Documentary - Dying Out of Sight, Hikikomori in an Aging Japan (2021)
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- čas přidán 4. 05. 2022
- NHK, S11 E02, It's estimated over a million Japanese live as "hikikomori," recluses totally withdrawn from society. Some hikikomori may even go for decades without leaving their house. While in the past the phenomenon was most commonly associated with young men, recent data has revealed a much wider demographic of people whose confidence in themselves, and in society, has been shattered. As the parents or relatives hikikomori so often depend on entirely become too old to care for them, many now face a dire situation, left alone and unable to cope.
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People don't understand that mental illness is VERY VERY real. I've suffered from bi polar, ocd, and social anxiety for years. It's VERY hard for me to find something to fit into and so most of my life i've been a recluse. To afraid to try because of this innate fear of being rejected. I've gotten much better over the years with medication and weekly therapy. But it's still there and relapses can and do happen. My heart really goes out to these folks i know there struggles all to well. The pressures Japanese society puts on there kids to marry, have a good paying job, etc etc...is frankly insane. And i love and admire Japan and it's culture very much. They are a very resilient people, hard working, have excellent ethics in terms of right from wrong, and are a super clean society. All excellent traits. However, being a Hikikomori or recluse in having no friends, much less family to rely on and be there for you is EXTREMELY difficult. Trying to go at this life alone is scary and extremely dark and depressing. I've been there i know the feeling. Therefore, if you see someone struggling like this and falling down that deep dark black hole. PLEASE intervene it can truly mean the difference between life and death for many folks. We are social creatures by nature we aren't meant to live alone and be happy doing it. It's just not in our DNA folks. No matter what someone might otherwise tell you. That they prefer being alone that feeling doesn't last forever....(g)
Wishing you victory over those disabling illness! Keep reaching out, recovery is possible! Keep on fighting!
Society creates this "mental illness", so obviously society dont care. Young people in Japan have stopped having children, for good reasons: society is hostile and inhuman. The same trend can be seen in other dysfunctional countries, such as China and South Korea (and many other in the "civilized" world). And society have no incentive to change and be better, because.... society does not care. People does not care. Men are second class citizens, everything, only valued and respected if they produce. And hikkomori does not produce, and are shamed and forced away.
We are so very media and technologically connected but socially we are more disconnected than ever. I myself struggle very much with social anxiety after the breakdown of my marriage 10 years ago. I really have to force myself to go out; it’s very very hard sometimes and I feel for these people. Modern society has lost its humanity. 😢
This is a wonderful documentary. I feel like these men so often.
Life is hard. People who tends to not face hardwork or sudden change in their lifestyle can become lonely and shut them down from the society but you have to live a life for beautiful tomorrow. I lived same kinda lifestyle for 3 months the more you live like this the more you will feel distance away from the society and the people closer to you and your will to go on in life will become low and low so my advice is No matter what never give up,someday you will finally find the thing which you love the most. Try to do the thing you love and make note of it. It will motivate you the most. Stay strong
so many sociopathic comments on this video, sad. anyway, this is on the verge of becoming a global phenomenon...
thank you for uploading this it's so tragic i feel their pain
One affected young man in his thirties lives next to my best friend here in Belgium. An entire extended family has been trying to support him and get outside help ever since he left school. His parents are worried to death about what will become of him.
Yet, no one I'd able to connect with him? Don't mean to judgemental.here, but whenever I hear these things, I'm more interested in the parents rather then the child, because it explains much More.
A society that’s cold and a country that does not make laws that allows forced intervention says this country does not know love.
You have obviously never been to Japan nor did you bother to watch the video. The Hikikomori do not ask for help even tho its offered. Japan has quite a strong tradition of familial bonding and looking after members of the family but not if its not asked for
@@nelsonsailor7524Refusing help =\= Not needing help. Reason why so many refuse it is either due the denial and embarrassment of their situation, since they’ve grown up in a country with an insane work ethics and moral that pretty much says if you can’t or won’t work your ass off and be Independent then you’re weak and a disgrace to society, combined with lack of governmental support(Even though there some) and/or due the crippling depression from it, leading to Them having given up on life completely. One thing is saying that you don’t need help. Another thing is showing.
