I am 30,F, from Germany. Was diagnosed with multiple psychiatric illnesses at the age of 11. I started withdrawing from society and developed depression very early because most people are cruel and I couldn’t stand it. I tried a shit ton of therapy, medication and rehabilitation centres, but nothing helped. I luckily have one person in my family that takes care of me. I’d be lost without her.

Hikikomori is not a medical problem. It is a social problem. Young men are told they must proceed through endless levels of education and employment. The young men who find they are incapable of completing this process are diagnosed as either with mental illness or lazy. They are neither.........

To tell you the truth, I want to work 10-15 years, gather money, retire early and live like that, completely alone. I just don't want to be around people anymore. I don't mind dying alone in an apartment. I would be dead, what would it matter to me anyways?

from the american perspective its not hard to see why it happends here, go 50+k into debt for a degree, now go work living paycheck to paycheck for the next 40+ years until you die. Never own a house, never feel financially secure so if you get sick or hurt you will be ok. Not hard to see why some people just shut down. of course the parents dont want to throw them out because they end up homeless or worse but on the other hand what can you do?

I m a hikikomori, I'm also schizoid, I'm very shy, used to be harassed at school, stopped socializing then became completely isolated from others, I've got myself a new hobby for painting, philosophy (spend a year listening to philosophy teachers on youtube, fascination for the existentialists), I also like hmm reading, japanese and russian literature I have no friends, though I'm fine I'm doing good I want to use the knowledge I've gained from listening to them to become a writer maybe, existentialism + painting + literature + classical music

It’s not anything new, it’s the overwhelming stress and anxiety to perform at a high level in our ever evolving society. The breakdown of the family unit in my opinion is only one of many many reasons young people are finding it extremely difficult to function independently.

About time to have a proper documentary on this phenomenon that isn't just based in Japan. I lived it in the West and knew it wasn't just a Japanese phenomenon, they were just ahead of the curve. Over the years I've watched as many documentaries as I could find on this subject, and this is the best constructed. Can't applaud it enough. Let us work towards better integrated societies with insight and compassion. Now is the time.

Title really pisses me off. In their own prison? No, they're free to do whatever they want to. I'm a homebody, and it's MY CHOICE to stay home rather than go out there.

I think i’m going through something like this currently.. i’m a 15 year old girl and I stopped going to public school at my 1st year of highschool. 6:47 talks about bullying, harassment and a ill parent. all 3 happened to me at the same time. along with people also making fun of my mother who was almost under 100 lbs at the time due to toxic mold sickness. (they falsely associated my mom losing a lot of weight with her being on drugs). I got bullied bad for it. And it kinda scares me from going back. i’m not particularly scared of the outdoors. Nor do i have severe social anxiety (even though I do struggle occasionally) but I get where a lot of these people are coming from. Just thought sharing my story could make others feel better idk..

They’re parents are very understanding. I know my parents would yell at me like crazy

This is a societal issue worldwide.

For me is a huge symptom of depression. It’s so difficult to face things and do the normal daily things when we are depressed. And when we feel down we are more vulnerable and is not easy to defend ourselves in certain social situations. Gaming is not the problem, gaming is just a way of escaping. And the psychologist wasn’t really helpful. Asking someone in that state what are his aspirations and goals doesn’t work because it only makes them feel more empty. She didn’t use a good approach in my opinion. It’s not easy though for all involved 😔 mental health issues are the worst type of disease. You are still alive but kind of wishing to be dead it’s a nightmare.

These documentaires fascinate me because even though I’m not at a hikkikomori level of reclusion myself I understand where these guys are coming from. Our modern culture is so screwed up and atomized I’ve had weeks where I couldn’t leave my house but I somehow managed to stay in college and keep a job I give all the credit to my family for being extremely supportive because I probably would have ended up a drug addicted zero if it wasn’t for them. Don’t know why I’m writing this but it feels nice to get it out there. I really do feel compassion for these guys even if our society largely disdains or forgets them. The number is unfortunately growing and I hope we can make a change because it isn’t the young men who are broken it’s our society.

I dont blame hikkikomoris. The world is a living fucking corporate nightmare hellscape. There is no mystery to me, concerning their condition. Its annoying why people find it so mysterious. If you ask me, theyre people who are especially sensitive to the real level and ubiquity of darkness in the hearts of people.

