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Mum said I needed a break from social media, but I already knew that before she even thought to bring it up.
While I lay sprawled on my bed, cocooned in warm clothes and a fog of mental exhaustion, I tapped on Deactivate on i********:. The screen faded. I swiped up and moved to t****k. Deactivate. Then I went one step further. I deleted the entire YouTube app and flung my phone across the room. It disappeared somewhere into the mess of my discarded clothes. No sound of a thud, so it probably landed on something soft.
I stared at the ceiling for a while. The stillness of my room was a comforting sort of punishment. Just how I wanted the world to be.
Then came the knock. It wasn't frantic or rushed. It was soft, and patient. The kind of knock that only meant one thing: someone who kn