We have the same problem in the states. As a nurse, I've seen 2 people die from anorexia because they refused services. Or it was too late by the time they did accept.
I also want to add. That i feel the Japanese government needs to address mental illness FAR better than they are doing. It's estimated there are 1 million Hikikomori living in Japan. That is just unconscionable for me grasp. The "societal pressures" needs to change and more mental health outlets are also needed to address these important issues. 40,000+ elderly in Japan die alone each year in nothing bigger than a bedroom as there entire house. Then special clean up crews are brought in by family or other means to clean up what typically is nothing short of a disaster. Once you enter a room or home like that you are changed because you see the struggles the individual went through before passing. It's extremely saddening that such a prosperous nation can't do better in this area. I could relate to it more if they were some 3rd world nation that is extremely poor but there not. Things certainly need to change and change quickly in order for that nation to prosper considering marriages are just not happening much less having kids. As i said above the government needs to take this FAR FAR more seriously in the way of providing resources etc...And getting this turned around for the better. God bless to all those who are suffering alone. I feel your pain.
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His brother, he tried to forget him. Says all. This is society, not only in Japan! In a state where there is social wellfare it's even worse because people think it is the states job to care. We life in a meaningless cruel world, living meaningless empty lifes. Work, work, comsumption, money, all things meaningless once death comes to your door. People are left empty and destroyed by society and society is made up of us, all of us. Think about it, the next time you act.
I sometimes drink a bit and rewatch this. Makes me feel seen. Funny thing is, I'm talking with a Japanese company to move there soon xD I shall do my best to hang onto life there.
This is me, each day I struggle to continue...
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@@thinkislamcheckmychannel not in a biblical sense. I consider myself agnostic, if there is a God or a creationist force it's indifferent to us I believe.
@@dearestbrotherfrank what brings you to that opinion?
What's your take on the meaning of life?
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Japan is a sad place. Interaction among people is bare and lame. I talk as an Italian, after two years in Japan. Very difficult to be spontaneous and outgoing here.
It wasn't always like that, right? This country is so huge culturally, I always admired Japan. It is so sad, and it's hard to understand why this happens.
Yes, indeed.
An unfortunate case all around.
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I request to know how best we can reach out to these fragile people...they r not just in Japan but everywhere...mental health is overwhelming us as we get more advanced as mankind ...it's a challenge because they won't accept help🙏
See folks here in the states this just wouldn't' happen. Because by law fire fighters/police are allowed to break in to a home to do a welfare check. And no they don't need a warrant to do so. Perhaps that's one of the first things that needs to change in Japan. So these very unfortunate deaths stop happening. And even if the individual was found alive but malnourished or otherwise. They would be forced to go to a care facility because at that point your deemed a risk to yourself. All these elements could easily be implemented through governmental changes in Japan. So people can get the help they need whether they want it or not. More often than not when your a recluse 95% of the time your not in your right mind. And decisions need to be made for you and your welfare at that point.
Japanese turn away help
sad
I wonder why it seems to affect mostly men I don't see many women with this sad issue
Because women anywhere can easily get help, they're the most targeted by social programs and at worst can always rely on random guys desperate for female attention. Men are considered expendable, women are a privileged class.
women are far less likely to agree to appear on this type of documentary, go to the social groups with men, or have their family feel unashamed enough to talk about them, especially japanese women.
Autism.
It's my big question as Japan is a rich country (welfare state), do they have welfare system to give money for non-job persons like several people in this documentary as in many western countries?
it literally says in the doc that they could get welfare but they have to apply.
= no father in the home
Or spineless father. My dad would have beat my ass if I tried that😂