Character:Jenny

Jenny (a main Character in Peritia)

née Henry Jones (adopted Jenny at 13 years old, legally changed it at 18), born on 1991 (38 years old), pronouns she/her, cooking, art, of Australian-English background.
A Problem: insecurity
A Want: be loved and appreciated

A Need: intimacy

Jenny

Personality

Insecure: about her appearance; lacks self confidence; lacks financial recognition; lacks constancy
Impulsive: goes with the flow
Clumsy: she's not aware of her strength and body size
Contradictory: wants to be accepted for who she presents herself; needs to accept herself for who she is
Vegetarian: has been for 10 years, but thinks she needs some animal products protein for her anaemia
Temperamental: has ups and downs hormonally; feels apprehension towards group therapy
Rebellious: she questions everything she has learnt to be true; believes strongly that everything we learn is a construction for economical interests

Struggles

sometimes depressed
cyclothymic
reluctant to engage intimately
not care for "family values"
easily frustrated
egocentric

Source of pain

wants people to accept her, but fails to define her true self
feels very strongly that gender is a construction, although she perceives herself as a woman
she's afraid of discrimination, and being ridiculed
overthinks

Needs

ACCEPTANCE: of self, of circumstances, of reality
FAITH: in oneself, in others, in the world, in God
TRUST: in oneself, in others, in the unknown
SELFLESSNESS: including sacrifice, altruism, heroism, and overcoming greed
RESPONSIBILITY: including duty, standing up for a cause, accepting one’s destiny
REDEMPTION: including atonement, accepting blame, remorse, and salvation

Wants

Wants to be loved and appreciated.

wants to find someone to love her exactly for who she is
wants to nurture, take care and teach kids about love and empathy, and self-worth
wants recognition for her vocation
wants to make fun, safe and playful ways to bond with kids and help them build up their self esteem

In pursuit of her goal (become a real child), she's been actively:

she has been attending meditation classes to work on her impulsiveness
she managed to get a group of 25 children on her cooking class
she's also giving a sculpture workshop for young kids, to work on their perception of their own bodies

Roadblocks to achieving their goal:

she's got the interest of a suitable man, but he doesn't know about her past
she's a feminist, who questions the role of women, but feels strongly about motherhood
her family rejected her, so she carries a lot of emotional weight

Desires

Being a mother.

Background

born Henry Jones
cooking teacher, sculpture teacher
38 years old (born the 9th of October 1991)
she identified as a girl but her brothers and father were in denial
in the summer of 2004 Henry caught Jenny wearing her mother's clothes, beat her up and threw her out of the house; her 3 older brothers couldn't even look at her dressed like that, so she went away without ever looking back
she spent a couple of nights wandering the streets when she was found by her new mother (Cassandra) who fed and clothed her, and took her in; Jenny introduced herself to Cassandra with that name instead of Henry
legally changed her name to Jenny Jones when she turned 18
she was not able to finish high school, but started learning art instead, with her mother's friends and teachers; she eventually got an apartment in Darlinghurst that she could pay for while selling take-away dinners.
in 2027 Cassandra passed away in a public hospital for a lung infection; Jenny believes she was neglected by the hospital staff, who discriminated her for being poor and transgender; after that event, Jenny decided to go off the grid: there was no one left for her in the city

Family

from Australian (English) descent
three older brothers
her mother, Mia Wilson, was a homemaker who married young (19) and had 4 children before turning 30; she always wanted a daughter, and died while pregnant with Jenny (she was born premature at 5 months)
her father, Henry Jones, a famous surgeon, never really recovered from Mia's death; Jenny would always ask her father about her, but he could not talk much about her without breaking down