About

Hi! Hello! Nice to meet you! Welcome to my blog…

My name is Lauren Alex Hooper and I’m thirty one years old.

I’ve been writing all my life, from little books I made myself to diaries to songs. Writing helps me make sense of the world. I spent my twenties getting a BA and then an MA in songwriting (as well as going to therapy) and putting out my single, ‘Invisible,’ and my first EP, Honest; last year, I finally put out my second EP, Too Much And Not Enough, Vol. 1, which begins to explore my experiences as an autistic person and was a real labour of love and unmasking. Songwriting is my favourite thing in the world and the only time I feel truly calm is when I’ve just finished a song.

That’s one half of my life. The other half of my life is my struggle with my mental health. Of course, this often overwhelms the other half. It often overwhelms everything. At this point in time, I have been diagnosed with Autism, ADHD, Treatment Resistant Depression, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and CPTSD. I spent ten years in therapy, mostly forms of Talk Therapy but, as of 2024, I’ve been doing Somatic Massage Therapy for trauma release, which has changed my life far more than Talk Therapy ever did. I’ve also been diagnosed with Hypermobility Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome so I deal with a lot of chronic pain and fatigue.

I’ve done a lot of writing about my experiences with mental illness but it’s only ever been for me. It’s only ever been a method of coping. But I’ve been wondering for a while about sharing some of that. I know it would’ve really helped me to know that someone else was feeling how I was feeling. So here goes. I guess we’ll see what happens.