I’m probably just an asshole nobody wants to talk to, but I can hardly even get a reply text from anyone anymore. A couple people have told me that they are just feeling burnt out/depressed/etc and don’t have even enough energy to answer a message anymore. But I’ve also had some long time friends just entirely ghost me in the last year as well with no explanation. It feels like I’m surrounded by NPCs. I’ve basically just stopped reaching out to anyone at this point. Outside of my work, literally the only people I talk to are my parents, sister, and my girlfriend. Everyone else seems dead inside. I used to have at least 10 people who I could call on a moments notice and all of those people are gone.
originally it was codependancy between 2 people, usually its one sided, i noticed that alot in college years, people couldnt do anything like study if the other person isnt doing it or not nearby, or in a lab, they couldnt do anything without the other person helping them. once one of them questions the nature of thier “relationship” it gets super wierd and becomes like breakup in a workplace, which makes it awkward.
parasocial is like next level CPDncy, its someone you dont even know, and this makes people more stalkerish, or creepy.