There comes a point in your life where you can’t keep your biggest secret in any longer. If you do, you’ll emotionally burst. This “secret” makes you who you are as a person. You knew this about you your whole life. You just can’t lie to yourself anymore and when you finally come to terms with it, and admit it to people, it feels like freedom that you’ve been waiting for your whole life.

1. You can’t hide from yourself.

No matter how hard you try, you can’t deny who you are to yourself. If you keep denying, you’ll never be happy. You’ll never learn to be happy with yourself, especially; and that’s the most important thing in your life. Never keep yourself from happiness. Have respect for yourself and well-being

2. Being different is never a bad thing.

Being different is pretty awesome. You have different tastes, experience and perspectives. In a group of friends, they are probably all straight; what’s a friend group if one of them isn’t gay?

3. If they love you, they’ll accept you.

Not being accepted or loved after making this bold move is the most terrifying thing. The worst situations runs through your head and start to convince yourself that it’s the wrong thing but no, keeping it bottled up thinking you’re wrong is the wrong thing. Let yourself soar and be free.

4. The monsters turned out to be just trees.

Once this secret’s out, you’ll feel brand new because there is nothing tying you down anymore, nothing to keep you from your happiness and most importantly, you don’t have to hide from yourself anymore. The fear disappears. You’re in the clear and every fear you’ve ever had about something you’ve worried about for so long evaporates into the air like it wasn’t even there

5. Pride is confidence.

Once you’re out and in the clear, your confidence and pride comes out right along with you in flying colors. You won’t let anything or anyone come between you and your new freedom. When people ask “how do you feel? How did you do it? I’m so proud of you!” It gives you a feeling that you’ve never had before. A “cloud 9” feeling. You tear up, you get emotional, you feel so emotional and free. You had the courage to accept that you were different and now, you couldn’t be happier.