article_snippet: So my parents took me out of public school, took away my laptop and phone, and forbid me of getting on any sort of social media, completely isolating me from my friends.
article_snippet: I was completely alone for 5 months.
article_snippet: Just my parent's disappointment and the cruelty of loneliness.
article_snippet: At the end of the school year, my parents finally came around and gave me my phone and let me back on social media.
article_snippet: I was excited, I finally had my friends back.
article_snippet: Eventually my parents realized my parents didn't actually give a s**t about me, and I felt even lonelier than I did before.
article_snippet: The only friends I thought I had only liked me because my parents saw me five times a week.