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O.G. Rose:
"“Hikikomorism” refers to the growing trend of people who rarely leave their apartments or homes, except maybe here and there for food and basic necessities (which can increasingly be delivered). The social phenomenon was first noted in Japan, mostly with young men who basically gave up on society, family, and career. Japan is notoriously a “shame culture,” and those who fail to excel in school and work can be made to feel absolutely terrible for that failure, making the option of “exit” appealing (as technology is increasingly making possible). The number of hikikomori in Japan has been rising, and it is expanding to a growing number of women, and also spreading around the world. “Hikikomorism” is meant to refer to this growing social and global transformation, which I do not think is primarily a mental illness or biological in origin. Hikikomorism is mainly a social pathology, which might lead to mental illness, but the social dimension should be kept in focus."