Hope: A Short Story

***SHORT STORY*** Void of any emotions, Ren Jia, a 27 year old shut in who has no interest in anything, is forced by his grandmother to undergo therapy. The therapist is tasked to unearth the reason behind Ren Jia's statue like behavior.



*content warning*: talks about abuse and suicide



For those who love psychology, this short story is a must read. This short story was born out of an Abnormal Psychology class assignment. Tasked with writing a fictional story of a patient undergoing therapy, author Fayo Vuni writes in the point of view of a patient who at first glance appears to have a Schizoid Personality Disorder. However, upon examining the patient a little closer, there seems to be something more than just a Schizoid Personality. Author Fayo Vuni uses symptoms from the DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) to create a character that has a mixture of some sort of dissociative amnesia, depersonalized derealization disorder, and schizoid personality.