This is not a medical condition to be treated with medication! Listen to the woman talking about "you dont have a son anymore" See? Our atitude is that we have, we have children, we have a job, we have money, we have a career, we have, we have, but we are nothing. We are nothing to this system but production factors population, voters, consumers, we are not us. From childhood on we are told to be productive, what does that mean, consume, work to consume. We instinctively want to be, but rarely can we. My generation, those who are now in their 50+ years, we put up with it. We took the abuse from our parents, from work, from family and society as general, we took drugs and drank to help ease the pain when it became too much. There are many, many out there who are sick of this system, sick of being played, sick of being blamed for things they never chose. Scociety is sick, stressed and empty and no medication can cure this. The young, who are still alive see this better then anyone, they withdraw in disgust. The older become angressive and cynical, lashing out and hurting where they can. Some become greedy, every one has their way to deal with this. Maybe we should be more understanding and search ourselves, maybe we should open our eyes to those sick games that are being played with us.

I AM A HIKIKOMORI BECAUSE MY SOCIETY IS SO JUDGEMENTAL 😒😒😒 THEY DON'T ACCEPT U FOR WHO U ARE 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ THEY WANT TO DICTATE US 🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️AND MY MIND IS AGAINST THE FLOW 🧠🧠 BUT I GO TO WORK ALMOST DAILY AND SHOP ONCE A YEAR ... I LIKE MY COMFORT ZONE 🍵🧘🏻‍♀️☁️

i used to be in similar situation until few months ago, im now getting an education but I'm unsure how long it'll last because since i started i've started to feel worse. more isolated and lonely. its hard to function in this hateful society as an autistic person. I wish i could lead a normal life, have a job and friends, I wish i didn't have this condition..

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I only just came by this condition called Hikikomori. I didnt realise that there's a name for what I have done since being a child. I relate a great deal to the feelings behind this isolation. The therapist with the long gey hair said that she had treated clients who would urinate in a receptacle rather than leave their room. Its a shutting down, to move hurts, appears insurmountable. You chip away at your world in order to make it smaller and there4 more manageable. It comes from a feeling of being lost, or from loss itself. The man at near the end says.. if he were to be around ppl for too long, he would go crazy.. he needs to rest afterwards to digest the earlier interactions with people. Again that was/is me today and way back when I was a child. I think this condition is triggered by some sort of trauma. Personally speaking I experienced this as a child and my escape was to invent these episodes of a story that I made up in my imagination, this allowed me to inhabit an imaginary alter life, and I would dip back into it when needed. Again this reminds me of the Hikikomori position. And to reduce your world and control it with whatever, usually the gaming, the internet is involved as it allows a person to communicate but from a distance/and sometime with a anon ID. Basically I feel this stems from a powerful drive to avoid pain. The affected have realised that pain is other people, and there4 they have withdrawn their participation.

Can people stop trying to make this out to be a male issue. There are hikikomori women.

To be honest I'm not bad at making friends. I proved myself and others I can be extremely sociable and fun. Then I came to the conclusion that people are the ones who don't know how to handle me. You can't have independent mind and thoughts, they don't accept it. You can't be smart, they won't understand it. You can be humble but it is never enough. If you're lovely you will be consumed. So I'm better off behind doors. I'm not losing anything, put in your head is quite the opposite. Lost many years of my life after braking up with someone and with the world. Now when I need to face people I just do it, but then I have to endure a new disgusting feature; if you don't talk anymore to them to preserve yourself, you're "antisocial" to them.

It's difficult to pinpoint someone to blame, there are countless reasons that led him to do this. It's triggered depression. Some of the reasons are social and family pressure for results, obeying standards that they themselves created, great technological evolution, everything being faster, society that has changed, new beliefs, new studies, new ways of living, the weakening of the human mentality with new social ideologies etc. The awareness point change from our parents' times to ours. This looks like a case of "social phobia", I have it too, I know what he's feeling. He probably also has panic attacks and generalized anxiety, which makes the desire to have a relationship even more difficult. And life loses meaning without a direction, like a why to get out of bed. He needs family support, psychiatric support, a psychologist, finding a hobby and a goal/dream and take medication (such as escitalopram oxylate 20mg). May things get better soon for us.

I totally understand. People are exhausting. Best thing that ever happened to me was working from home

Hikikomori here for almost 7 years.

