Japanese men locked in their bedrooms for years !

[Coffee Addicted☕]

Known as hikikomori, the phenomenon of social withdrawal has become increasingly commonplace in Japan. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese shut themselves away, spending months and sometimes years in isolation. The social recluses don’t study or go to work. They retreat into their rooms, rarely venturing out to get food in a convenience store and to communicate with immediate family. One of them is Ito. He spends time listening to music, playing video games and surfing the internet. But he has neither the power nor desire to leave his bedroom, where he has voluntarily locked himself. Unlike his younger brother, Ito was regularly yelled at and hit as a child. His parents, he says, only wanted him to be successful in life. Hikikomori often strikes families, where the fathers spend day and night at work, while the mothers focus entirely on their offspring, particularly the eldest sons. Smothering mothers, bullying at school, social pressure and expectations are among the reasons that push some Japanese into self-imposed confinement. RTD travels to Japan to hear the stories of Ito and others, who ended up trapped inside their bedrooms. We question why the epidemic of hikikomori has gripped modern Japan, and what drives the people into seclusion and how some of them eventually decide to get out. From personal stories of hikikomoris and their relatives, and from those who reach out to them, RTD offers an intimate portrait of Japan’s modern hermits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE1UIK85E3E

[O5]

It’s not just Japanese men, It’s people in general. I’m not saying it’s common, just that anyone can be a hikikomori.

[Volfogg]

Does it count if I check on my cats outside? I tend to check how are they doing often.

[MADWACZ]

I heard some Japanese people are locking/isolation themselves in their houses/apartments. It’s kinda gross really, they have problems and they won’t fix it.

[O5]

Originally posted by Bittman:

Originally posted by MADHEM:

It’s not just Japanese men, It’s people in general. I’m not saying it’s common, just that anyone can be a hikikomori.

Hikikimori sounds a lot like me, except that I do go out from time to time and I do spend time with my family often. I just do not go outside my comfort zone if I can avoid it.

I would be a hikikomori if it weren’t for school. I’ve stopped caring about my eduction, but my parents would never let me just quit. When I finally get independent, I’m never leaving my house.

[Legostyle03]

Originally posted by MADHEM:

Originally posted by Bittman:

Hikikimori sounds a lot like me, except that I do go out from time to time and I do spend time with my family often. I just do not go outside my comfort zone if I can avoid it.

I would be a hikikomori if it weren’t for school. I’ve stopped caring about my eduction, but my parents would never let me just quit. When I finally get independent, I’m never leaving my house.

So you wanna be a NEET?

[O5]

Originally posted by Legostyle03:

Originally posted by MADHEM:

I would be a hikikomori if it weren’t for school. I’ve stopped caring about my eduction, but my parents would never let me just quit. When I finally get independent, I’m never leaving my house.

So you wanna be a NEET?

No, I’m gonna be freelancing.

[Legostyle03]

Originally posted by MADHEM:

Originally posted by Legostyle03:

So you wanna be a NEET?

No, I’m gonna be freelancing.

Ok, but why do you never want to go outside?

[O5]

Originally posted by Legostyle03:

Originally posted by MADHEM:

No, I’m gonna be freelancing.

Ok, but why do you never want to go outside?

I don’t want to have to interact with people.

[=CrimsoN=]

Originally posted by MADHEM:

It’s not just Japanese men, It’s people in general. I’m not saying it’s common, just that anyone can be a hikikomori.

I'd say its more common in Japan though, due to the unchecked capitalism traditional values that place a substancial importance on work and career. All cultures value work, but I think Japan takes it to the extreme. To the point where if you don't opt to become a hikikomori, you opt for suicide.

Japan has a suicide rate of 18.5 per 100,000 in 2016. Only South Korea has a worse suicide rate (26.9). Determined by the World Health Organization.
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDE?lang=en

I mean I don't really blame them for wanting to become hikikomori. Japan is known as the "land of lifetime employment". Who the hell wants to work for as long as they live? I don't know about you, but I work to live. Not live to work. Japan's culture is the opposite though.

[Plaid]

So, does the OP have any thoughts of their own?

[O5]

Originally posted by A Chinese Bulldozer:

Originally posted by MADHEM:

It’s not just Japanese men, It’s people in general. I’m not saying it’s common, just that anyone can be a hikikomori.

I'd say its more common in Japan though, due to the unchecked capitalism traditional values that place a substancial importance on work and career. All cultures value work, but I think Japan takes it to the extreme. To the point where if you don't opt to become a hikikomori, you opt for suicide.

Japan has a suicide rate of 18.5 per 100,000 in 2016. Only South Korea has a worse suicide rate (26.9). Determined by the World Health Organization.
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDE?lang=en

I mean I don't really blame them for wanting to become hikikomori. Japan is known as the "land of lifetime employment". Who the hell wants to work for as long as they live? I don't know about you, but I work to live. Not live to work. Japan's culture is the opposite though.

Indeed. But it’s not exclusive to Japanese people.

[MADWACZ]

Ugh, I don’t want to live forever alone inside my home. I want girl to be with and have a family with.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Sounds like me, when my in-laws visit....

[Coffee Addicted☕]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Sounds like me, when my in-laws visit....

at least you get money for doing that xD

[Mio]

Is it just me, but if stay in my bed for long period of time, my heartrate just beat slowly, feel like i was dying.
Good thing, hikikomori is not my thingy