Though my character hasn't been put up on the site at the time of this posting, I'll admit that he's at the very least semi-autobiographical for the time being. Part of it is because I'm a fresh-faced writer, new to the business of writing under a deadline, so I want to be able to write about things for him pretty easily. However, another part of it isn't so much as an auto-therapy session as much as it is sharing the problems I had and how I eventually had to deal with them. To be honest, I envision Dr. Balis saying a lot of the same things as my father did when I was going through rough times in high school.
I believe that through telling a substantial portion of my own story through my character's voice, I can both prove to myself that I have conquered the demons that haunted me those years ago and offer what I went through as a cautionary tale. However, I don't plan on keeping him autobiographical forever; I've already got plenty of events ready for him that have never even coming close to happening to me:) But until I gain some more experience as a writer and tell the story of my past that I need to tell, I'll keep him rather autobiographical.