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Essay On Hikikomori

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The life and family of a hikikomori
Hikikomori is often described as an individual who stays inside in their room, to escape from social interactions. That is not entirely correct, more a hikikomori stereotype. There are different levels of hikikomori – and according to a survey from the government (Horiguchi, 2011) 9.7 per cent of reported cases cannot leave their rooms, 17 per cent cannot leave their home but can move around in the rooms of the house, 20.8 per cent can go out of their home under certain conditions and 40.8 per cent leave their home regularly (Horiguchi, 2011). Hikikomori as mentioned before is often bound with school non-attendance, violence in the family and problematic behaviour. A survey from Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare (Horiguchi, 2011) reveal that 17-18 per cent of …show more content…

The condition starts in an adolescent mindset – no matter what age the person happens to be. One usually imagine the age to be between 12-18 years old. Adolescence is where it begins as it is the period where one's personality is shaped and the body undergoes sexual maturation – social withdrawal can rise as the result of failure to be an adult and mature (Tamaki, 1998).
When a teen is in the hikikomori state, it is difficult to be given a proper psychiatric diagnosis, because the child cannot consult the doctor. In such cases, parents may not be sure if the child has a mental disorder or not. Several parents are skeptical of psychiatric diagnoses and do not accept mental disorder labels applied to their children. They may confer with a number of psychiatrists until they finally meet psychiatrist who do not give psychiatric diagnoses (Horiguchi, 2011). The collected consciousness in Japan, view people who gets diagnosed with a psychiatric diagnoses as an outcasts. Cases of

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