Hikikomori!

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-07-14 12:28pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/c ... 334893.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/c ... 336883.stm

1.2 million?

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-07-14 12:42pm

That is quite possibly one of the most fucked-up things I have read in a very long while.

I think we have 1,000,000 nominees for the 'Biggest Loser Ever' award.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-07-14 12:43pm

I would've sworn that this was going to be about video game mania or something...

Damn, that's unsettling. So many kids who've been bullied to the point where they withdraw to remain safe. Poor kids.

And yay that a study's being conducted by a doctor from UMD!! Rah, Maryland! I hope he finds something to help these people.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-07-14 01:00pm

Perhaps Japan is starting to feel the effects of it's school system. Nothing like six days of school, plus school-after-school afterwards with almost brutal pressure to be perfect. It's only natural that some kids are going to crack, I'm just suprised it's that many.

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-07-14 01:33pm

I'd go with the break-the-door-down approach suggested in the article.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-14 02:53pm

I can't say I'm not surprised. Japanese society places a massive amount of pressure on kids to do well in school, and its a stressful thing. Many kids comit suicide if they fail their first college entry exams. If this is mostly from bullying, however, then I'd say its time for these kids to read some good manga or anime (even pokemon..) and stand up for themselves.

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-07-14 03:12pm

Kojikun wrote:If this is mostly from bullying, however, then I'd say its time for these kids to read some good manga or anime (even pokemon..) and stand up for themselves.

Out of the kids seen in the show bullying was mentioned as a cause in one case. Mostly they talked about school pressure and dysfunctional families as causes for Hikikomori.

What's really fucked up is that Japanese parents are often so ashamed that their child is behaving in such a manner that they often let the situation continue for years before seeking outside help. Not to mention that they let the kid isolate himself from the rest of the family in the first place.

I mean who here can say that their parents would have just stood by if you had tried to pull something like this when you were a teen?

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2003-07-14 03:15pm

That's just... messed up.

Knock the door down? Why not something more spectacular, like a couple of high explosives? Just warn the kid to keep his head down

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-14 03:22pm

And some the parents of the violent ones run away afraid! LMFAO These are some pussified parents.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-07-14 03:23pm

Sad sad sad. An enormous strain on their young minds probably swirls them into a state of depression and stupor and some into the dark realms of violence.