In recent years there has been a worrying increase in the number of young people with social isolation syndrome, a phenomenon characterized by voluntary isolation and loneliness, so they seek extreme isolation because they perceive the outside world as hostile, violent and aggressive. This syndrome was originally known as hikikomori, which means in Japanese to […]
The Hikikomori are young Japanese people who avoid leaving their rooms. In Japanese culture, loneliness has always been a traditional value that represented self-research and wisdom, nature and social relationships. In a sense, it’s a feudal perspective, albeit a positive one. But in today’s Japanese society, constructive loneliness has become pathological isolation. After World War
Saito is a 20-year-old middle-class boy who’s been locked alone in his room for years, spends most of the day sleeping and night watching TV or playing video games, are they your only virtual friends?never go beyond the computer screen. Saito won’t let anyone into his room. Does your mom leave your food at the
