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I’ve been trying to leave my bathroom for the past 30 minutes

I can't leave my bathroom.

About 30 minutes ago I got out of the shower and dried off, put on my pjs, opened the door and walked out, only to find myself back in my bathroom, staring at the closed door.
I stopped, and tried to rationalise what had just happened to me.

I convinced myself that I had simply imagined that I had opened the door and stepped out, so I tried again. I pushed the door handle down, opened it, stepped out, and yet again found myself in my bathroom, standing in front of a closed door. This is happened every time Ieave.

I keep my phone in the bathroom when I’m showering, so I called my mum. She didn’t understand the situation, and seemed convinced I meant to say the doors lock was broken and I was trapped inside. Regardless, she was on her way over.

I sat leaning against my bath tub, looking out the open bathroom door into my landing. I opened it this time, but didn't try to step out. Everything looks normal. My bedroom door is closed just as I left it, the stairs leading down to the hallway and the front door, all normal.

The door's shut. I don't have any recollection of how it shut, when it shut- only that it must have happened in the last few seconds as I wrote that last paragraph. My mum just texted me to ask if I'm in the house. Our texting went like this:

Mum: Why aren't you saying anything?

Me: What do you mean?

Mum: Are you even in there?

Me: Yes I'm in here! Are you here?

Mum: I'm outside the bathroom door. I've been calling your name!

I don't understand. I can't hear anything through the door. When I open it, I see my everything as normal, except my mum.

I tried to walk out, but it was fruitless. Back staring at the closed bathroom door.

My mum tried the handle of the door from her side, but it won't open. She brought tools to unscrew the lock. She says she's started, but I can't hear anything, and I can't see the handle moving.

Okay, mum text me to say the lock is taken out, but the door still won't open on her side. She looked through the circular hole in the door where the lock was, but just saw my bathroom. Empty.

There's no hole on my side of the door. The handle and lock are intact.

I have no idea what's happening, or how I can get out. After much convincing my mum that I am in fact in here, she said she is calling someone to possibly knock the door down. I'm worried that once they do that, they will find an empty bathroom, and I will still be trapped.

There's no plug sockets in here, never mind my phone charger. My phone will die at some point, I'm already on 24%. When it runs out, I might lose my only point of contact with the rest of the world. I don't know what to do.
Mum's left now to get help. I'm wondering what I can do.

I tried to break the door down myself, by kicking the door by the lock, because I read that’s the weak point. It didn't work. I'm not sure any part of this door has a weak point now.

The window is small, and I'm not sure if I'd be able to fit through it.

Scratch that - the window won't open either. There are locks on the windows in my house, you can lock them with a little key, but I never received any when I moved in, so I've never been able to lock them. It's locked now though. It's got some white plastic blinds covering it.

I ended up ripping it down. It pulled some plaster down with it, but now I can get at the window better. It's straight above the toilet, so I am kneeling on top of the toilet lid, yanking at the window handle. It won’t-

Wait, it opened! I didn't notice how dark it was outside.

It shouldn't be dark, it's midday. I looked around, desperately trying to see anyone, but nobody is around. Everything looks kind of muted. I can't describe it. Nor can I describe the deep seated feeling of dread and wrongness as I look out into my neighborhood.

My instincts are telling me not to, but I stick my head out to look down to where I could possibly drop to. My window's closed. I never felt myself move, but it’s closed. Even the plastic blind is back in place.

On the floor now, far away from the window and door, I feel sick.

Mum came back, along with her work friend. He helped her unscrew the hinges and remove the door. I'm not in there. They can't see me. My mum sent a photo of her inside the bathroom, with no me. She thinks this has all been a joke, and is refusing to reply to my texts or calls.

I'm on 14% battery, I don't know if I will ever get to leave. This might be my only chance to say goodbye to my mum, but she won't answer her phone.

Edit: I've ripped down the shower curtain, and yet I'm staring at it right now, hung up, hanging over the side of my bath.

I looked out the window again. I think I heard a rumbling. Low, quiet rumbling. I haven't opened the window since.

My phone's on 1%. If I get out, I will update this post. If no edit comes, assume I'm still here.

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