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I look after my mum

I don't really know how to start but here goes: My mum suffers from severe depression and I look after her a lot.  Such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes and other things.  It has started getting harder recently and I...

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The truth

I don't know if this is abuse but to me it is my dad took me to the hospital because i was very sick and i suddenly got better but when my mother came home i told her everything that...

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Feeling unloved and I hate my life

this is what I feel like down, upset, angry, unloved and I truly HATE my life. My mum constantly shouts at me for nothing saying I don't deserve  her, I'm an awful child, she hates me, that is the kind...

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Dad and the law

Hi sam, im 11 and a girl...
Well a while ago my mum told me that my dad had been told he is not alowed near me or he will be arrested because wen i was really young he kept...

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Me wisedom kid

my mum hits me what should i do ?

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My parents are ruining my life

hi, i am 14 years old and about to take my SATS exams and I am under alot of pressure. My mum and dad divorced when i was young and my mum got married again. I really can't cope after...

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Mum

i love my mum don't get me wrong we use to do everything together but ever since her new partner came in to the picture i fell left out iwe don't do that stuff any more. her partner and his...

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My family

I tried to run away from the house so many times but it didnt work because i have a feeling that my mum or dad will suffer, but they dont understand anything,because I tried studying hard with m best ability...

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not sure what to do

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i fell pregnant 1 month ago.. im nt sure what to do..... my family disowned me at 16 and was also forced to abort the baby.... i now live in an abadoned flat just about getting by im nt...

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My Mum

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I'm Worried About My Mum.  She Had A Transplant On The 8th Of January Which Was 5 Days Before My Birthday.  She Keeps Crying And Goes To Hospital Every Friday.  She Comes Home In Different  Moods.  Sometimes Happy, Sad, Angry....

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I need a life

hi Sam, i'm 16 i live at home with my parents,my twin sister,who has cerebral palsy,and my nine month old sister.Things have been hard at home. I'm doing practically everything aroung the house as well as helping with the day...

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I dont know what to do

Im really worried anout my mam and dad they fight all the time and mam has just said horribel things i im scared my dad is a recovring alchoic and my mam still is one i dont know what to...

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My tummy hurts

whenever i feel stressed (when my parents shout or talk to me like they're worried or stressed) i always feel sick (like my insides are coming out)and i feel that nothing will help me unless the pain will go away...

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Sad

my mum is drinking lots of alchohol and i'm scared, what shall i do?

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My mum

my mum is a teacher and on top of normal homewrok she makes me work and work and work.. she thinks i am stupid but i ament i am really good in school, but she is making my life unbarably.....

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Mum flipped

My dad died just over a year ago.Me and my mum are coping ok.But recently ive started my gcse's and now she just doesnt understand. I need to have some sort of freedom, everyday i go to school come back...

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My parents lock me up

My mum used to lock me in the cupboard when I was little but she stopped that for a while. But, ever since she got her new job and started taking drugs and going out drinking a lot with my...

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Family issues

I'm scared cause my mum and dad keep arguing and a few nights ago, they started hitting each other and pushing them over!!!   What should I do??   My friend tells me I shouldn't worry but I just cant stop thinking...

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Help

hi, i need your help. My mum is an alcoholic an has been for the last 6 years since my dad died. My dad died of an overdose, and recently my mum keeps threatning me with overdoeses and one time...

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Alcohol

My mum never used to drink alcohol until colin came he buys drink every day and my mum gets drunk it makes me so angry and sad but she is not like some people when there drunk that get happy...

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My Mum

My mum always says stuff to me like im stupid and fat. And she says when she dies ill be on my own. She keeps saying shell die soon and im scared becase she had cancer about 5 years ago....

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havn't seen or heard from my dad

Hi there, im 14 years old and my dad left when i was one.  My older brother and sister can remeber him but i cant, so whenever i try and ask about him my sister always has a go and says...

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They pick on me

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My parents are always being horrible towards me, I have a younger  brother and an older sister. But they never shout at them- only at me. I've tried telling them but they just tell me that I'm being...

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My mum is a good mum but

hi this is Courtney iam 12 and i have family worrys my mum is a good mum but she gets drunk alot and that make me so low down at the mou i fill so low down and so sad...

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My mum and my dad

Most of the time, my mum is one of the most amazing people in the world, and everything was great. After my parents split up, my mum blamed me, because I knew about it, and I never told her, because...

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Mum's boyfriend

my mum always says that i come first but she cares for her boyfriend way more than me all she does is talk about him everyone always tells me to talk to her so i did and i asked if...

