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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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  • 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.

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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 best friend is depressed

My best friend has been really depressed for the past year. At first, I thought it was just simple low self-esteem, s...

Help needed!

My friend has recently been acting up, and shes been going crazy in school. She has been suspended now for a week and...

My Best Friend

My best friend is really ill. She's bulimic, anorexic, self harms and is suicidle. I honestly have no idea what to do...

He says he sees things

MY friend he's 14 yesterday he told me he sees people. I havent seen him for months because ive been off of school du...

out side

hi sam i am worried about my friend j* i called her out to play and she said she was allowed to play out but her mum...

anorexia

Hello       I think that my friend may have anorexia and i am worried about her. She said to me one day that she had ...

My friend

I've recently discovered a friend of mine has been binging and purging regularly. Although she tells me she's control...

competing! :(

Hi!, I have two great friends! but they sort of compete against which one is the better friend for me i think they a...

Don't want her to get hurt

Recently I discovered one of my good friends (Liley) loves another one of my Best Friends (Hollie) but I know that Ho...

depression

two of my friends have depression. they both cut a lot and keep talking about suicide. one of them doesnt do it as mu...

Worried about a friend

hey. im  R* (13) and my gf (14) is a self harmer. we talk about it whenever we feel the need to. she says she doesn...

Anorexia

My friend generally doesn't eat, she is really skinny and can't control her weight. She faints a lot and I'm starting...

My friend's suicidal

Dear Sam, I'm really worried about my friend. She's cutting herself and recently she's suicidal. She has a notebook ...

Forgetting

Sometimes I feel like my friends are forgetting me in games sometimes I know my friends like me but I am confused if ...

I had sex with my best friend

i had sex with my best friend whos a girl and im also a girl. Im 13 and now i regret it. Its really awkward between u...

Sexual messages

Hey Sam, I'm 15 and my friend is 19. I've knew him for about a year. He has helped me with lots of things like my de...

Jealousy

Hi, sam, i wanted to know how jealousy is formed and what can cause it, because i have a friend that gets jealous whe...

Friendships/big age gap

I am 18 and I have become friends with a man in his 60s. We started talking through interests in sport and he began t...

My friend has nits

My friend has nits and I'm really worried I might get them because I had them before and they destroyed my life and I...