Hikkomori are a special situation. They have very little to lose. Therefore, who cares if the Church of Scientology finds you? So go to the protests.
Anyone going to do this?
Huh...? That's horrible logic. They have an entire lifestyle to lose especially considering they'd be found at home without any difficulty.
Well, I'm going to the protests. Not a current, but former hikikomori.
This hikikomori would rather watch from the sidelines.
good that no one here is a "Hikkomori"
I doubt anyone is willing to travel all the way from Japan just for a dumb protest.
HURRRRR ONLY JAPANESE PEOPLE CAN BE HIKIKOMORI BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE TERM ORIGINATES!
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No, it has nothing to do with where the term originates. It has everything to do with the term describing a syndrome with very specific symptoms which only occurs at a significant rate in a specific culture, that is, a culture bound syndrome.
I have prepared a reading list for you, which I expect you to complete before your next post in this thread:
Culture Bound Symptoms by Ronald C. Simons and Charles C. Hughes, a brief discussion of the concept of the culture bound syndrome aimed at the layman.
Social Withdrawal in Japanese Youth: A Case Study of Thirty-Five Hikikomori Clients by Yuichi Hattori, a discussion on the hikikomori syndrome, findings from analysis of patients, a description of treatment methods and the results.
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signed
>>7
Japan suffers most from "hikikomori" syndrome.
Other cultures have same problem in smaller scale. Though the power of the internet made it worse last years. Some people may call them "slobs", "loafers", "slackers".
Hikikomori is just a Japanese name for those type of people..
But those kind of people can also exist around the globe.