Advice to 12 year old self?

[the_borderer]

There's an interesting question raised at slashdot, what advice would you give to your 12 year old self if you could? I'm interested in what advice people here would give to their 12 year old self, had they the chance to.

My advice to myself would be 'Despite what the doctors, counsellors and psychiatrists say, you are right and they are wrong. You know what you need help with so insist on getting it sorted out.' It would have made sense when I reached 17.