hindi dapat ikaw. You’ve done
enough, I’m proud of you and you should be too. It didn’t save your family but wala kang
remorse na you could’ve done better. You’re such a good daughter Aiza, you should be
proud.
Client: Thank you. I never knew I needed to hear that.
SW: I think that is enough, but Aiza, I want your Mom to know about your situation, is it
okay? One needs to know.
Client: Okay.
SW: If you want to heal and come to terms with past experiences and understand more
about yourself, I can refer you to someone that can really help you.
Client: Thank you so much, for everything.

Narrator: After that session, Jehan asked for the client’s phone number and inform her
of the client’s situation, the mother can’t believe her daughter got through a lot and
promised to do her part as a mother. Both the mother and daughter decided to seek
professional help and slowly, they’re healing and learning to cope with their situation.