I... My character has my own past and it's just about as is... I tend to do that, use myself, I can change his name to the legal name of Alexander, not that anyone calls me that... Ever. I can try to describe it, but my 'transition' as you put it is kinda hard to explain. I, and presumably he still has problems, he just somehow sorrounded himself with people who were worse... I'm not going to put details, but let's just say I've been a real help to several people who are to stubborn to go to a real psychology expert. In any case, I can change it but I do want to tell you that it's not contrived, it's my f*#cked up life :p
Edit: also it's not a class, it's like 2 or 3 kids from his school who are worse off then him and who he can help.