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A comment on A New Form of Social Withdrawal in Japan: A Review of ‘Hikikomori’ (2009). Parent comment

Re:A New Form of Social Withdrawal in Japan: A Review of ‘Hi... by amelius on Sunday April 30, 2017 @05:20PM (#14233913)
> Ultimately what pulled me out of that malaise was successful employment in a software company.

Are you sure you are actually out of that malaise?

I mean, writing software can also very much feel like playing a game, and an even less social one perhaps.

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Re:A New Form of Social Withdrawal in Japan: A Review of ‘Hi... by csa on Sunday April 30, 2017 @05:47PM (#14234028)
Assuming they were not teleworking, getting out of their bedroom would be cosnidered a big win.

Staring at a computer screen at work basically indicates that they are not hiki any more (although they probably still have some issues that will need some work before they would be considered mainstream).

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