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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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My school P.E. Teacher.

Hi Sam,               So today I was at school and it was 2nd lesson which was P.E. At my school we have to line up ...

Starting Year 11

I am a 15 year old boy just starting year 11 and I am also starting 3 controlled assessments straight away meaning th...

injections in school.

I had a letter from the school nures saing that year 7 are getting injections in school but it diden't say when where...

School Stress

I'm 17 and am in my second year of sixth form and I've just finished the process of applying to university. The unive...

I can't deal with it any more

Dear Sam, I hate my school I have no fruends there and I am under so much pressure. I hate all the teachers cos I c...

I'm ten and in love

This may come across as really weird but I think my feelings for this boy in my class are too strong to be normal. I ...

Disappointing Results Advice?

I just recieved my GCSE results and I was quite disappointed with them, they were worse than I was expecting. Everybo...

Parents think I'm not revising

Hi, I'm just stressed at the moment, because my parents keep putting me down, and to an extent there's only so much a...

I keep putting off my homework

Hey Sam, I am having huge trouble getting my homework done. I leave it till the last minute and do it in the lesson ...

Sexual Harassment

At school there is this boy who is always doing dirty stuff next to me. I'll give you some examples. I sit there and ...

Stressed about school

Hi sam,this is the second time I have wrote to you and I must say i appriciate your advice.However, the whole school ...

School Stress

Hi, my friends older sister has recently died, and all the time now I am thinking about death. I am getting really sc...

School

My new school is really big and we are getting way too much homework and its really hard. Last week I got 10 pieces d...

Exams

Hi Sam, I am in college in my first year and I am studying GCSE English because I failed it. I have a exam on the 3r...

i cant do it

i am finding it hard to do my homework because my mumand my stepdad keep arguing about things i need help and i will ...

Motivation

I havent been trying at school for quite a while, and havent been getting the best grades.  i always lose my stuff, f...

SATS IN 8 DAYS!!!

I have 9 days until my SATS, I have A LOAD of stress, and u need a way of relieving it. I have tried stress balls, th...

Exams3

My sats are in 2weeks and i know i have nothing to worry about (because iam quite good😉) but inside i feel wo...

GCSES

i am starting my gcses tommorrow and i am so scared i know i have done a good amount of revision but i feel scared im...

I don't know what to do.

My GCSES start next month and I have done hardly any revision. I am a fairly good student and people are expecting me...

Exam stress

Hi My A level exams are in 3 weeks and recently I have been very stressed. At one point I was so stressed that I was...