JAPANESE: 引き籠もり / ひきこもり — hikikimori ‡‡
JAPANESE: 登校拒否 — tōkōkyohi ‡‡‡
- ‡‡ ) Lit., “confined” or “drawn inward” — Japanese young people (usually male) usually (but not always) in their teens or twenties who confine themselves to their apts. or bedrooms, with the occasional trip to the ’loo, for more than six months... They are sensei of speed-dialing for home-delivery-pizza & kings of Donkey-Kong, über nerds & secular Trappist monks, & their families are so shamed & freaked out by their neuroses that discussion of the topic is gnerally tabu... These kids usually start out as opting out of & refusing to attend school, & gradually become totally reclusive, with few if any friends. Japan’s Ministry of Health estimates that there are nearly 4,000,000 people suffering from this syndrome; psychiatrists link this syndrome to autism, Asperger syndrome, avoidant personality & social anxiety disorders & phobias.
- ‡‡‡ ) Older term for 引き籠もり / ひきこもり — “hikikimori” ...
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