Hikikimori

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Hikikomori is a social phenomenon that strikes Japanese youth. Constrained by the pressure of the educational system, or victims of their differences (physical appearence, or nationality), they become marginalised and get isolated”. Publicado en un forum por Buruburu.

“Hikikomori is a relatively new phenomenon by all accounts and some psychiatrists (notably Tamaki Saito) estimate that social withdrawal may affect up to 1-1.2 million young people in Japan. In 2001 the Japanese government made the results of a preliminary national investigation into this phenomenon public. Over the period of one year, 6,151 cases of hikikomori (defined as withdrawal from society for six months or more) were registered at 697 public health centers”. Publicado en un forum por Iron Chef.

“If you ever get a chance read "Shutting out the Sun: How Japan lost a generation" by Michael Zielenziger. It's an outsiders perspective on the whole phenomenon and the way it is treated in Japan.
Youth are disenchanted in Japan to say the least. A lot of the hikikomori that he interviews in his book first start withdrawing from society when they are bullied at school. One of the hikikomori interviewed was bullied simply because he was too good at Baseball and the kids began to ignore him because he "stuck out." In a lot of hikikomori cases they were bullied in school and for the most part teachers and parents did nothing”. They instead ask the child what he did to become bullied in the first place. Originally Posted by Kirakira1232

“I really hate ƒj[ƒg (spelled NEET in romaji; abbreviation for "Not in Employment, Education or Training"). For what ever reason they stay home all day without even attempting to get a job and live under their parent's roof even in their late twenties, they still need to get out of there and declare their independence”. Publicado en un foro por Hyokano.
“He also noticed that a lot of hikikomori suffered from a lack of love from either of their parents. The father who works from 5 in the morning till 11 or 12 at night and the mother who feels neglected and ignores their child's plea for attention.

He found a lot of Hikikomori were being suffocated by Japanese society and that the pressure from school to perform just exhausted them so much that they gave up” Publicado en un forum por Kirakira1232”.

Forum: http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5680