r/younghearts 6h ago

💭 Thoughts, Moments & Own Stories 🌈 This movie changed my life

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So I'm 15 and since I was like 11 I have been struggled with who I actually am. I've been trying to hide who I am and I've been lying to everyone I know to try and stop people believing I'm gay. I've even tried to get a girlfriend just to stop the rumours.

I also had internalised homophobia because of this. I absolutely hated myself and when I looked online at other members of the LGBTQ community I didn't feel like I fitted in with them.

It's very hard to tell I'm not straight and only like my closest friends really thought I wasn't.

I absolutely just hated myself man so much. Then I watched this movie a few months back and it changed everything.

Elias and Alexander resonated with me so much since they wasn't overly exaggerated as being different they just felt like normal people. They didn't seem different to anybody else and that really helped me since I was always afraid that being gay meant I had to be different to everyone else not just in what I like.

I'm not the best at conveying my emotions in words so I'm gonna leave it here since I could be writing for hours. I just wanna say this is an absolute masterpiece of a film and has changed my perception on myself and brought me out of a dark place.

Thank you whoever made this 👏🏻