Previous boost: I've got a short story where the protagonist (thinly-veiled me) uses an innovative VR therapy to talk to previous versions of herself. Her 4-year-old and 9-year-old facsimiles actually listen to her, even if they don't heed her soothing words, but her 15-year-old version just isn't having it.
I've been having a confidence crisis over this story (and writing in general) but I feel a bit better about it now 😄