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Hikikomori (Recluse) and Parasite Single

My mom just sent me an NPR link about these two types of people in Japan today. As I read it, I couldn’t help but think about my husband who describes his younger brother in much the same way as this article describes these very troubled late teen to mid-life (mostly) male Japanese. His brother committed suicide on his 18th birthday.

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Yes…it’s been a long time.

But here I am…motivated to write from the most embarrassing of stimuli.

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