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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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In a car

I was waiting for my friend at the bus stop and I saw a man drive passed me and look at me funny, I thought it was co...

Scared about my period

to sam I am scared about my period.i feel really scared and embaressed .I havent started yet.I had spottting once so ...

Socially awkward :(

Hi I am worried because christmas is coming up and that's when I usually need to go shopping with my mum and the prob...

i am worred

am gong on a school trip straght after half term and it is a adventure course and and really scared of heights and wh...

periods

if your at the age of getting your periods and you havent got it and your worried what if you get it in school and yo...

Do I have social anxiety?

Hi Sam, please help me I feel like I'm the only teenager that feels like this. I'm a 15 year old girl and I think I h...

shyness and self confidence

hello well im in year 8 and i am very low in my self confidence i have a lot of friends but i am still very shy i am ...

Hatred

I thought i was okay. everything was back to normal. but i just hate myself the way i look the way i act, noones ever...

Speech Problems

I wasn't sure which section to put this under, but I have this phobia of speech. I can't speak to people I don't know...

Losing The Faith

Day by day i seem to be less and less confident in myself. Other issues in my life have been putting me down and i ca...

I feel worthless...

I will try to write this letter as best I can. I know how I feel, but once I start to try to express it---even in som...

Eyes

I've had bad eyesight for roughly 4 years. I don't know why, my guess it I was either born with it or had a few young...

Abuse?

Hello my name is Rachael and i wanted to know if this was emotional abuse. Well me and my dad haven’t ever got along...

I think I have depression

Hi there Sam, I've been having trouble with depression for the past 4 years; Although i haven't been diagnosed i'm al...

Worried

Hi Sam I'm feeling a little bit worried at the moment because on bonfire night last year my mum car window got smashe...

Its been a year- my dog

Hey sam,I am Z. A year ago on May 15th my dog had to be put down, he was my best friend and i couldn't have asked fo...

Followed

I am 13 years and have suffererd from depression for a year. Recently I went out with my friend, and we got followed ...

Emotions

Hey sam, i have seen a few of your replies too people and i feel as though if i write too you, it will make me feel s...

Confidence

Hi This is my first time on Childline this is a sort of problem I've had for a while I've had no confidence at all. I...

please could you help?

Okay, so about this time last year i fisinshed couselling and i didnt feel that it worked as i came out of it still f...