ShaylaRenee319

Open Lesbian Relationship Challenges

"SHANE": the nickname sum of my friends hav givin me. according to them...i am "very shane" wen it comes to relationships. and to b honest...and i hate to admitt it..but they r right. i hav a lot of comittment issues tht im trying to work on...i hav met the girl of my dreams and i want to do watever it takes to not mess up the amazing relationship wit her...because someday i want to be able to call her my wife...not just another x.

Open Transgender

ive been out as a LESBIAN since i was in the 7th grade. iv always known tht i am attracted to girls. but hav dated guys too. i identify as a lesbian but tht "guy part" of me always wants to be known. i havnt made a deffo decision on full transition just yet because i kno tht some surguries are irreversable. i want to be a guy, but i also like being a girl. but i rarely refer to myself as a girl..and offen times FORGET tht i am.

Open Self-Injury

I started cutting in middle school. I think I was...12 the first time i did it but didnt actually get into it until i was 13 or 14. at first i started doing it to get attention but then i did it as a stress releiver. it soon became suicidal. the suicide phase only lasted for about a year and a half. by tht time it was a full blown addiction. and still is. im now, almost 20 and still dealing with the urges and the "needs" it has only been about 5 weeks since i last cutt. now, i WANT to stop.

Treatments

Psychotherapy Somewhat Helpful

Rubber Bands Somewhat Helpful

it helped for a while but i would do it so much tht i bruised my wrist bones countless times and tht alone caused more pain than i really wanted.

Talking Somewhat Helpful

Open Family & Friends of Cancer Patients

My family and some of my friends have had a LOT of experiance with standing by and watching a loved one suffer from cancer. in MY case, i watched an aunt suffer and waste away to nothing until she died in 2003, and just last fall a teacher from my high school died of cancer. more than 5 of my current living family members have cancer...some are beating it and living life to the fullest that they can, others....havnt been so lucky.

Open Autism / Autism Spectrum

until the year 2006 i didnt even kno wat autisim was. in 2005 i started babysitting for a couple in my town. theyr youngest son was always a bit "odd" so to speak...i just thot he was an extreamely hyper, not very good a listening, toddler. but in 2006 their son was diagnosed wit autisim. wen i found out i researched it and after tht, everything this boy did...made sence. since then this little boy has taught me so much more than he or anyone else could ever emagine.

Open Prescription Drug Abuse

Open ADHD / ADD

Open Smoking Addiction & Recovery

Open Sexual Abuse

Open Rape

Open Teen Sexuality

Open Bipolar Disorder

Open Bipolar Disorder - Teen

Open Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)