First case: nobody feel his pain, nobody reached his emotions. All the tone of the conversation is "hard"... she is not able to connect with the young lad in mental pain. People without emotions talking with a guy that numbed his feelings. Human beings need some warmth.

How is it suffering when it makes you feel good to be left alone? It’s society that’s the problem. This world is crazy.

In nearly every case, there is an enabler. Part of the solution is to help the enabler to dial back the support, step by case. Also in so many cases, video games

Excellent documentation. Thanks!

In 2020 after loosing my job i decided to become a hikikomori for over 3 years

38:20 "fragile adults" its not a word to describe people under this situations more when anyone could end up on this "fragile" state in any moment, watch out the vocabulary employed because at the end make it sound like most of the rest of population who have misconceptions about it without much knowledge and its worst when its comes from a documentary trying to raise awareness of the topic.

The tricky part in all this is deciding at what point “supporting” becomes “enabling.”

I have suffered from BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) OCD, & Social Anxiety for the last 40yrs. So i can TOTALLY relate to what these men and women in Japan as Hikkomori's go through. In Japan if you don't fit into that "collective society" they live by your pretty much shunned. That is once you graduate college and don't get into the business world get a good paying job, climb the ladder, get married, and have kids in THAT ORDER your shunned. In America we live as an "individualistic society" where we think more about what's good for ourselves. In a collective society like many Asian nations live by. It's thinking and working as a group in every sense or aspect of one's life. If you deviate from that your frowned upon. This is where Hikkomori's typically develop shunned by family or society for not living up to a certain standard if you will. I love the Japanese culture and people but i DO NOT admire there collective societal pressures they place on people. It's to much for ANYONE to live up to in terms of standards. And so they have a major problem now with social recluses living off of there elderly parents money and under there roofs. Withdrawing from society due to these very pressures and a lack of society trust. In America we have more mental health awareness now they we ever had before. Japan is lacking in this area and only just starting to see the bigger problem or picture here if you will. A lot of these folks were NOT Hikkomori's before and it's societal pressures that forced them into that reclusive lifestyle. However, many do need deep psychological help and intervention through therapy and medication. Some are getting it MOST are unfortunately not. My hope is that Japan becomes more aware of this troubling problem. And makes the appropriate changes within there societal standards with less pressure put on children. In having to conform to a certain set of rules everyone must follow. Instead allowing kids to form there own opinions and most importantly path in life in terms of career and personal choices. And above all parents be comfortable and accepting of those differences. For me personally, being American i lost trust with society as i don't have many friends. And have difficulty making them or being in large crowds. I believe a lot of it is innate in other words i was born this way. And with American being an individualistic society people just don't care because they are to self absorbed within there own bubbles they live in. Granted i've gotten better through therapy and medication. But i still have a very difficult time trusting people and trying new things. Some of it is due to me being burned by past relationships or experiences. And this can lead anyone down a path of reclusivity. Particularly in a society that is very judgemental which i believe America is. Just because America is an "individualistic society" doesn't mean we don't judge or cast assumptions of others to hastily. Bottom line is both sides of the coin here be it Japan or the U.S. needs far more educating on these matters. They require patience and sensitivity most of all understanding. Individuals like those in this documentary or myself are just as disabled as someone physically. And we need to drop the stigma of; "If i can't see the problem, then they must be ok". That couldn't be further from the truth for MANY folks out there. So instead of pre-judging someone lend an ear or ask how that person is doing. You just very well may be saving a life in the process. Because that's all the individual needed was someone to listen and care.

“The medical world seeks to understand this illness” perhaps its not them that are sick, but society

Sigh, everyone is wrong. Being a hikikomori is not the problem. If you do it after becoming financial independent, no one would care. I made my fortune through real estate over the years, stocks with steady growth and dividends, and a little crypto luck, and then I decided to just become a hermit and watch KZfaq and play games at home. Grocery is delivered to me twice a week and I couldn't be happier with my life. No wife, no kids, no pets, no friends, and voluntarily separation from family do not bother me at all. No worries about social or welfare or religion visits cuz I own my own home and living off my passive income and fortune. So you see, as long as you become financially independent, then you will earn your freedom to be whatever you want, including being completely social isolated.

