Surrounded by four walls

Have you ever heard of hikikomori? Haven't you, keep on reading. It is a Japanese term that means "pulling away, being confined". This problem not only happens in Japan but also in European developed countries and America. Affected people are usually teenagers who shut themselves up in their room for months, and even years. The main reasons why they grow apart from society are bullying, academic failure and disappointment in love. They are not able to integrate in a group of friends.

Hikimoris spend the whole day watching films, playing video games, reading books, surfing on the Net and sleeping. They lose touch with the outside world, even with their own parents, who don't know how to face this problem.
They prefer to be patient with their children.

Solving this trouble is possible, but not easy. Nowadays, the are two ways of  achieving it: oriental method and occidental. Oriental method consists of keeping in touch with affected people and reinstating them to society. Occidental method is stricter since hikikomoris are obliged to go out of their bedrooms. Both in oriental and occidental method psychologist help is necessary. In addition, there are clinics specializing in hikikomoris.

People who have overcame problem have to start from scratch their lives.  They find themselves without friend and they are afraid of not being accepted. They do not want people to know about their past.

This fear may turn into anger. Some hikikomoris go so far as to attack people. For example, one of them kidnapped a bus and killed a passenger. However, this is not as shocking as the case of a boy who, in order to recreate pornographic gore scenes, killed four innocent girls.

Fortunately, this phenomenon is not common in Spain.