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My Parents.. they're good but they aren't

Hi Sam ,...

I'm Lauren , and this is probably not as bad as most of the letters Ive been reading on here. But I just feel like talking to you , because Ive seen your replies and I know...

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Help please :(

my moms always shouting at me and i feel like a waste of space. She shouts at nothing it seems she just doesnt want me and doesnt love me anymore. I run up to my room and cry for ages,...

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Why are they like this?

I've been feeling really low recently, not happy at all, but my parents didn't know until the other day when the school nurse called them. I thought it would help, but it's just made my life worse....

I was unhappy...

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My Mum's gone barking

Hi,...

my Mum's gone barking. She keepd seeing spiders and hearing voices. Ever since my older brother Matt died in Afgahn and my Dad left she's crazy. I have to do everything for her... get her dressed, get her lunch...

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Angry Mum

Hi, ...

My mum tends to get very fustrated at me and recently she has been getting worse she does get quite violent sometimes and does (not very often) hurt me, not that much but she does take my head...

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My mum is a bully

my mum gets really angry because i dont help her round the house. she really scares me cause he threats me and bosses me around. i got a little sister and mum is always so nice to my sister but...

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I hate my mum and dad

i mean i am very lucky, i live in  a nice neighbourhoud and i go to a nice school, but i am not happy with living in my house with my parents. im fed up of living with them and...

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stressed out, in need of someone

hello sam.. i need help ive been making my mum so stressed out lately that she dont know what to do every day she'll get a phone call from my school about something ive done wrong or i aint particpated...

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Everything

hi im 13 and since the end of yr 7 and now i feel as if every thing is getting worse and worse it dosent help that im being bullied / picked on but also that my mum is having...

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My dads got bipolar

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my parents split up two years ago but i still cant get over it, my friends dont get it and are always telling me to get over it and stop going on about it. My dad has bipolar...

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Me and my mum

dear sam i dont know what to do? my mum has had twins a  year and a half ago and when it was just me and my mum we uest to go everywere like swimming and ice skating and now...

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Depressing home life :(

Hey, I don't know if my case is entirely normal, it probably is, but I'm having more and more arguments with my mum. I'm 13, 14 in a few months, and my mum and dad split up when I was...

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Arguing

hi sam, my mam and dad are arguing all the time shouting and swearing at each other even when me and my 9 year old brother are in the house.  its starting to reflect on my school work its worrying because...

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My Dad

im really confused on what to do? when my mum isnt at home my dad who i call by his real name, shaun, has really random mood swings over the tiniest things. he starts shouting and grabbing me by my...

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Alcoholic mum

My mum's an alcoholic. I have no brothers or sisters, nor do I have a dad, it's just me and my mum. Since before I was born my mum was an alcoholic, but lately she's been worse. Tonight, I was...

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My dad hits me

Well the subject says it all really...my dad hits me. It never exactly gives me bruses but its the inner pain that hurts. He always has hit me but today he hit me infront of my friend, she new about...

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What do i do?

my mum has suffered from depression since her and my dad split up when i was 4. ever since then she has gone through rough patches but has always been a wonderful mum....

my mum's partner of 8 years has...

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Mum hit my brother...

Hi, urm basically i saw my mum shouting at my brother, she then hit him, quite hard on the side of hos face near his eye, it made him cry and ive never seen her this mad, i dont know...

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Abuse

I am 12 now and my mum hurts me....

shes been hurting me for ages but when my dad gets in she dousnt say anything and when i tell him he dousnt listen. whacks me head some times i have...

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Violent, alcoholic, drug addict of a father

The subject says it. That was my dad for you, and it hurts to admit it, but it is true, i am 12, and growing up with a dad like that does affect you i guess. my dad and mum...

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Grandparents

I am thirteen years old and i live with my grandparents cause my mom gave me up when i was two. she had two other kids and i have been through so much i get stressed out and end up...

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Mother's Day

Mothers days ben realy hard becase i dont live with my mum i live with my nana. my mum is in the hospitle long stay becuse they think shes mentally ill and mad i dont think she is thouh. i...

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Anger

When I'm at home I get really angry and I always take it out on my mum to the point where she snaps or starts crying. I can't help being angry, I'm like it everyday, I get into moods over...

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Is it my fault?

Hi Sam...

I come from a country where parents are allowed to beat children up if the child has done somehting wrong. Even a little mistake from me could get me a slap. We have  moved to England now and...

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My dad hits me2

Its just my dad. My mom doesn't do anything to me but sometimes she says i ask for it. When my brother does something wrong, my dad assumes its me not my brother because he is used to hitting me...

