Isolation-Personal Narrative

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The swift breeze swept through the city collecting dust as it ventured its journey. The town doesn't have a formal name, it's mostly referred to as a ghost town. Everyone who's ever been there has always felt very empty, emotionally, physically and mentally. They always return with stories of severe depression and anxiety, mostly due to the fact that they spent a whole week without any human contact.
It became a competition, who could stay the longest, who could last the longest without family, friends, media, news, and plain contact with anyone else but yourself. The feeling of isolation is something everyone in my town can't handle, anybody in my town of Carleton has never experienced loneliness or departure from their family. That's

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