She Turned Our Family Into NPCs
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When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back in my bedroom during my second year of high school.
I knew it without a doubt because the certificates on the wall were still there, untouched. This was the year I had been diagnosed with a severe mental illness. Whenever my condition flared up, my grades plummeted.
Those certificates that had once filled me with pride became a constant source of frustration that year. Every time I had an episode, I'd tear another one from the wall: First Prize, Grand Prize, National Math Olympiad Award, and so on.
The wall that had once been covered with certificates was eventually stripped bare by my own hands. I went from being one of the top students in