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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 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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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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Lonely

Hi Sam I'm 15 an only child but so so lonely , I have friends but not near to where I live, I just sit at home lonely...

Umcomfortable

My name is s***** and I got touched by a 13 year old and I'm 11 and I felt very uncomfortable and I've been depressed...

Hard to sleep (not nightmares)

Hello, I've found it hard to sleep for a month now.It's nothing to do with fear/nightmares.I just can't get to sleep ...

lonliness

I am a 16 year old girl just striving for someone to listen to me someone who  can understand the way I'm feeling bec...

Turning to money

Hello, when I feel stressed I think I spend money on clothes, I really wants to stop spending, I need help, I even pu...

My Maths teacher and school.

I am a 15 year old girl and I have recently been having a rough time at home due to me and my mum arguing all the tim...

Im M***y

Hello im M***y, Im male, 15 and will be 16 in a fe months. ive been feeling really down at the moment and everythin...

Should or shouldn't

I have got a cello exam tomorrow and I'm quoting cello so should I go to the lesson or should I not go? Please answer...

Pictures

Ok so I sent a rude video and nudes to my old bestfriend (a boy) I truste him,but he showed his friends,my parents an...

Feeling low

I am a 15 year old girl who was being sexually absurd for a long time when I come out and told the police. He went to...