COLIN MURRAY

I sometimes look back and think if I’d been born 30 years later my teenage years would have been different because whatever I am would have been understood and help would have been given, rather than just “You’re a clown”. I was just too hyperactive for school; my attention was continually swayed and I got bored incredibly quickly. I had energy to burn. I went from having bad tantrums to going into a shell for days. So I was kicked out of classes, suspended or moved on, and at 16 I had left school and left home.

I’ve no idea why they accepted me. I remember my very first day at the. I was wearing my school trousers and a white shirt and my school shoes, and the soles were hanging off my shoes. My main goal for the first few weeks