Your name of Marlena makes you independent, self-reliant, and determined. You crave affection and understanding, but rarely find it as others do not understand you and accuse you of being cool and aloof. However, if provoked, you retaliate candidly because of your difficulty in finding the right diplomatic words to create understanding. You are quiet and gentle mannered as a rule, preferring silence to argument and turmoil. It is challenging for you to reveal your deeper thoughts and feelings, as you tend to be self-conscious, reserved, and secretive. Although you tend not to like crowds and social activities, there are occasions when you feel lonely and misunderstood. All the finer things of life and beauties of nature are an inspiration to you and you are attracted to the mysteries of nature. You enjoy exploring and observing animals and birds in their natural surroundings. A very individual, independent person, you live within your own thoughts. The insecurity you experience from limited verbal expression and social ease results in a jealous possessiveness and suffering through frustration, repressed emotion, and self-consciousness.