It's hard to believe it, but Kylie Jenner is no longer the wide-eyed pre-tween the world was introduced to when Keeping Up With The Kardashians first aired on E! over 10 seasons ago. The 17-year-old teenage celebrity recently opened up about growing up in the public eye and the special "girl code" she has with her sisters.

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Jenner opened up to Cosmopolitan Magazine this month, where she sets the record straight about rumors, her family, and being in the public spotlight.

She said, "When I was like 10, 11, 12, I had a really hard time with the media. During your adolescence girls deal with their peers at school, then they go home and they don't have to deal with it [there]. It was a lot more haters to deal with ... especially since I was younger and my sisters were so beautiful and had it all together. I can have my moments and say that I don't want this life anymore, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. The good is definitely worth the bad."

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As far as the Kardashian-Jenner "girl code" she has with her sisters Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, and Kendall and their mother Kris, she said, "If a guy does one little thing to me, then you're dealing with, like, six other girls."

And while things seem to be pretty normal for Kylie's life right now, rumor has it that she might be hiding a major mental breakdown behind closed doors. Sources add that Kylie is in "crisis" as she is obsessed with being a celebrity and a huge star like her older sister Kim Kardashian.

According to the site J-14 back in December, Kylie is supposedly not coping well with her parents Kris and Bruce Jenner and their recent decision to split and is "at her breaking point."

A source told the site, "She's a very confused young lady who's desperately trying to find her own identity in her crazy world, surrounded by self-obsessed, fame-hungry women."

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