I have had a similar experience to yours, especially with Example 1. Often, that appears as either “why aren’t you more upset/don’t you even care?” or “why are you being so formal?”, which reads to me as an attack for the benefit of an audience that may or may not be actually be present, rather than engaging with the actual conversation.
Which, to be fair, the actual conversation might not be that important, and they truly are looking for the implicit/emotional reaction, which demonstrates investment on (y)our part.
Example 2 is a classic example of mistaking kindness for weakness, assuming you can back up your criticism with boundary-setting or other consequences.
That resonates much more deeply than wanting to be somewhere else.
The subtle and terrible part is the vicious cycle: the more time I spend opting out of `being’, the more time I have to spend catching up (on homework, social life and skills, fitness, etc.) and that seems daunting, so I turn to escapism again and that spirals on down.
I heard a quote about addiction that I think applies well here:
`Kicking an addiction is harder because of the extra cost it takes. An alcoholic whose drinking is ruining his marriage may choose to keep drinking because it’s easier than fixing the whole problem. Fixing his drinking problem doesn’t fix the emotional distance it put between the spouses.′