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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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Bisexual

I'm bisexual but my parents and close friends are completly anti-LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) and I feel r...

Coming out

Hi Sam,im a bisexual girl and i am in a relationship with another girl. my mum knows about us but her parents dont ha...

Infatuation

Hey, Sam I need some help. My mum and dad divorced not long ago and I've only just accepted I'm gay and have come ou...

i think im bisexual

i think im bisexual.... i think im in love wth my bestfriend whos a girl and shes bisexual. and we kiss all the ti...

Confused..

Hi, Sam, I'm confused on my seuxuaility. My bestfriend, H, is "bicurious" or so she says, and for a few mo...

Coming Out

Hello. I'm a 13 year old girl who is bisexual. I am in my second year of high school, and I have known that I am bi s...

I can't get a girlfriend

Hi Sam iam in a wheelchair and I have been fancying this girl for a long time we are friends but I dont know how to a...

Shaving

I want to tell my mum that i probably need to start shaving soon, but i am not sure how to phrase it, or get the mess...

disabled parents what can i do

Hi am 12 years old both of my parents are wonderful and amazing but thers a promblem there both disabled my dad is bl...

My mum smokes

So basically my mum smokes witch is very common . But I am 12 and don't want her to keep coming near me with her ciga...

Autism!

Hello Sam, Autism runs in my family, I have it and my dad and my brother has it, everyone in my class thinks I am da...

Going to the doctors

I have been told to go to the doctors to get anti depressants im nervous about telling the doctor how i feel and what...

I started puberty early

My voice has broken and I'm the only one in my class is it normal to start puberty at my age I'm only in year seven

Disability

im 14 and i am autistic and i have hypermobility syndrome and i have a astigmatism my pe teachers are constantly tryi...

Too scared to see a Doctor

I'm a 17 year old girl, and I don't want to sound like I'm jumping to conclusions, but I think I could be bipolar.

Smoking

I've smoked near enough a year and this is all that seems to help me when I get angry and upset. It calms me down. I...