The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It depicts a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside a simulated reality, the Matrix, which intelligent machines have created to distract humans while using their bodies as an energy source.
early adolescence is when The Matrix and The Truman Show both came out.
""The movie "The Matrix" is mentioned as a cultural reference point that, in the speaker's experience, exacerbated feelings of depersonalization and derealization during a period of severe depression."