Hello, Adeline!
Acceptance is the first step to recovery. It's good, that you don't wish to keep lying to yourself, you want to get better. Perhaps it's not about becoming the person you used to be, but rather figuring out who you're going to be, the person you're supposed to be further down the line. That's what it's all about, people spend most of their lives finding themselves. Re-inventing who they are, what they stand for, who they want to be.
You alone can make the decision to move on, look towards the future and leave the past in the past. I'm not going to lie to you, and say that it'll be easy, that there isn't a chance you'll get lost sometimes, that you won't make a mistake, that you won't ever experience pain. However, one day, you will be content, with who you are, what you're doing and the people you need and love are right beside you.
I don't know your full story, the background that got you here to where you are now. But I do know that this novel isn't finished yet. We can't decide what happens to us, or wether or not we get hurt in this world. But we have a choice in what we do next.
I can give you many reasons why, but what's the point unless you want to hear it? If you're convinced otherwise, there is no one who can change your mind, until you do it. And only you. There is one good reason why you should keep on fighting, because you deserve a life. It's up to you to make it worth something, to have it mean something. Wether you become the next president, a movie star, or the next Nelson Mandela who dedicates there life to make the world less shitty.The question you need to ask yourself, is what do I want to accomplish? And everything you do after that, every decision, is too take you one step closer to fulfilling your goal.
I'll stop now before it get's too much, but I want you to know that you're not alone, and that I hear your. If you ever want to talk, send me a message. Day or night, whatever it is. Even if it's just to rant about some irritating person, or crack a joke. I'll listen. I'm not going anywhere. Stay awesome!
"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."