the effect of being annoyed, pestered or just plain pissed off by someone who constantly brings up high school stories or talks about their high school friends. rooted in college dorms where one person clings on to their old life instead of meeting new people.
The Alyssa Effect is a cycle where the partner in question end their relationships saying they aren't happy and the "significant" other needs to activate conversation, they do this with multiple partners to where it's a cycle, hence the the Alyssa Effect