Hikikomori, the Japanese syndrome of voluntary isolation. Malta Mueller/Getty Images
DESCRIPTION – At 18, 20, 25 and sometimes older, they suffer from Japanese hikikomori syndrome. Men often live in closed conditions, and in France, after Japan, there are more and more. A social phenomenon that should be taken very seriously.
“It’s been two years since Alexis hardly left her room,” Catherine laments. It happened gradually. As a child, he was already lonely, atypical. Around the age of 14-15, he gradually gave up everything: aikido and guitar lessons, the few walks. And then, at age 16, he started skipping days of high school. He barricaded himself in his room. Tried everything: threats, screams, pleas, promises… By removing wifi, I realized he’s not addicted to games. It was after subscribing to the “Hikikomori” Facebook page that I realized that I was not alone.
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Hikikomori. the word appeared in Japan in the 1990s, where the number of voluntary vacationers today is estimated to be between 500,000 and 1 million. In France, they will amount to at least several tens of thousands, according to experts, an ever-increasing figure, according to psychologist Natasha Vellut, specialist…
Source: Le Figaro
