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  2. Hikikomori - Wikipedia

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    Other Japanese commentators such as academic Shinji Miyadai and novelist Ryū Murakami, have also offered analysis of the hikikomori phenomenon, and find distinct causal relationships with the modern Japanese social conditions of anomie, amae and atrophying paternal influence in nuclear family child pedagogy.

  3. Inedia - Wikipedia

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    Inedia (Latin for 'fasting') or breatharianism (/ b r ɛ ˈ θ ɛər i ə n ɪ z əm / breth-AIR-ee-ən-iz-əm) is the claimed ability for a person to live without consuming food, and in some cases water.

  4. Social isolation - Wikipedia

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    Societal adversity – Desire to avoid the discomfort, dangers, and responsibilities arising from being among people. This can happen if other people are sometimes, or often, rude, hostile, critical or judgmental, crude, or otherwise unpleasant. The person would just prefer to be alone to avoid the hassles and hardships of dealing with people.

  5. Van-dwelling - Wikipedia

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    Table by the camper 970 VW Camper. Van-dwelling or vanlife is an unconventional lifestyle of living in a car, van or other motor vehicle.A person who lives in such a manner, either on a full or part-time basis, is known as a vanlifer, van dweller, car dweller or vehicle dweller.

  6. Diogenes syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Affected people may also display symptoms of catatonia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The condition was first recognized in 1966 [ 3 ] and designated Diogenes syndrome by Clark et al. [ 4 ] The name derives from Diogenes of Sinope , an ancient Greek philosopher, a Cynic and an ultimate minimalist , who allegedly lived in a large jar in Athens.

  7. The Coxon Fund - Wikipedia

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    He lives off others, particularly the Mulvilles, who, convinced of Saltram's genius and genuinely enjoying his talk, host him for months at a time. In the opinion of the unnamed narrator, Saltram is not a deliberate conman; he simply suffers from "a want of dignity". The story revolves around Saltram and a group of people who are fascinated by him.

  8. Prahlad Jani - Wikipedia

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    Prahlad Jani was born on 13 August 1929 in Charada village in India (now in Mehsana district, Gujarat, India). [1] According to Jani, he left his home in Gujarat at the age of seven, and went to live in the jungle.

  9. Misanthropy - Wikipedia

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    They wish harm to other people and undertake attempts to hurt them in one form or another. Negative misanthropy, by contrast, is a form of peaceful anthropophobia that leads people to isolate themselves. They may wish others well despite seeing serious flaws in them and prefer to not involve themselves in the social context of humanity.