On the day of my resignation, as soon as I walked out of the company building, I set my phone to silent mode, and the world became quiet. I had been waiting for that moment for years. In the days when my phone was first muted, I wasn’t used to it. From time to time, I would habitually pick up the phone, swipe the screen, and find that there was no new information. I breathed a sigh of relief, and then remembered that I had resigned. It took about half a month before I stopped checking my phone every once in a while, but I still had auditory hallucinations occasionally.…