The first thing I would ask the parents is this: explain why, with references only to him, that he can’t continue this forever. The only valid reasons are the practicalities. He needs to acquire food, he needs to poop, he needs water to drink, etc. He can provide them for himself or he can die. If people want no human contact, let them figure out how to acquire that themselves.

We've had hermits for millennia. When it was tethered to a religious ideology it was seen as acceptable - often lauded. Now that there doesn't appear to be an ideological underpinning, it's becoming medicalised. Why not turn the whole thing round and ask the question, 'is the world really so wonderful that one must be mad not to want to be out in it?' In essence our species (or more its precursors) evolved to move around the East African Rift Valley in familial or extended familial groups, and the 'civilised' world is something of aberration in the 200,000 year history of Homo sapiens. The whole phenomenon of the Hikikomori was first observed in Japan and I don't think this is any accident. It's a wonder that anyone would feel comfortable surrounded by 35 million people in the Tokyo-Yokohama conurbation and it's a testimony to human adaptability that most just get on with it - though whether they are happy with it is another question. Perhaps we can learn from the Hikikomori and their experience - after all, as the density of population in our ever more pressured, stressed and unhappy world becomes greater, more and more of us are doubtless going to be just like them. Perhaps it's the arrogant and self-satisfied outside world that needs to change as much as the Hikikomori - who might not be as mad or as much of a social problem as we think they are?

There will be more cases. Its a serious social issue.

Merci bien d’en parler, on se sent moins seuls face à ce problème et ses conséquences.

sadly this is not just Japan...

I think they're extremely shy and sensitive.

I’m what you call someone who’s ”outside of society” in Sweden, simply because making adaptations to suit neurodivergent people in workplaces ”cost too much” according to authorities. The only thing I want is to be off welfare and have a normal life, but here I am unemployed and approaching 40.

It really annoys me the way the caretakers and families talk. The one person says they looked for the causes and couldn't find them. The causes are so obvious that that statement is almost offensive to me. And I'm sure the hikikomori tried to get her to understand but she didn't take it seriously. The hikikomori guy that said he has had time to think and develope in his home alone. And now everyone thinks he's crazy... I get it. We aren't crazy. It's not like we haven't tried to reach out and explain either. But no one really listens. Society is and people are crazy for not being able to see the problems and encouraging ignorance. Being apart from society for a while really does let you think and question things in full. And you realize how messed up and almost useless things are. Also think of those like me who don't have money or a support system like the ones shown in documentaries. We just have to die basically for not being willing to contribute to bullshit anymore, because society leaves no real alternatives and treats people with critical views horribly.

36 here i became a hermit when i was 27 i live in the netherlands

Crazy how bullying can make or break a person,does genetics have a play on these things

I am bipolar and I get like this half the time. The other half I’m all over the place. It’s really hard to find or even know what the middle ground is. I think another difficulty is at times I think it’s the idea that I have to be out and about that causes more stress than actually being out and about. I don’t think it’s a totally bad thing to isolate oneself.. especially since the world doesn’t line up with our ideals. Of course we have to interact with people.. for food.. work.. etc. but if a person doesn’t have to… and can live comfortably isolated and are content with that.. I think that’s perfectly fine and good… not saying we are all da Vinci… but there are benefits that comes with isolation. The danger comes if it is used as an escape. But.. if you don’t like people.. you don’t like people… not everyone out there share your world view or atttitude towards life.

Nothing is bad about being a hikikomori. I was a hikikomori at 17 because I started loving my own company and people are just depressing to be around sometimes. Being a recluse I’ll admit I was depressed because I feel like I had no friends and the word hated me but I just feel like everything happened for my own good. Being by myself I was able to discover talents that I never knew I had and probably would’ve never explored if I had took the normal route. I can draw cartoon characters spit images etc etc I explored rock music, I leaned about past fashion trends etc etc that i could reinvent. I think being alone is not only peaceful but also a blessing most people just view it as something bad because everyone is programmed and afraid to die alone, it’s pathetic

That was sad how it didn't occur to her to go and see why her 58 year father could not get delivery of the cell phone, and/or visit him, just in general. But that also happens in the US as well, people don't want to be bothered anymore.

It took me like 3 minutes to try and figure out why I was understanding some of these Japanese words. LMAO

Hikkikomori is a destructive condition that affect not just the person but yhe family members. Victim cannot comorehend how to save themselves but at the same time living off parents , causing more burden without contribution. They felt remorse and guilt but parents suffered along with them.

