‘I gave up on my life’: Singaporean teenager didn’t leave home for a year, played games all day

More than 30 reclusive youth have received help from charity Impart since 2021. Around half of them have managed to come out of reclusion. - PHOTO: ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): For nearly a year in 2019, Kelly (not her real name) did not leave her room, except to use the toilet. She slept in the day and woke up just to play computer games, often till the wee hours of the morning.

It was not uncommon for the then 15-year-old girl to go a week without showering.