‘I fantasise about being free, but I’ll probably die this way.’ The worrying trend of British teenagers withdrawing from the world, isolating in their bedrooms and only leaving the house once a MONTH

A rising number young people have embraced a phenomenon first identified in Japan in the 1990s called hikikomori – a form of extreme social isolation, most common among young adults.



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Publish date : 2026-08-01 11:38:00

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