As one myself since i was a little kid i can say this. For me personally there was always too much overstimulations (school as a start) and i felt basically tortured.There's too much expectations, i could not focus because of those overstimulations. Highly sensitive also.

Watching this video, you'll know the importantance of inner strength. I'm not going to say I'm afraid but more about losing interest in society.... In my case because I can still go out and work... Work going home is my routine...

I'm an American female hikikomori so for me It's a choice, but mostly a societal problem. I really can't stand society and I gave up on it years ago. I'm very content being in my solitary life. Just because you don't agree with it, you shouldn't force someone to not be a hikikomori…

the solution is try to step into their world... do the things that they like together, build up conversation on their interest such as gaming and compliment them for their interest..slowly branches out conversation for other things in life....giving them hints to get back into society working again or exercise

I am German Hikikomori We insultingly call it incel. So you can't just talk about it 🤷 we're equal to assassins or rapists... Personally, the state actually scares me. I was often too easy a victim and if I tried to defend myself, for example with violence, I was punished for it. Cheating is allowed in our society. Anyone who gets cheated is just stupid. At the same time, you are not allowed to protect yourself and defend yourself...So what's left? Hide.

Whats the difference to severe depression and social anxiety? Just a new name for a mental disease, the symptoms are exactly the same.

Also? Because this topic is a matter of personal privacy. Most strangers (people in society) won't care about them. Especially on the Internet.Stop listening to society as peoples. Those without ‘Hikikomori’ experience. Everything else people saying 'it' can be called a jokes

The thing is the problem they are facing like lack of communication, feeling of isolation, loneliness and depression is things I’m facing without even isolating myself in my room. The only thing that’s stopping me joining their rank is my fear of becoming burden to my parents. Like when I try to talk to someone they will just dismiss it or tell me that’s a teenage phase and everyone go through that? Is it really normal? Since I’m not facing any major problems and don’t have traumatic childhood, am I the problem? Is it just me being week and pathetic? Sorry for whining

I wonder how many cases are linked to autism and mental illhealth.

I lived like this from the years of early 2015 to mid 2017. I learnt a lot about a lot during this time alone. Painful but I learnt.

35 and live at my parent's house. Have my own money, and I have just accepted it

6 years hikki here, lifes good

if Some parents's Still not aware of this problem? They should take it seriously and they are only 20 years old. Blame them. Nothing good will happen. ‘Hikikomori’. It is phenomenon. is not a social problem. Can't treat them like criminals.. ... ...Good luck. i have nothing to done for it.

Japan is always 10-15 years ahead of the west...what happends there will eventually also hit us.....

the background music is too loud, annoying

I wonder if people of old had this problem a lot. Probably there were cases, but how prevalent? Back then, if people wanted new clothes, they had to go and buy them from someone else. If they wanted to eat, they had to garden/farm/care for animals. And parents were probably more strict. Just making guesses here. Another thing i wonder about is, could this trend have been worsened by how easy it has become to isolate? How many would choose to stay in a room all the time w/o TV, radio, internet? It's a mystery without a straightforward answer, at least to me.

The world and its troubles have become to overwhelming for them so they remove themselves from the world.

I'm 50% like this, I'm willing to leave the house to work, but the rest of the time I lock myself away in a room. I am able to work because it's with a few people and I know them all for over 20 years( because i've had the same job the whole time). Living this way without a source of income would be horrible. In fact when work is slow, you can feel it set in more every day that you stay isolated. I also maintain 3 friendships, but they usually need to come visit me, I don't like leaving my "area". I try to not slip into full isolation as best I can.

My destiny

Minute 14:20.. It's speak my language.. That's what i think too this past 3-5 years.. I also think the only way i could move forward is in my own bubble, discovering my own creativity and improving my talent in drawing and learning languages.... after i think i'm not good in business, building career, making friends and having a life-partner... But i still go outside sometimes.. But still feeling that most of the time

I wasfalling into agoraphobia for a period of my life. It was so hard to get myself out.

I heard about it in the anime Welcome to the NHK!

Pampared for so many by parents and suddenly so stressful by achievement, expectation, work, marriage, and babies. This modus operandi is not working.

I don't blame the hikikomori, and I can see why they have given up.

