Jake, 16, was born as a girl but from an early age says he felt as if he was really a boy. Jake Said My life was one big fantasy until I reached puberty and realized it was more than that.
Hearing all my girlfriends talk about all the changes their bodies were going through made me really uncomfortable. I used to just sit and listen and try to not take part in the conversations. But even though I was ignoring my friends, I couldn't ignore my own body. The changes where unbearable.
I was growing breasts and I had started my period. It was really hard to fantasize anymore that I was a boy, even though my brain told me to keep believing. I fell into a deep depression and wasn't sure how to get out. I didn't have the motivation to do anything anymore, and I wanted to disappear f
orever.

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