It makes a huge difference because it means that others are legally responsible for your safety and well-being. Also makes me want to apologize for having been not so gentle with you earlier in this thread. I forget that posters here could be teenagers.

On the upside, I know it's become a bit clichéd to say this but it gets better. Really. I'm not patronizing you just trying to say that once you leave adolescence and make it to the other side, life usually improves a lot.

Is your home environment safe? What kind of parent(s) do you have? How do you think they might react if you told them you were feeling this way?