My name, is Brittany, I'm 25 years old and Bisexual, I have FASD, which constantly leads to issues with certain things. When I was a child, I suffered a 12 grand mal seizure, before that I was perfectly 'normal' as children went, but after that seizure, I changed, I grew more withdrawn and anti-social, I suffered severe problems in school, and I rarely, if ever spoke to anyone. I was always a bit over-weight, but became even more so after I started taking medication. This grew to an increase in appetite and my father fed me whenever I was hungry, which grew to me getting overweight. Unfortunately, I was short, so I was very, VERY round before my middle school years began. The bullying started in elementary school where I was teased, and, at one point, spat on by someone, because I tried to stand up for myself, after that, I withdrew further into a shell. In middle school, the severe name-calling and getting occasionally shoved around happened, and it was during the first year of middle school that I got my glasses. I was teased heavily for this, and actually threw them out just so I wouldn't get teased. It was boys, and girls that teased me, because of my weight, and the fact I was shorter than the others which made me prime fodder for bullies. High school, things began to change, but I was still bullied. I had broken my leg slipping and one day while going down the hallway at my school, a guy called me a name, having since LONG had enough, I retaliated for the first time in my life and stomped on his foot with one of my crutches. I'm not a violent person, but I'd had enough. I graduated from High School in 2005 and have had bouts of depression on and off. The first time I realized I was Bi, was at one of my jobs when I found myself thinking that girls and guys were cute/hot. I was confused, and didn't say anything to anyone until a few years ago when I admitted to my parents that I was bi. The topic was quickly shot down and I was told to never mention it again. I'm still prone to bouts of depression, and my self-confidence is very low. But I'm trying to be strong, for my sake.