To: yikes!izzy
Date: Friday, February 24—6:51 PM
Subject:
Isabel,
Can you please try to calm down for a minute? Can you just try to see things from my perspective? Try to understand how scary this must be for me. Read your emails and then try to tell me you’re fine.
I talked to my mom. She wants to help, Isabel. I promise, you can trust her. She told me that a lot of mental illnesses start in the teen years. There’s nothing to be ashamed about. There are a lot of medications to help and she can give you some recommendations of therapists and psychiatrists in Seattle. She also thought it’d be good for you to find out if anyone in your family has a history of mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder, because a lot of times it’s genetic.
Give me your phone number. Please, Isabel. Maybe you just need to talk to someone. Maybe you just need to get out of your head.
Love,
Connor