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.


If the only time you send me a message is when you need something from me, you’re just an NPC to me and I don’t feel bad about calling them that
Dude you’re talking to is onto something. These people don’t even do anything anymore. I don’t see them at local shows anymore, or hiking at the mountain. They’re not online on steam or discord anymore. They’re probably laying around scrolling TikTok like some NPC
I think my “dead inside” descriptor in the OP is probably better than NPC though, regardless they are husks of their former selves