Lydia Green

Personality:
Lydia is an artist at heart, unable to express herself, except through objects of personal expression (artwork). She is the shy, reclusive artist, the genius waiting to be discovered and still in pursuit of her identity. Lydia has spent a lot of time soul searching, journeying inward to discover who she might be. The effect on her personal life has been devastating. Lydia's interior life is spectacular, however. She is humble, sheltered and socially inept. Seeing her artwork as not representing her and who is, but to actually be her. She identifies herself with her product. She feels she stands behind it; being its soul. Lydia is given to periods of depression, but feels she needs that, feeling safer in these moods. She never feels like she fits in anywhere, even when with friends. It seems she's perpetually in identity crisis.

Flaws:
Lydia's character flaw is based on the incorrect belief that there's an ideal love or circumstance that, when found, will make her feel loved and complete. She avoids being ordinary. In times of stressful situations, her emotions tend to overwhelm her causing her to burst into tears. At times she feels like she's very unlucky and the world is falling in on her. When she's under pressure, she loses touch with her feelings and feels ordinary and unspecial. When she's relaxed and secure, she becomes less moody and more responsible.

Childhood:
Lydia never identified with either the protective father figure or the care-giving mother figure. She seemed to be something altogether different from anyone else in the family (or anyone outside the family) and was driven inside to find herself, to learn who she is. She always had the sense of being abandoned as a child. As an adult, she is still searching within. She never had many friends or confidants, living a pretty lonely, even hermitic existence. The outsider.

Education:
Having had an average education, Lydia is capable of a double life, hard working and focused on work or a project but plays jazz or paints at night. She has more knowledge of the art world than a normal person. At work, Lydia is creative and expressive and needs to be respected for her personal vision and ideas. If the respect isn’t there, she can become moody and self-involved. She’s attracted to emotionally intense work or creative jobs.

Arc:
Lydia is a helper/other character, so won't change too much. If she does psychologically change, the movement goes from being internalized, lonely and searching to establishing an identity. She finds a way to freeze who she is and accept it. She finds a love or friendship that satisfies the lack of connection she has always felt. Perhaps, in this search for a connection she has trusted a protective figure, gotten burned, moved back inside, then learns to trust a care-giving figure, perhaps a love interest. Thereby freeing herself of this trap.

Dialogue examples:
"Why don't you understand me?" "Someday everything's going to be great." "Leave me alone."

Internal Dialogue:
"I'm unique. I feel good when I'm different."

Psychological Report:
Lydia may suffer from Personality Disorders->Antisocial Personality Disorder This disorder is characterized by a long-standing pattern of disregard for other people's rights, often crossing the line and violating those rights. This pattern of behavior includes a failure to conform to lawful behaviors, impulsivity or failure to plan ahead. This character also experiences irritability and aggressiveness, reckless disregard for safety of self or others and repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations. He or she also has a complete lack of remorse.