Does anyone feel like hikikomori?

[Quietist]

I don't feel like one; I am one.

An older one, too.

Just too bad that unlike the people in Japan, I don't have a place to stay after my dad dies.

 

[Grog]

I definitely would be a hikikomori if SSDI paid me enough. Unfortunately, that's not the case and I don't live alone. But I wouldn't mind being isolated and just being in front of the PC uninterrupted all day tbh, as long as I had enough money to eat and pay my bills~

 

[Life'sA6itch]

In terms of hardly ever leaving the house- yes. But, I do work (from home- obviously.)

Same here

 

[turbomightbegone]

100% a hikikomori, I genuinely don't remember the last time I walked outside my house.
I feel like in my case it's mostly due to social anxiety.

 

[ashendreams]

i was a hikikomori for like 3 years and i would still be one if i didnt have to drag myself out of the house to take care of my disabled grandma

 

[onmywaytothebusstop]

I currently am and probs will be as long as i get health benefits. If it stops, i'll be dead.

 

[GhostInTheMachine]

Been one for nearly a decade now basically. I do go outside, but only when I know not many others will be around. I live on a thread of scraps, and will be fine withering away to death.

 

[bleeding_heart_show]

I share a space with others constantly, so I have not been physically alone in years.

Argh.

 

[fuyacore]

me me me me, used to be worse even without online connection before pandemic. after pandemic i get better from my social anxiety and get some job, mostly online. I'm probably such an extrovert, but i really feel disconnected with the majority of the people simply because I can't truly express my unfiltered self irl. all my irl connection is just in professional/colleagues basis for the sake of survival. i still have family but i fake myself Infront of them to just acceptable degree. i really lose hope with bonding irl especially in my environment. i actively seeking souls online though. im pretty lonely and just probably looking for people who could endure my yapping.

 

[ghost-shock]

Yes!

 

[Mr.Tristesse]

It's not just a feeling...

 

[AStoneTurnedAlone.]

Yeah I'm super lonely because of it . Spending all day inside and having no irl communication with anyone really does something to you mentally.

 

[orcapythia]

Yeah I've been one most my life, it probably contributed to health issues. A lot of hikkis live in the past. It makes me think of geologic time. I don't know how people can reintegrate after that experience.

 

[katara]

i mean some of us literally are its not really something you just 'feel like'

i guess the phrase 'NEET' is more common outside of japan (but also a broader term)

I have grown to hate that word bc the NEET community gives off an Andrew Tate vibe fan club vibe

 

[fuyacore]

More than half a year since I replied and I still am hiki, and neet now XD. It sucks

 

[Trilly]

I feel like it but I'm not one if we are to get into the semantics. The only reason I leave my apartment is for groceries and work

 

[lost in the lilies]

Well, I am one

 

[MissAbyss]

Yes, basically my whole life except for some good periods. Not voluntarily, but due to a severe panic disorder/agoraphobia that started at a relatively young age. Sadly, I'm back in the cage.

 

[glitterpvppy]

since covid I've had no friends except online. And I haven't left the house for anything except groceries sinfe then

 

[cluefixphantom]

I have been involuntarily confined to my apartment since the end of 2024 / January 2025. Outside, I only face hate crimes. I don't know where else to go and just wait. Almost every day is the same, but I don't feel bad all the time. I mean, this is the only life I have, sadly.

Sometimes there are interesting movies and such. As long as I have internet and my bills are payed, I probably won't go outside anymore and might die here from CO or organ failure. I don't really want to participate in life, but starving doesn't feel good either. My body has disabilities, I suffer from damaged organs, but not so severe that nothing works anymore and that I die in my sleep. It makes me angry and sad. My main problem are the others who attack me and want to harm me, or if they are 'nice' they ignore me. Nobody want's me to survive, nobody cares how I feel. There is just me.