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I think my Mum abuses me...

I've only just got an account on here so I dont really know how it works but.. i really think my mum abuses me. She always calls me a cow, fake, useless and she even says that she wishes iv...

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I hate my family

My Family don't give me freedom or any right's and then they beat me up when i do something wrong. They tell me im dumb i'll never be good and they find it suprising when they realised i have a...

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I don't feel safe at home

me and my mum have been arguing a lot lately not as bad as what we use 2.  it's all started again i use to be scared of my mum because she used to take me into toilets and hit...

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Why is it always me!

hello, im happy i can find someone to talk to and let my emotions out where someone will understand me. ive been having problems for a long time now, whenever i come home i get blammed for stuff i dont...

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My dad makes me scared sometimes

My Dad is in a really bad job at the moment and it makes him really stressed. He can get really angry and yell some nasty stuff at me. He has always been like it not just now. Usally my...

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Foster care problems

dear sam, i've been put into my frist foster care placement and i love the family but their having some family problems of there own. my foster mum is upset with my foster dad because she doesn't feel like he's...

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My dad died

hi there, i am just saying this because well my dad died a few weeks ago and so i just want some 1 to talk to. My mum is also in prison and i am liveing with my grand parents...

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My brother and me

From the age of eight until i was ten my brother sexually abused me sometimes everyday and sometimes he would leave it awhile then do it again....i am now 13 years old and i have told my parents my mum...

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My stepdad beats me

my stepdad throws me down the stairs, squeezs my arm until in has no blood getting to it, when I tell my mum she says its my fault or he wouldn't do something like that. I have the bruises to...

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Sexual abuse need help

hi this first time i spoke about sexual abuse to anyone. when i was 7 or 8 was when it all started. my stepdad at the time used to touch me up and force me to have sex with him. it...

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Running away

Hi Sam...

I'm thinking of running away this Tuesday. I want to go to one of my friends houses because I don't want to ruin my life, I just want some time away from my parents....

The problem is I'm...

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Families

He's out late everyother day with his mates, he smokes and drinks and treats me and parents horribly. i hate how he acts nowdays and I can't handle the abuse and strees he gives me :/...

My parents don't really...

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About my parents

Hi Sam...

It's about my parents they never listen to me....

I don't know what to do I try communicating with them and they don't like trying to talk to me....

They always blank me and what I have to...

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I feel my parents hate me

Hi, I'm H and I'm ten years old. I have one older sister (who is thirteen), named E, and my parents are always giving her treats and spending hundreds of pounds on her (i.e., buying really expensive clothes for her,...

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I try to tell them

I'm having a bit of an identity crisis right now. I can't fit in. My friends are different, they don't understand me and what I go through. My mum is obsessed about her university placements and her garden, and every...

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Everything is becoming more difficult

Hi sam, everything's becoming more and more difficult for me. My dad died 2 years ago. But before that he was away, living with his mum so i didn't see him throughout my childhood.. but when he came back in...

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My daddy

hi this is my first time on childline but the thing is my dads a drunk.  he drinks lots.  i really want my old daddy back.  i don't need hlp just someone to talk to.  my school know about, so...

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Dad's drinking

Since I was very young I have had these thoughts which involved killing myself. I am really shy and I don't have a lot of friends, I have a few but no one I can really trust. I dreaded school...

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I was 6 when it all happend!!!!!!!!

Hello sam...

I was 6 when it happened.  i wasnt sure what to do, i felt upset and i felt really scared.  do you know what its like to lose some one so close to you?  my mum died!!!!!!!!!!!!...

look i...

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How do I help a friend?

My friend has recently told me that she is scared of her parents because they hit her. She has got scars on her legs and arms from being hit with a belt and she has only just told me about...

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My mum said that I'm dead to her

My whole family has fallen apart. My mum said to me when I get married I will no longer have a reletionship with her. She told me I'm dead to her today, and my dad isn't so good either. No one is here for...

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My mum had an operation

A few months ago my mum had an operation (as treatment to prevent cancer) but now she has to have even more treatment and medicine as a follow up. I am 10, so I have a tutor to prepare me...

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I don't know

Hey Sam...

I am a 14 year-old Asian girl who has divorced parents and currently living with a strict mum. Recently I have tried for scholarship tests to private schools but unfortunately I've done badly even that I go to tutoring...

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Uncomfortable behaviour

My mum's been with her boyfriend since I was around 6 years old. We're sort of all a close unit as a family I guess and we have some good times. However a few days ago he did something to...

