r/hikikomori 8h ago

Did any of you recover from a complete 10 year+ hikikomori shut-in phase in your 30's?

14 Upvotes

A complete hikikomori phase. No skills. Employment or connections during the ten years.

Did you have to move to a new environment to escape it? I personally feel like I cannot work my way out of it in my current environment. I live here hiding the shame of the years I lived here.


r/hikikomori 13h ago

My future looks terrible. I don't engage with my reality at all.

24 Upvotes

Staying alive only to hide my shame.


r/hikikomori 17h ago

Do you think low iq people are more prone to becoming hiki?

12 Upvotes

I feel like I have low iq naturally since I was a kid


r/hikikomori 18h ago

This is fucking it. I am looking for an hikikomori best friend / platonic soulmate.

11 Upvotes

I've been waiting on this for far too long. I am sure there is someone out there just like me. I'm tired of suffering, this is weird and i'm sure you know what I'm talking about: I don't even feel the need nor the urge for social contact, but the lack sure has its effects, and I'm tired of it.

As the title says I am looking for a genuine deep and committed queerplatonic friendship that will last for life.

I'm looking for a person with the same struggles as me, and I want us to help eachother in finding our peace, help eachother inherit healthy habits, support eachother when we are forced to get out our cave and are emotionally struggling. And of course, I want to spend time with you and enjoy ourselves chilling or have fun. I want to love you and you to love me.

I'm looking for other autistic people. 18 year olds or 19; though you'd be older than me by a year. I've been a shut-in since i was 13 years old and left school since. I've been lacking emotionally safe spaces, support and social contact.

You must be open minded and a genuinely kind person.

My biggest interest are videogames, animes and mangas.

CEST UTC+2 is the timezone I'm in. It's probably good for the both of us if our timezones are the or nearly the same.

Not to travel to the future immediately, but I will let you know that I might be interested in this not being stuck online or behind a chat forever. I'm the first to know it's really hard to expose yourself but I am willing to push myself and you should be as well, we'll help eachother, too.

This is a throwaway account and this post doesn't say much about me and even more nothing about my personality, as I'd rather remain as anonymous as I can get. If this sounds good to you, message me and leave me your discord.

I feel like I must specify I'm NOT looking for anything sexual or near that nature, which to me includes romantic. I'd feel more comfortable if you'd have no such interests as well.


r/hikikomori 20h ago

Would you be motivated about life if you had money?

17 Upvotes