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Nah. I define the hikikomori by necessarily the state of despair. That obviously came through the participation in society. For the record, a hikikomori makes
by kiba 3y ago
Nah. I define the hikikomori by necessarily the state of despair. That obviously came through the participation in society.
For the record, a hikikomori makes a video game? Wow. I wish I can do that. It's a matter of effort, of putting a foot in one another. The thing is, developing a video game and releasing it to the public is inherently a social activity, unless you write the code only for yourself.
Things are happening. Playing video games which is what creates despair for me. Nothing happens outside of that video game. Don't get me wrong, playing video is a lot of fun, but it isn't beneficial when there's too much of it.
- ffsm8 3y agoFrom reading your other comments in this thread I think you're just equating your experience as a hikikomori to be what it means to be a shut-in. The currently accepted definition is however merely: * spending most of the day and nearly every day confined to home, * marked and persistent avoidance of social situations, and social relationships, * social withdrawal symptoms causing significant functional impairment, * duration of exceeding six months, * no apparent physical or mental etiology to account for the social withdrawal symptoms. Under these criteria (quoted straight from the linked Wiki article), a person working from home office with no contact can also become a social recluse, even if it's certainly a different experience then what you've experienced