When I was about 16-17, I told my friend lets pretend to be guys on IMVU. For some context, I had been struggling with my gender identity since I was a kid. I always felt odd in my body regardless of what people had called me. So while on imvu i had met this guy the same age, we ended up connecting and bonding with each other. I knew what I was doing was so wrong yet I continued to talk to him because "being" a boy made me so happy. I had eventually ended things between us because of my guilt. I am 19 now. To this day I still think about it and hope he is doing well. I still do struggle with my gender identity but am currently genderfluid.

TW// self harm & suicide i’m known as the “perfect girl” with a “perfect life” by everyone. my parents are still together. there are literally no problems in my family, everyone gets along really well. we aren’t struggling with money. i have all A’s. i was accepted into one of the top private schools in my state. i’ve been on homecoming court and i’ve been elected for a position in the student council. my parents do everything they can to give me an amazing life. but for some reason i feel so sad. i don’t know why and i feel so selfish but i feel sad. i feel like everyone hates me and like they would be better off without me. everyone thinks i’m perfect and my friends even tell me that i’m “the only mentally stable person” that they know. i’m scared of telling anyone else this after it got out and got to my parents. but since this is anonymous i wanted to let it out. i self harm and i relapsed so many times. i attempted 3 times in the past 2 years. obviously it didn’t work and i don’t plan on doing it again for now but i have thoughts about it. it sucks. and i feel so hopeless and helpless even more since no one can see it. i know this is selfish but sometimes i wish people would try and understand and talk to me

• August 5, 2023