"the day in which i realised the objective of life wasnt to be happy-was the happiest day of my life" the author i dont remember now, mother says "we just want him to be happy", isnt a healthy thing, noone can be always happy

Étant hikikomori beaucoup de jugement. Ma mère ne comprenait pas mon anxiété sociale ma dépression et mes crises d’angoisse. C’est extrêmement compliqué et chaque personne a ses raisons harcèlement scolaire anxiété ect… l’avantage au Japon ils existent des organisations qui peuvent aider mais en France aillant vu des docteurs c’est direct prenez des médicaments 💊 forcer vous même si je force je vais pas commencer à aimer comme ça c’est très complexe . Ce n’est pas de la mauvaise volonté de notre part, le fait de rester reclus est aussi une bulle qui nous protège d’une société qui nous comprend pas.

Japanese documentary?

To the people saying "they are like this because they are babied/sheltered". Go take a walk through any of england's cities centre at 4am. You will see what the lack of empathy/support does to young adults perfectly

Without a meaningful purpose or vision for the future what's the point of life? Society has 'progresssed' to the point where nothing matters. Its all superficial. Wake, work, eat, sleep, wake, work, eat, sleep...

Interesting

I have simphaty for these reclusive man. I have trauma during teenage age that change my character into opposite. Before that, I used to be very productive, cheerfull and always have high energy. Now, i am almost a recluse on daily basis. Everyday is always low energy. A trauma or something like that indeed can change person's personality.

that french lady made him feel heard, I couldn't handle a case like this with my temperament ( good thing i'm not a shrink), but I'd try making him understand that he is loved and he is a valued member of society.

It should be compulsory to get oneself diagnosed for various issues like dpd, adhd, etc.

Precious documentary! Only by unveiling the tumors can humanity stand of chance of healign them, this is valid for all of our planet's societies.

France’s mental health support actually seems pretty good compared to what we have in first world English speaking countries…

I had problems meeting new people etc and then i started going to football matches as a part of the ultras, atleast i feel like i belong somewhere and some of the people started respecting me and greeting me because i always travel.

What if you can’t leave your apartment bc ppl keep entering your home illegally when you’re outside

Is this just a male thing? I saw a few girls and women in that facebook group but they mostly all seem to be males.

We are human beings. Some are introverts, others are extroverts. We are pack animals. Research has shown that the lack of social contacts makes us mentally ill. Some people are prisoners of their own depressions. They are truly lost there way and urgently need help.

Cut the wi-fi, the vaper and the free rent and one will isolate the ones who really need help.

i hope everyone that needs it are getting help i am of the mind i never want to quit being a recluse i cant wait till i never have to come out but that cant happen because i medical problems i just want to be alone and i like it

In finnish language hikikamari means small rooms of sweating 😂🤔

Those poor parents. Their scared. Happiness is an emotion like all emotions it ebs and flows what the kid needs fulfilment and peace.

being adult work pay sleep consume alchool animal corpse secretions oils materialism debpt? ill stay a kid no thx lol

I often lock myself in my room then I'll realize that my parents would definitely think it might be their fault why I isolatw myself then it'll make me feel worse.

DEPRESIÓN!!!! Open your eyes!!!!.

They live in a electronic simulated haze on line. Video games and Social media are their lives 😢.

Por favor sbtitulos em Português do Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 please !!!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😭😭

This "hikkikimori" is extreme depression. It's caused by societal pressures on humans who just want a simple life. Many in the past became Buddhist monks or spiritual leaders. Eckhart Tolle read something that Buddha spoke he says humans have 2 types of energy, some who are completely unconscious try to fill this whole by working 24/7 and fill the hole inside them with material possessions in Maya. On the other hand some humans are "monk like' who are more in tune with the spiritual side than the working side which is why they don't conform to society of people wanting only 💰💰💰 money. My advice would be for the Hikkikomori to go live in an ashram or Buddhist monastery to learn meditation and simple living like a monk rather than live alone, or get a pet to look after. Fill the day with routine.

‘Hikikomori’. It is a very common phenomenon in Japanese society Aka Somewhat similar to Drugged Breakfast. Although I'm not Japanese, I have also escaped for more 15years. Some people's have symptoms of drug addiction themselves of act ect?..without realizing it. This is very common.

I thought this was a documentary about it happening in Japan. Not Europe