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A comment on The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships, not physical spaces. Parent comment

Re:The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships,... by m0llusk on Monday June 03, 2019 @08:31AM (#20082442)
It is the usage that makes it work. Their child is a shut away is pretty clear similar usage not uncommon in America.
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Re:The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships,... by kazinator on Monday June 03, 2019 @11:15AM (#20084013)
Is there a psychologist in America who is understood to have coined "shut in" or "shut away"?
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Re:The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships,... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @03:36PM (#20108299)
I couldn't name the specific person, but someone did. The words "shut in" didn't always have that meaning; etymonline says it happened around 1904.

Without that you could be "shut in", but that just meant you were inside something with the door shut. It didn't have long-term or social implications.

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