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| Hi my name is Jenni and I'm 17. I guess I've always been different to other girls. When I was in primary school I only had friends that were boys. When I reached adolescence, I started looking at other girls the way I think many boys do. This was hard on me, I didn't fit in with the group of friends I hung around with. But instead of talking to someone about it, I started to internalise the confusion that I was feeling. Soon I was starving myself and I developed anorexia. But that wasn't enough for me, I then started to cut myself to feel the pain that I was feeling inside. This started six years ago, and after three years in and out of hospital I finally felt it was O.K. to let myself know what was really wrong. |
| I admitted to myself that after all that I had been through the only thing that was "wrong" with me was that I liked girls. Since then I have talked to my parents, the nurses at the hospital, and my best friend. I am much happier now but I had to go through a rough patch before I could come out the other side. I now go to YAP (Frankston) and I'm meeting people who feel like me. Being like this isn't bad, it just is misunderstood. To anyone who feels like this, good luck, and know that there are others like you out there. Thank you to the person that established this website, it's great. Love Jenni |
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