Finn Hall
Finn died by suicide.
A Huddersfield family has been left heartbroken after their 16-year-old son took his own life after struggling for years with his mental health.
Finn Hall, who had lived in Huddersfield most of his life until his family moved to Keighley last year, was hoping to spend his life helping others. He was studying health and social care with aspirations of working with children with learning difficulties.
On Friday, November 18, his mum, Hannah, went up to his bedroom. She was devastated to find that after years of struggling with his mental health, Finn had tragically [redacted] himself.
Finn was in the process of transitioning from female to male after coming out to his family earlier this year. [His aunt] said Finn had started struggling with his mental health at the age of 11 when he began battling an eating disorder. From around the age of 13, Finn was struggling so much he began to self-harm.
He was hospitalised several times, and his family were desperate to find him support. But Finn continued to struggle.
Finn was the second of five children, spent much of his free time volunteering at a local youth club and working as a carer. He regularly took part in raising money for the youth club.
I think I may be gay
Figuring out your orientation can be complicated. In a society where most of us are expected to be straight, it can be difficult to take a step back and ask whether you’re gay, straight, or something else. You’re the only person who can figure out what your orientation truly is.
It all started with a sex dream — does this mean what I think it means? Many of us grow up to assume that we’re straight only to find out, later, that we’re not. Sometimes, we realize this because we have sex dreams, sexual thoughts, or feelings of intense attraction toward people of the same gender as us. However, none of those things — sex dreams, sexual thoughts, or even feelings of intense attraction — necessarily “prove” your orientation. Having a sex dream about someone of the same gender as you doesn’t necessarily make you gay. Having a sex dream about someone of the opposite gender doesn’t necessarily make you straight.
There are a few different forms of attraction. When it comes to orientation, we usually refer to romantic attraction (who you have strong romantic feelings for and desire a romantic relationship with) and sexual attraction (who you want to engage in sexual activity with). Sometimes we’re romantically and sexually attracted to the same groups of people. Sometimes we’re not. For example, it’s possible to be romantically attracted to men but sexually attracted to men, women, and nonbinary people. This sort of situation is called “mixed orientation” or “cross orientation” — and it’s totally OK.
I don't feel comfortable with my gender
This is known as gender variance or gender incongruence and can be an indication that you may be transgender. It can manifest itself as mild to severe feelings of "being in the wrong body" or maybe not identifying with either of the accepted genders and is a complex web of differences. These feelings can also alter at times as well as fluctuate in intensity but they are unlikely to ever completely go away. You are the only person who can determine your true identity but a professional can help you to clarify this situation.
Due to their nature, the dichotomy between your body and the way that you identify as, can be very severe and cause extreme feelings of depression and despair and unless addressed can lead to suicidal ideation and is, thus, a very serious condition. You can help these feelings by various measures such as changing the way you express yourself or present yourself in ways that are more applicable to the gender to which you identify the most, or less like that which you identify with the least.
To be continued.
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