My Friend Disappeared and Nobody Seems To Remember Her
Two years ago, I went on a package tour for teens in Spain. During the trip, I became friends with a guy and a girl who were staying a few rooms away from me at the hotel. Since we were over 18, we had the freedom to go out, so the three of us spent most of the trip exploring the town and drinking together.
I distinctly remember adding the girl, who I’ll call X, on Facebook, and we used Messenger to plan our days. I even started a group chat with her and the other guy, who I’ll call Y.
Fast forward to today—it’s her birthday, and I wanted to wish her a happy birthday on Messenger, but I couldn’t find her in my contacts. I thought maybe she unfriended me, but when I searched her name on Facebook, she didn’t show up at all. Curious, I reached out to Y to ask if he had heard from her, and to my shock, he said he never met anyone by that name.
I was confused. I went through all the people we added on Facebook during the trip and even asked a few of them if they remembered X. Nobody seemed to know who I was talking about. Y insists that we hung out with another girl from the trip, whom I vaguely remember but definitely didn’t spend as much time with.
Now I’m freaking out. It feels like X just disappeared from existence, and nobody recalls her ever being there. I’m questioning my own mental health, but there’s a big difference between depression and hallucinating an entire person for two weeks straight.
Our Thoughts
This story taps into the unsettling feeling of reality itself shifting beneath your feet. The idea that a person you spent significant time with could just vanish—not just physically but from the memories of others—brings up chilling questions about the nature of reality and memory.
It’s reminiscent of "glitches in the matrix" stories, where small details or entire people seem to be erased from existence. The fact that the narrator has concrete memories of their interactions with X, including conversations and shared plans, adds credibility to the experience. It also raises the terrifying possibility that there might be aspects of our reality that are more fluid than we think.
Whether this was a glitch in reality or something else entirely, the emotional impact is clear. The narrator is left questioning their own sanity, but the story touches on something deeper: the fragility of our shared understanding of the world and the people in it.
Disclaimer: This story has been rewritten for clarity and originality. While inspired by discussions from various internet platforms, it should be regarded as speculative and not factual. The analysis provided is based on available information and reflects the author’s interpretation.
