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There are pretty specific set of criteria to be labeled as hikikomori and I'm not sure if you quite fit that definition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomo

• labster 10y ago
  GP does not sound like a hikikomori; he even admits to going outside occasionally. If he wants to increase his hiki-level, he needs to reduce social contact as much as possible, and only come leave his home at hours when no one will notice him, if he leaves at all. The whole point is essentially self-imposed solitary confinement due to extreme fear/depression/social anxiety. Asking what's wrong with a reclusive life doesn't sound hiki to me at all.