Character:Athena
Athena
(a main Character in Peritia)
née Athena Katrakis,
born on 1999 (30 years old),
pronouns she/her,
a physiotherapist and nutritionist,
of Greek background.
A Problem: she's an obsessive control freak, set in her ways
A Want: be in control, yet, she dreams of having others be in control
Contents
Personality
- Proud: lacking patience (towards people) - empathy; lacking tolerance, regarding herself and others; demanding, overachiever
- Confident: determined to be heard
- Judgmental: of herself (and her overall performance); of everyone else, and their actions
- Harsh: wants to appear strong; wants to lead; wants to prove herself right
- Dualist: has a hard time finding a healthy mental balance, everything is black or white and she’s blind to all the shades of grey
- Cold: (more often than not) indifferent towards people’s feelings
- Politically incorrect: too honest, too sincere; lacks warmth and kindness towards strangers
- Impulsive, passional: trusts her instincts; believes strongly that she has to fend for herself at all times (never to be a damsel in distress)
- Independent
- Competitive
- Brave, daring
Struggles
- Tense, uptight (doesn’t know how to relax)
- Obsessive (needs to feel that things are going according to a plan)
- Confrontational
- Lonely (she has a handful of friends who know and accept her as she is)
- Stuck in her routine
- Too proud to let herself be vulnerable, and feels the need to appear strong
- Too set on her ways, it’s difficult for her to leave her comfort zone and interact casually with others
- Unwilling to delegate (chores/tasks/assignments) because of her lack of trust in other people’s ability (dedication, or focus)
Source of pain
- wants to be fit (she’s athletic), because she was overweight in school and she was either ignored, or bullied. This made her feel invisible
- she feels protective of some people (she often advocates for her friends when she feels they are being manipulated) because she felt both neglected and used by her own family, growing up
- she’s been overlooked/unnoticed in the past and it made her believe her opinions didn’t matter as much
- she was a well behaved child, an average student in a big, traditional catholic school until she turned thirteen and she began breaking the rules (and losing the extra weight)
Needs
- ACCEPTANCE: of self, of circumstances, of reality
- FAITH: in others, in the world, in God or The Universe
- TRUST: in others, in the unknown
- SELFLESSNESS: including sacrifice, altruism, heroism, and overcoming greed
- REDEMPTION: including atonement, accepting blame, remorse, and salvation
Wants
She wants to let go. She dreams of being able to relax and let someone else take charge, without feeling unsafe (or vulnerable) for doing so.
- loves to be wanted/desired, she usually dates a lot of different people (doesn’t discriminate by gender, as long as she’s the dominant party)
- she wants to be in control (of her circumstances, and of her surroundings)
- she wants to be an example, a role model for girls and young women who are too strong to be mere housewives
- she wants to be respected in her field
- she wants to be able to choose her own fate, at all times
- she wants to believe in people (instead of judging them on account of their flaws)
In pursuit of her goal (be in control), she's been actively:
- she started studying nutrition since she was in high school, and never stopped educating herself on the subject
- she’s been a freelance physical therapist (PT)/nutritionist for the last 5 years
- she’s been trying to listen more, and talk less, to be more ‘polite’ and pleasant
Desires
Background
- she's a nutritionist, and a physical therapist, working on her own (freelance) most of the time, consulting patients regarding their diets. She specializes in athletes/sports injuries, and personalized healthy and balanced diets
- 30 years old
- lived in Athens with both her parents and her two brothers until she went to University of Thessaly (age 18) to get her bachelor degree in Nutrition and Dietetics (Trikala) and Physiotherapy (Lamia), she moved in with a fellow student/friend and they lived together for seven years (during their studies)
- she represents structure, fitness and health
Family
- from Greek descent
- middle child (of three siblings)
- her mother (Ophelia Dimopoulos, secretary, daughter of a seamstress and a travel salesman) married Athena’s father at 21, they had their first child when she was 23, the second two years later, and the third and last one when she was 27 years old. She hated doing the housework (and the idea of being a housewife) so she remained being a working mother, during their childhoods, and relied the rest on hired help.
- her father, Nicholas Katrakis, was the only son of two doctors (his mother was a pediatrician and his father a trauma surgeon) who moved to Athens from Mykonos when he was 20, to study medicine, and met Ophelia five years later. He married her at 27 and continued his studies to become a general surgeon. He practically lived in the hospital during his internship, and even more so while he developed his specialty
- her parents (both Greek) met in Athens when she was 19 and he was 25, they got married two years later, she was carrying their first child. Their strict and solid work ethic meant they had little time to spend with the kids but they also counted with the financial means to delegate, to hire childcare, and a regular cook/maid
- her mother’s father, Mr. Constantine Dimopoulos (greek, middle-class), was the fourth of seven siblings. He became a popular and successful chef (27 years of age) who eventually opened his own restaurant (39), called "Achilles Heel". Athena was his only granddaughter, and he did his best to be present in her life
Appearance
Main article: /Appearance
Research
- Dimopoulos
- Florakis
- Fotopoulos
- Katrakis
- the last name Katrakis is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory / forebears.io/surnames/katrakis / katrakis-family-history
- Giannopoulos
- Dimitriou
- Markopoulos
- Goulandris
Other details
- physiotherapist
- "A recognized professional who demonstrates advanced competencies in the promotion of safe physical activity participation, provision of advice, and adaptation of rehabilitation and training interventions, for the purposes of preventing injury, restoring optimal function, and contributing to the enhancement of sports performance, in athletes of all ages and abilities, while ensuring a high standard of professional and ethical practice."
- The Role of the Sports Physiotherapist
- Physiotherapy
- nutritionist
- Registered dietitians and nutritionists are clinical experts whose work often takes them to hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and other healthcare facilities. But a career in nutrition doesn’t have to be bound by the four walls of the clinical setting.Outside of clinical practice, careers in nutrition include performing research at colleges, universities, and governmental/private research facilities, helping governmental and private agencies set policies used to develop and administer nutrition programs, and overseeing product development and quality control in private food companies/corporations.
- Nutrition Careers/Jobs
- personality type (enneagram)
- loves
- the feeling of freedom/independence
- strength
- cats
- homemade meals/people who cook well
- physical activity/sports/fitness
- her work
- her brothers ....
- cisgender, self proclaimed pansexual
- admires strong, confident/assertive people
- relationships
- open-minded and non jealous, she’s enjoying herself, her freedom, and her body
