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Anyone can write in with their problem. I respond to a few letters each week. You can also read my advice to people who have similar problems to you.

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My embarrassing day

ye me and my 2 friends went to my crush and I told him J liked him tben ran away I cane back and my friend told me he...

What my friend said

So ive been incecure about my body since forever and i started getting better and better and until a few weeks ago i ...

i feel ashamed

hi sam, i am 15 and a lesbian and i feel really ashamed. whenever people bring up gay people it makes me feel uneasy ...

Intrusive thoughts

Hi Sam, Recently i’ve been worried about something that I know doesn’t matter but i keep thinking about it. Basically...

Help

i havent been doing great ive been crying all night something stopping me from asking for help do you have suggestions

How do u cope

my mum is horrible and never loved me etc and now i don't know how to cope i get so attached to any adult figure that...

Message from Sam

You can write to me about anything you want and I read every single message sent. I can only reply to a few each week and I always do this in public on my page. I’m sorry if I don’t answer your letter but it’s likely there are others just like it that I have answered before. If you want a definite response or need support then talking to a Childline counsellor is the best way to do that.

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Contraception

Hi Sam, Me and my boyfriend wants to be sexually active when we meet up and we had both agreed that i should go on t...

Contraception implant

I am 14 years old and my boyfriend is 15 and we have always, without a doubt used contraception such as condoms, our ...

the implant

ive looked everywhere :im nearly 17 and thinking of getting the implant, can you not have contraception if you have n...

Can the implant make you fat?

I'm 14 and I have been trying to find out the most reliable method of contraception. I have learnt about the implant ...

have i broken the law

i had sex at the age of 14, i used contraception and i am not pregnant but will i have to go to prison if the police ...

sex

hi basicly im 15 and ive had sex with my gf so many time and we havnt used a condom everytime and im getting kinda sc...

Implant2

I'm 16 and want to get the implant for a really safe contraception method. I know where to go for it, and am ready to...

:(

Can a female virgin catch an STI from a male if he did not release any sperm? Do STI's travel through sperm?

sex and contraception

me and my boyfriend were thinking about having sex, we are both 14. i want to but i want to know if i am able to get ...

condoms

me and my boyfriend have been talking about having sex, well i would like to go into a shop and buy condoms for when ...

hiya

hi im L just want to say my uncle sexual touched me and hes got away with it hes done it years ago and my aunty still...

AdDiCtion

Im 11 and i guess thats a bit young but my girlfriend R* is 13 and she has a massive porn addiction, im scared she wi...

This new guy

So I'm talking to this guy and I can definitely see us getting together shortly the only problem is he's not a virgin...

Was I Raped?

Im 16 and a few weeks back I had sex with this guy I have been speaking to for a few months when I thought things wer...

Abuse

So my friend has a boyfriend, they are both under 16, the boy keeps pressuring the girl to have sex with him, but she...

Sex addiction

Hi Sam, this is quite embarssing for me but my name is L*. I'm 16 years old and I need to talk to someone about mysel...

I feel dirty

I'm 13 and had sex about a month ago. I feel so dirty and it feels wrong. He used me for sex, and then broke up with ...

First kiss

Me and my boyfriend have been going out 4 years. We both had our first kiss last monday and it was amazing!! But he h...

Why do I hate myself for this?

I'll admit, from a young age, I liked to "experiment". When I was about 11/12 I had sex with a girl (I'm al...

Sex after forced sex

Hi Sam. I'm 16 and in a relationship with a male who is ver understanding.  But I was in an abusive relationship for ...