Trust me, I would love to have some kind of respect in the world; but my social phobia is extreme. I really am trying, even to the point of going to an interview at a local college to discuss taking classes, but I can just imagine what people would think of me.

At 27 I'm in a hell that was forced on me by external circumstance. I would not use the term hikikomori to describe me since it's used by wapanese, but call me a shut in.