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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 113455" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>To be honest, I had no problem with his night-day cycle. He did most of his sleeping while I was awake; I did most of my sleeping while he was awake. It gave me some time to myself. To be honest, the only time I truly relaxed was when he was sleeping; as it got closer to the time he would wake up, my tension increased dramatically. (I wasn't working outside the home because I was afraid to leave him alone.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just checked the Wiki page on hikikomori. Interesting that it has been identified and has a name. I can assure you it isn't a Japanese phenomenon. The number of teens we found through the internet in the US and Canada who live or lived like this amazed me. Most we met began to move on when they were around 20 or so. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Is it surprising that they want to control <em>something</em> in their lives? Their lives are so out of their control that they can't leave the house even though they want to. The household <em>is</em> their life. We all try to control what we can when we have control over so very little.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I was fortunate that I didn't need to. My son was fortuate that I didn't want to. He would have been devestated had I tried to banish him to his bedroom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 113455, member: 1498"] To be honest, I had no problem with his night-day cycle. He did most of his sleeping while I was awake; I did most of my sleeping while he was awake. It gave me some time to myself. To be honest, the only time I truly relaxed was when he was sleeping; as it got closer to the time he would wake up, my tension increased dramatically. (I wasn't working outside the home because I was afraid to leave him alone.) Just checked the Wiki page on hikikomori. Interesting that it has been identified and has a name. I can assure you it isn't a Japanese phenomenon. The number of teens we found through the internet in the US and Canada who live or lived like this amazed me. Most we met began to move on when they were around 20 or so. Is it surprising that they want to control [I]something[/I] in their lives? Their lives are so out of their control that they can't leave the house even though they want to. The household [I]is[/I] their life. We all try to control what we can when we have control over so very little. I was fortunate that I didn't need to. My son was fortuate that I didn't want to. He would have been devestated had I tried to banish him to his bedroom. [/QUOTE]
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