Get to where you need to be.

Dear Younger Me,

You are insecure. You feel misunderstood. You feel disconnected from everyone, including family.
Rhiannon, you are 14 years old. If you could fast forward to now, you’d not believe where you are. You never thought it was possible to be mentally where you are now. You thought you would be in hospital again, detained, refusing to co- operate with professionals. You maybe even expected to not be alive right now.
But, although you aren’t physically where you should be, things regarding your mental health, haven’t been this stable for years. If you could just see yourself for a minute or two, you would have the determination you needed to change the circumstances you find yourself in.
Even if things had changed before they did, you wouldn’t be equipped with the skills and the motivation you have built up and enabled in everyday life. You might not have been any better.
There’s alot of it’s and but’s in this letter. So I’m gonna conclude by saying, this life hasn’t been easy for you, but continue to Persevere and you’ll get to where you need to be. Not where you expect, or want. Just where you need.

Love,
Rhiannon

16th April 2025