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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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You can ask me about anything you want, there's nothing too big or small. I read every single letter but I can only answer a few each week. My replies are published here on my page.

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What you need to know:

  • Sam reads every letter, but can only respond to a few each week
  • Sam's replies are public, never private, so others can read them
  • Sam will remove personal info from your letter to keep it anonymous
  • if yours is chosen, you'll see it under one of the topics below
  • if you need support now or want to talk privately, contact a Childline counsellor.

latest letters

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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Very worried!

I haven't had my period for over a month and I'm really worried. I don't want to see a doctor because that is what my...

Anxiety- feeling sick

hello, i have been feeling sick everyday for a long time, however i was last actually sick 2 years ago. I worry about...

Medical Dad

Hello Sam,Thankyou for reading this. I am sorry if I sound mean in it or blunt, at anytime.I have been seeing people,...

Lying and being strange

Hi, i sometimes just lie, sometimes about stupid things, and sometimes about big things. Like a few weeks ago I said ...

help me?

Sam, I need help! I'm a 16 year old girl hearing voices in my head & they are telling me to kill myself..I'm that...

????

I think I may have OCD. When I was seven, I got a bad stomach bug and was almost hospitalized. Since then, I have dev...

'The hyper friend.'

Dear Sam. I'm thirteen and in secondary school in a group of people I'm the happy one, the one who can ALWAYS be rel...

hi

hi sam my name is k and im 16 and for the past year i have suffered a coupke of sexual abuse behaviour and i have bee...

Not being able to think

I have rencently been having some big problems.my family know about it but now they won't leave me alone. I know ther...

My Mask.

Hi! I'm 12. I live with my mum who I generally get along with, my sister, who's 13, who has Downs Syndrome and my dog...

Anger

Dear Sam,For as long as I can remember I have been angry. 6 years ago I was in anger management for a year, this ulti...

the end

i am 12 recently i have found out about a possible nuclear war and am SOOOOOOOOOOO scared that the world will end bec...

Anger

hi im finding myself getting very angry at time and this isnt the normal me im calm all the time but if people at sch...

CONFUSED2

Hi Sam.My parents have been split up for seven years and up til now it hasn't really bothered me, the idea of having ...

period

erm , im 12 and i havent started my period yet and all my friends have ? i have tons of emergency pads and im worried...

Mental health

Hi Sam,I have lots of mental health problems. I have OCD and schizophrenia and I am taking medication for depression ...

what is wrong with me?

I get really worked up sometimes and i flip and tear up books, punch walls and break stuff my friends think its funny...

Why oh why ?

I am a fifteen year old , who for the first  14 yrs of their life lived as a female the sex I was assigned at birth ,...

Why do I feel this way?

Hi, people in my school are talking about how theyre going through puberty and all these sexual thoughts however I fe...

mental health

dear sam, this is my first time trying this talking thing. i have ocd and i dont know what to do about it dont want ...