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No one in my family likes me

hi sam...

i find it really hard to explain everything happening in my life at the moment but im going to tell you the brief overview of the situation.....

my mum and dad are divorced, they each have new boyfriends/girlfriends,...

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Stuck in the middle...

I know this letter won't be replied to, and I know you have much bigger problems from other people to deal with, but I feel like I need to get this out.....

My Mum and Dad split up 6 years...

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Neglection

I am a 17 year old female living  at home with my mum, brother and my brothers girlfriend. My mum does not work and neither does my brother.  My mum is always round her boyfriend home and comes back every...

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My mum & me

Me and my mum are ALWAYS argue , nearly everyday. My mum and dad split up when i was 2 and havent seen him since. I dont really care about seeing my dad though. She is a single parent and...

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i don't fell part of the family

my mum has 6 kids but i dont fell like one i am 12 and all my sisters and my bother all hate me my mum dosent feed me as much as the rest. when i at school and get...

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mum dad my life

7 years ago my mum was diagnosed with a rare cancer and i grew up fast im only 12 now and threw the years mums had life saving operations , i hardly got to see her she was smoking or...

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Hey sam :)

My mum has stopped me from going to a LGBT youth group and i don't know why, every time i mention it, she gets all angry and moody-.- what can i do?

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I didn't do well in my exams

Hello sam, im going through alot this year as i didnt do well in my alevels and im so scared to tell my parents meaning my dad mainly! Last year i did BTEC but he didnt know until i told...

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Child Abuse

Hello Sam. I'm having problems at home. I'm getting abused and hit for no reason. Yesterday 19th Augush 2011. Near 8pm, I went into the kitchen to eat something and my mother did a backhand slap in my mouth. I...

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My Mum

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I really dont know what to do, I am 15 and turning 16 very soon. Me and my mum argue almost all of the time, when we are not arguing we are like a well oiled motor, all...

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hi

hi , i know i may sound stupid, but sometimes i feels as if i was never meant to be born into my own family, i feel that i was a mistake....

my dad is great but he doesn't understand...

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my dad and my exam results

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i have just got my results back for my AS exams and i didnt get what i wanted but i went round to my dads for the first time in a while the other day and after i...

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My Dad's Anger Issues

My dad has always had anger problems and my grandfather is to blame. He has the same anger issues and never treated my dad very nicely. So, now I am left being treated the same way my grandfather treated my...

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Me and Dad aren't speaking anymore...

Hi Sam, My Dad abused me when I was 10 and I told him recently that I was going to tell someone. He told me to wait until I saw him (because I don't live with him anymore) and then...

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Stepdad

I hate my stepdad....
I have never liked my stepdad he always has a go at me and my brother for nitty little things, not long a go he ran at me cause I slightly raised my voice when he...

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Unfairness

At the moment my sister has strained her shoulder, and she says it is very painful. Mum and Dad have taken her to A and E and treated her well, but whilst this is going on I feel really left...

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I am so unlucky!

I am an 11 year old girl. My Dad has been in a wheelchair with MS even before I was born. I have never seen him walk. He cant feed or give himself a drink. He cant move his legs...

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Mum won't listen

When I was about five I was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. I hated the way my mum would look at me whenever I did something weird, so I stopped doing it when she was around, only being me when she...

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Help me

Hi, my name is Hannah,...

I am going through a really rough time at the moment at school im fine but school finishes at about 3:10 and at 3:05 i start to shake and feel ill because its time to...

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Parents

Hey sam,...

my mum had a bad childhood and so lots of thing i say she reacts badly to and i try to understand but, my dad tells me im not being sensitive enough, i really did try but i...

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i am on the edge, help!

i've felt like this for 5 days now, i am so low right now that i have tried to take my own life, twice. People keep saying talking helps, but it doesn't help me. See, my dad is emotionally abusng...

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My Auntie Has Canser

Hiya sam my auntie has breast canser and lost her hair i dont know what to do im a year 8 in a school and im only 12 can you please help me people are bullying me because of it...

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I feel upset and ashamed.

I am 14. Through the ages of 5-10 my Brother made me do a series of sexual things with him, not actual sexual intercourse though. We have a normal relationship now, but the memories can come back to me and...

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My Mom is being Very annoying

My parents always seem to think they know best, even when i am sure they do not. Very recently my mum has been of my case everyday, always coming home and arguing with me about very petty things (like spending...

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My Parents are a mess!

Hi, I'm 14 years old and I have recently started to begin my GCSE'S but my parents wont stop fighting. They fight about everything and it has gotten to the point where I just want them to be divorced! Is...

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