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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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help

im 11 and i have to help[ my mum a lot because shes disabled. i then have to help my brother when im at my dads. my p...

feeling depressed

Dear Sam, for the past year, i have constantly feeling depressed. Im always arguing with my mum and dad, and my older...

Scared

I dropped my new iPhone in the toilet, I've had it for about a month and I dopped it in there when I was helping my s...

depreession

i've just started secondary school. im really shy so i find it hard to make friends. i've tried to make friends but t...

I'm scared

I am worrying about my sexuality I keep thinking I'm a lesbian and if I do something or look at another woman it mean...

Sad and depressed..

For the last month or so I have been feeling really down, my carer and social worker always say that I may have depre...

My Mother?

my mother and i have come to a disagreement she has felt that my personality has changed due to a "boy" whi...

Alone...

Im spending Christmas 50 miles away from home and im scared of getting homesick. I also feel locked away in my head s...

Periods

My mam dies two years ago and I'm scared to talk to my dad and I've got loads of female relatives but how do I ask th...

depression

sam i have looked up on websites and i have all the symptoms of depression: constant moodyness,feeling emtional and t...

help please

i want to see the doctors without parents knowin. im 13. i may have a mental disorder. where do i go. like what do i...

living away from home

I moved out of my house 18 months ago after suffereing years of abuse. I ran away, expectig my dad to leave my abuser...

My mom

Iv never really had a real mum. I know that sounds stupid to many people, but to call someone mum just sounds odd. I ...

adoption

hey sam this is really hard to say but i am always really low and down its like noo one is listening to me, its like ...

Is this normal?

I have been feeling low since about Christmas. I thought at one point that I had Seasonal Affective Disorder, but now...

begining to give up now

hi im k* and i really need help beacause i think im depressed. i am trying to get over a hair pulling disorder and i ...

Moved away

Hi Sam, i moved house around 9months ago. my old house is about 70miles away i have no friends where i live i hate it...

My Mum

I cry all the time because my mum shouts at me when i make a mistake, even if its a small one like i forgot my money ...

i dont know what to do

i have been feeling low lately but i thought it was just a phrase and il get better soon, but its been many months no...

No help recieved

I have had no help from anybody. I have been having suicidal thoughts and anxiety. I went and told a doctor about it ...

Lonley

I sometimes get really angry, and end up taking it out on my friends. I feel so bad after, but I hate apologising, it...

highs and lows.

Hi Sam, My name is E, im 13 years old. Im going through a tough time right now, ive been feeling low, so low that i ...

I want to be a boy...

Hi sam, im a 14 year old girl and i want to be a boy! I hate being a girl since i was young i have always wanted to b...