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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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  • Sam's replies are public, never private, so others can read them
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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.

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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I've left my primary school

Dear sam,I've left my primary school and is going on to big school. None of my friends are going to be in my class. I...

help

im moving school and l don't want to im leaving all my friends behind how can i stop being so sad xx

Leaving

I have just left my primary school forty minutes ago and now I feel really sad. I'm excited to go to high school but ...

Help

im moving school and l don't want to im leaving all my friends behind how can i stop being so sad xx

going to high school

I'm going to high school in semptember and here's the thing my really close friend is going to a different school and...

High school

I am moving to high school in September and I'm scared that I will be split up from my friends what shall I do?

university application

Hi Sam :) We started our UCAS application today in school and I have to tick the box that says I have a disability (...

I don't fit in

I've just started college and I thought it was gonna be alright, but when I actually got there I just felt like I did...

Depressed

I'm a 12 year old girl in 1st year in secondary school. I've always had 1 best friend since playschool. The problem i...

Starting sixth form

I'm sixteen and I have just started sixth form at a new school, I was really happy to go somewhere different from eve...

Starting Sixth Form

Hi Sam I have just started Sixth Form a couple of weeks ago at a new school but I'm struggling to fit in :( There ...

Cleanliness

Thank you for reading my letter. Can pupils complain about  how dirty the toilets are at school, because the girls to...

School

I told my best friend about my suicide attempt but she told school I haven't spoken to her since she was the only one...

What shall I do??

Hello today i accidently called someone fat this has now made me feel awful i feel so mean it just came out i am neve...

Apologizing!

Recently, i have fell out with my friend and i have been asked to apologise however i dont want to be the one who alw...

all alone

So im in all girls school (a school with only girls) and i have friends from my primary school but im falling out wit...

School

Basically I'm in year 8 and we had a new science teacher that started at the beginning of September as the other one ...

I've had enough

I just hate everything. At school I hate my friends they alwasy make jokes at my expense I feel pushed out the 'popul...

Sexism?

I know we wear school uniform for a reason To unify us all, but am I right in thinking that my high school and other ...

school changing

my mum and dad are thinking of me moving house and changing schools but i love the way things are. i love my friends ...

changing schools2

i just moved to a new school & its kind of new for me , new subjects and language . I am worried about the exams ...

lunch

dear sam,my BFF is not talking or playing with me at lunch ,no matter how hard I try.sometimes she will not laugh or ...