The urge to have nothing to do with society actually seems understandable to me. I just wish that the hikikomori had some sort of self-cultivation practice like meditation to go along with it; otherwise it seems like they're just retreating and withdrawing rather than pushing through to something new and better.
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[ 5.4 ms ] story [ 666 ms ] threadThey are known as Japan’s “lost generation” or “invisible youth”.
No longer able to face society, they have locked themselves in their bedrooms and refuse to exist in the outside world.