Board Thread:Creation Box/@comment-4199666-20141006101825

Gender: Female

Birthday: June 18, 1998

Face claim: Sofia Black-D'Elia

Family/Housemates: Alexia & Rob (parents), Faith (sister)

Address: 24 George Street, Miduna Beach

Personality: Despite growing up a very happy, excitable child, years of bullying and self-doubt had a bad effect on April's personality. She finds it hard to make friends or keep people close, even harder to let them in on her secrets. She doesn't think highly of herself at all, and she's been known to feel suicidal at times, and can go for weeks without wanting to get out of bed. When she's in one of her better moods, she can be anything from a cuddly, lovable goof to a party animal who wants nothing more than to just dance for a whole night. Even if she does love someone, she's not great at expressing that affection, for fear of rejection.

History:

April was born in the summer of 1998, to a teenage mother and a disappeared father. While she tried her hardest, her mother occasionally struggled with being a single mother, and April spent a lot of time with her grandmother so that her mother could work. Her mother also spent a lot of time with a family friend, Rob Dawson, who was training to be a doctor and had a lot more knowledge of what was and wasn't normal for babies, which he used to help Alexia whenever she needed it. When she was two, her mother feel pregnant again, this time with Rob's baby. He proposed to her, and the two of them were married shortly after. Her little sister, Faith was born slightly before her third birthday.

April was a happy child growing up, always dancing and hard to keep still. She loved her family dearly and was always playing with her sister, and trying to cheer her parents up when they were down. Her happy-go-lucky attitude, however, garnered negative attention when she started school, getting labeled as a freak, and constantly chastised by her teachers who wanted her to sit still and do her work, while she struggled to focus.

By the time she started high school and all of her friends started hitting puberty, she became very self-conscious, constantly criticizing herself the same way she'd been picked on through elementary school. She didn't like looking in the mirror, and she didn't really want to wear bright clothes which drew attention to her. Her mother noticed the change in her behavior and after admitting that she hated everything about herself, her mother agreed to send her to therapy where she was treated for depression.

A few months after she started taking antidepressants however, her parents noticed she became very excitable, reckless and energetic, which seemed very out of character for her. They returned to the doctor, who properly diagnosed her with bipolar disorder and put her on medication for that instead. Since then, she's learned to adapt a bit better. She made a few friends, although she's not particularly close to any of them as she tends to push people away, she still goes to parties with them and talks to them at school.

Describe your character in a word. Confused

How your character would describe him or herself in a word:  Useless 