Hi all, my name is Laura

Sadly, I was born with male genes, and I'm fully male, which I'm most of the time not happy about. I'm 19 from the UK, and I have been living as a male all my life. Since I was about 13, I discovered crossdressing, and since then I have been Laura, and I am never happier than I am when I am Laura!
My family don't know, and since I live at home, I cannot be myself, which is really painful and depressing. I cannot breach the subject with my parents, as I have tried to hint a few things about it but they have always responded negatively. I have no self confidence in myself, and it's really hard to be Laura sometimes!
I'm really hoping that, through this board, I can be myself. I've never gone public with myself before, and I am very anxious about writing this... But yes.
Nice to meet you all