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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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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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Caring

Hi,I couldn't really decide which topic to put this under. It's kind of family but its emotions as well. I look after...

Hi!

:( Hello. Ive not been feeling myself latley.. i keep myelf to myself want to sleep all the time lock myself away. I...

muslim

hi, i'm a muslim & i recently started wearing the headscarf cos i feel really passionate about my religion. the ...

I'm feeling lonely

Hello Sam, I have been diagnosed with anorexia and are currently undergoing treatment. It is going ok, but as a resu...

Death of something I love

My guinea Pig died About an hour ago. I'm crying my eyes out and I don't know why. It was a big shock to me, I was ju...

Mum

Coming up to Christmas has been tough for the last 4 years as my mum died four years ago and each year it gets harder...

Miscarriage

I am a 14 year old girl who didn't know she was pregnant until around the end of my miscarriage, I haven't told anyon...

just sad

Hi , so when i was 1 my dad died and usally round xmas it pops into my head so basically i just need some advice on h...

Am I depressed?

I've lost a loved one due to suicide a year and a half ago and haven't felt myself since then. I'm always unhappy and...

I can't eat

Two days ago, someone that I used to be in a relationship with got into a car accident and died. I can't eat anything...

i am in care

i am in care because i have reacently lost my mum to cancer so it is really hard snd i also self harm an i am trying ...

Stay put or die

I've felt really depressed and lonely for a long time, probably around a few years but recently its got worse and its...

Sibling death I

I can't seem to find much on this so I didn't know where else to go. When I was 12, my 15 year old sister died unexpe...

Dad

I am arguing with mum a lot and am very angry with her all the time. Dad died 2 yrs ago and she has moved on!!! I sti...

Alone & Hurt

In 2010 I became my mums full time carer I done everything for her, she got diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 and ...

my neighbour

Hi Sam, My neighbour died a few days ago and it was a shock as she seemed fine and knowone was expecting it. We were...

I recently lost my dad and mum

hiya, urm, well i don't really know howto start, i'm finding it really hard to get up in morning, i feel so down. I r...

Dog dieing

Please could you help me to get over my dog dieing she was really young and I loved so very much I would apprechate i...

It's all happening again

Sam, my best friend died 10 months ago and I miss him so much, it feels as if he's just died all over again I just mi...

RIP

In December my best friend died of cancer. At first it I felt pain but my body just felt like a nothingness. Now I ha...

Depression after my mum died

Hi samim j...! My mum died just under 2 years ago however I am struggling a lot I am been bullied at school about it ...