'I was wild child after surviving murder attempt at 12 – but turned life around'

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READ MORE: Police officer who survived being shot in face could 'feel bones and teeth in hands'The 27-year-old's previous controversial behaviour didn’t come from nowhere, as he exclusively told Daily Star: “I spent my entire adolescence already riddled with extreme ADHD and PTSD from surviving abuse as bad as murder attempts by the age of 12."There was a lot of inescapable violence both around me and [being done] to me during my school years.“During this time I experienced Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) caused by extreme childhood abuse that occurred when I was growing up.”On top of all that, Tristan knew he was likely to lose control during those years when manic episodes took over.He continued: “When these episodes came, I found myself doing everything from starving myself for fear of being poisoned, to designing inventions which later caught the attention of world-class business people and developers.“[Other times I’d be] waiting outside at night for aliens I thought were coming to beam me up or modelling climate science solutions which have since gained me the respect of ground-breaking scientists like Peter Andrews from The Australian Landscape Science institute.“The manic tendencies have fortunately become milder with each year since age 19, so I've been dialling it back since when I thought being a fugitive was a fun time.”By the age of 18, Tristan had shot to fame through his Facebook page ‘Facebeef’, which claimed its purpose was to satirise public figures and expose those in positions of power.He described his online presence as “somewhere between being a cyberpunk vigilante and a comedian”.Tristan was frustrating Melbourne Police and thrilling a growing following of teens.His online activity led to.