Hello everyone, I'm a guy in the Philippines and I am having a hard time. I am bisexual and an Atheist and my parents opposes both ideas. Their religious and conservative but I still love them. I've really thought about coming out to them but I'm scared of what they'll eventually think of me. I don't want to be a disgrace but if being myself is a disgrace to the whole world and even my parents I'm ready to end it. I thought about writing letters—to my loved ones now, but I'm much more scared of the thought that I have never accomplished anything in my life and I'm going to end it. So I thought and came up with a plan. I'm going to come home after school crying, cause I know—eventually something will upset me at school, maybe my classmates, issues, grades, anything. Then when one of them asked why I'm crying I will open up to them about my sexuality and thoughts about religion. I don't know whether they'll accept me, but one thing is clear for me. I won't live in the shadow of beliefs.