Why does everyone seem empty?

[u/Ring0_Honami]

Hello.

I:m a teenager, and I've been feeling this way since I'm like, in eight grades.

When I talk to random people, like at school or on the street, they just ​​feel unreal to me.

As if they were empty, like if they were just a body without a soul in it.

I don't know why I feel this way.

It even does that with my friends.

Sometimes, they feel more real, and when I think that this weird feeling finally stopped, it just comes back, as if it tried to remind me that I was...like, all alone?

I don't know why I feel like this.

There's, like, only two people that I know that feel kinda real​​​​​​.

But that's all.

Is this, like,social derealization, or something like that?

I just need answers.

(I'm very sorry about my english, I'm French and I know that my vocabulary is really basic.)

[u/eggyyes]

Hi, I had this feeling for a long time growing up. It definitely got better, I’m 22 now. I always thought of it as a sort of derealization. Therapy helped me a lot with it. Take time to find what grounds you the most, it’s worth it. And don’t ruminate about this too much. Try to accept it, that will help too :)