Haha Christina the tears are part for you and part for me, sorry I am selfish lol.
You've led a life which if I'd taken different paths could easily have been mine.
Bigoted parents, not coming out (near everyone was bigoted back when I was a teenager, it's better now but still a real issue), I have resentment towards my mum for not thinking she did anything wrong, I've lost many good years. I think she might have kicked me out but she'd have wanted me to come back I know that, would I have wanted too is another matter. I'm still feeling deep resentment.
Running away but I didn't, you've shown what could have happened, I was young and naive and the world can be bloody awful. You had to make your own way, it's part of the reason why I'm finding it hard to write this because I don't know your situation with your parents.
BDSM, this is something which I have a theory for: a female mind raised to think it is male but it obviously has no male sex drive, so sexual thoughts of a certain kind occur (might be a different kind of BDSM for you but it applies to me). It's the supressed female sex drive, which I always knew I had anyway.
I've written several replies which I wanted to get right as you people matter to me and my shoulder aches arghhh.
Edited to clarify I am not a BDSM is for fun in my eyes, too much pain is like arghh turn off.