“Why are you like this?” - the one question from the 21yo that I never really know how to answer
(A more sincere answer might be, because when I was your age the meds we both need didn't exist and we all learned pretty fast that the only other way to gain the approval of the adults and systems around you was to crank your imagination up to 11 and self-medicate on whichever half of your own fight or flight response was the most accessible that day.)