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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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Depression

I'm 12 and I'm worried about telling my mum about depression because I feel like she won't understand me . Do you hav...

I dont know what to do

Ive been getting really upset lately and i feel like i cant tell anyone about my feelings, but when i do its like the...

Squeezing pimples

I have this bad habit of picking the skin and sqeezing my pimples, I know it's bad but I just cannot stop and i feel ...

this isnt me?

For a while I haven't been myself, I've been down and depressed almost about school and lessons I don't enjoy. But mo...

Growing up

Dear Sam, i have recently began my period and I have know idea how to do any thing. I feel embarrassed talking to my...

Sleep over

Hey Sam, I have a brother who is much older then me and at univeristy he has invited me to go an stay with him for a...

Doctor

I'm a 15 year old girl and I live in the UK, I've been quite sad for a while now, and I have self harmed and I want t...

how i feel

I am always feeling sad. It gets to the point that i hate my life. I sometimes shut the room to the bathroom and just...

Paranoia and sleeping problems

I'm wondering if you could help me with something. At night, I get slightly paranoid and it becomes incredibly hard t...

Feeling really lonely

I'm a 16 year old girl with high functioning autism and it's making me feel really depressed lately. I try to be kind...

How to talk about depression?

I am going to the doctors about another matter and I am going to tell them about it then. But I am finding it hard to...

i have ADHD and ODD

hi  i have been diagnosed with adhd and odd i know what they stand for but not much about them. i have been given tab...

Life

Okay so I have had quite a few problems quite recently, my parents have decided to split up, my papa had been put in ...

social anxiety

hi, for 3 years i have been anti-social but my parents think its because im lazy but I cant go near a stranger withou...

how

How do i start writing to someone because i cant

Running away and Deppression

Hey, So recently i have been having some thoughts about running away from home. I dont know why the idea appeles to ...

Depression

Hi I have a problem with people coming to me when they are depressed and suicidal. It's not just my friends but other...

My Paranoia

Over the last 2 months i have been scared to death that someone is out to murder me.I know that i'm safe and that i h...

I stole from primark

I stole from primark with my friend and my friends brother and dad found out they haven't told my mum and are not int...

Anxiety?

I have read through a few sites ect... About anxiety, mainly because I constantly feel worried about minor little thi...

I am a bit fat chested boy

Hi Sam .... Thanks for this wonderful site. ...I am a bit fat......and fat chested too n am a boy......everyday my fr...

Scared Of Getting Lost

I'm nearly 13 years old and I think this is really stupid, but when I went on holidays I was so scared incase I got l...