Hello my name is Aly and I am changing my name to Alyster - my gender too. I have Asperger Syndrome and I am just recovering from a pretty awful period of depression. I am profoundly gifted.
Hello my name is Aly and I have a drinking problem. Binging on alcohol provides me with a coping stratedgy. But it doesn't work, it is not a good way of coping with the complexity of my life. I have the support of my Mum and Dad and family and best friend and I am - sometimes- letting them and myself down. I work incredibly hard to cope with my life and I want to regain my lost confidence and sing again publicly. First I have to address my drinking habits. I am doing this. Really what a glass of wine does is to stop me crying and that is not good. When I was younger alcohol helped me to cry-but it has changed. Crying is neccessary for recovery and working out emotions.
I have been bullied so much for being profoundly gifted and I have felt the trauma of disabilty, gender and sexuality discrimination from society generally. I am frightened that I will become a bully to. I try not to be. I try and make friends in a two hour pub binge and then I tell myself that I won't have to worry about trying to be a good friend - because I have ticked some strange box of socialising. I hope me writing this doesn't make anyone too sad. I am committed to improving and safe guarding my well being and those that I love.
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