The Body Keeps The Score

• Emily Pavlovic , Grade 8
• Short Story
• 2022

I’m leaving the country because I have no friends. Well, no ok I did have friends but now I don’t they all think I’m crazy.
Hi, my name is Abs and I love sports you know if you couldn’t tell Abs like as in Abs on your stomach what a nickname I love it, it makes perfect sense it fits my personality so well the second I get to Mexico. I know the classic flee to Mexico move I bet you have seen that one before hey. The second I get there I start running I get out of my car, and I just run and run with my backpack weighing me down farther and farther I reach a cheap motel and check into a single room I lie down and reset.
Hi, my name is Bigs and I pride myself upon everything school I was accepted into all 8 ivies and there isn’t a day where I’m not doing something school related its like my only personality trait if there is no school I feel as if there is no stars in the sky and what a sight that would be to see.
Hi, my name is Gib and I have done nothing with my life I kind of just sit. I do nothing therefore I am nothing how could I be something without anything to become its impossible I can’t feel anything I am so numb.
3 months later
Hi, my name is Abigail and I’m leaving the country because I have no friends they all think I’m crazy next on the list Australia I will run out of countries to visit soon I’m sure of it but for the mean time I am just plain old Abigail trying to start over for the 5th time this year.

(Ok this might need a bit of an explanation)
Abigail is a young adult with dissociative identity disorder it is where a person has multiple, distinct personalities Abigail has 3 different nicknames and each nickname represents a different one of her personalities everyday when she wakes up a new personality may be represented and when Abigail decides to leave she is back to her normal self. I know it may not be represented very well but I hope you enjoyed it none the less.