Fetichismo virtual na vida de um hikikomori brasileiro: um estudo de caso

Abstract

RESUMO: O fenômeno hikikomori, identificado no Japão nos anos de 1990, é uma condição psicossocial em que a pessoa, deliberadamente, se isola da sociedade por seis meses ou mais. Trata-se de um problema crescente no mundo. O caso descrito nesse estudo refere-se a um homem de 38 anos que havia abandonado o emprego há mais de dez anos e se mantido em isolamento social por mais de cinco. Sua rotina consistia em acessar jogos e páginas pornográficas na internet. A análise deste caso destacou alguns fatores psicodinâmicos que podem estar relacionados a um maior risco para o isolamento social: base narcísica frágil, fixação edipiana materna e dificuldade em lidar com conflitos na idade escolar. Além disso, destacou-se a hiperestimulação de fantasias virtuais, com ênfase no fetichismo, voyeurismo e sadomasoquismo. PALAVRAS-CHAVE:Hikikomori. Isolamento social. Fetichismo. Fantasia virtual. Cibercultura. Psicanálise. RESUMEN:El fenómeno hikikomori, identificado en Japón en la década de 1990, es una condición psicosocial en que la persona permanece completamente aislado de la sociedad por seis meses o más. Este es un problema creciente en el mundo. El caso descrito en este estudio es sobre un hombre de 38 años que había dejado su trabajo por más de diez años y permaneció en aislamiento social por más de cinco años. Su rutina consistía en acceder a juegos virtuales y páginas pornográficas en Internet. El análisis de este caso destacó algunos factores psicodinámicos que pueden estar relacionados con mayor riesgo de aislamiento social: una base narcisista frágil, la fijación edípica materna y la dificultad para lidiar con los conflictos escolares. Además, se destacó la hiperestimulación de fantasías virtuales, con énfasis en el fetichismo, el voyerismo y el sadomasoquismo.

Hikikomori and the COVID-19 pandemic: not leaving behind the socially withdrawn

“…4,10 The prevalence of hikikomori in Brazil is unknown due to a lack of empirical research on the phenomenon; however, the syndrome has been reported three times in Brazilian patients. 9,12,13 Recently, our group described the complete treatment program for one of these cases. The patient reported substantial clinical improvement after a multimodal intervention strategy, including pharmacological treatment of comorbidities, family psychoeducation, and the use of different psychotherapy techniques.…”

Multimodal treatment for a Brazilian case of hikikomori

“…This is the third case of hikikomori described in Brazil, with the first reporting spontaneous recovery after 29 years of social withdrawal, 7 and the second presenting partial clinical improvement after 9 months of weekly psychoanalytical psychotherapy. 8 Nevertheless, this is the first Brazilian case of recurrent hikikomori, and the first in which a multimodal treatment approach was applied.…”

Who Can Buffer Marginalization Risk? Affect Experience, Affect Valuation, and Social Marginalization in Japan and Brazil

“…Participants from all the studied countries perceived hikikomori as a present syndrome in their own countries, and most of them considered the hikikomori phenomenon to be associated with rapid socio-cultural changes derived from globalization. Other reports include cases in countries such as China ( Wong et al, 2017 ), Spain ( Ovejero et al, 2014 ), and Brazil ( Gondim et al, 2017 ; Prioste and Siqueira, 2019 ). As such, the growing prevalence of such tendencies across the world requires additional investigation, especially in countries outside of Japan.…”

“… Gondim et al (2017) described the case of a 25-year-old man, without previous history of psychiatric treatment; after breaking up with his girlfriend and quitting his job, the man stayed in his parents’ house for 29 years, having minimal contact with other people and rarely going outside. Prioste and Siqueira (2019) described the case of a 38-year-old man who had quit his job more than 10 years prior and refrained from social relationships for more than 5 years, spending his time playing computer games and browsing the internet. These cases showed some overlapping tendencies with cases in Japan.…”