I saw an article on Baidu about the cocooning phenomenon. The article started with the cocooning phenomenon in Japan and talked about China. It seems that the phenomenon that appeared in Japan yesterday is also happening in China today.
Cocooning phenomenon means that the person concerned has no job, stays at home for a long time, and has a serious lack of communication with relatives and friends around him. Anyway, I just don’t go out, don’t want to work, and rely on my parents for all my life problems. Later, as the years passed, this cocooning phenomenon continued to increase in Japanese society. Because they have been "cocooned" at home for a long time, many people tend to deny themselves and don't even know how to turn to society for help. Subconsciously, these people believe that escaping is shameful and that people who do not work are not worthy of being human beings, so they live in repeated distress every day. Some people also tried their best to learn to work, but after experiencing many blows, they finally had to give up on themselves.
The article that causes the phenomenon of cocooning in Japanese society points out that there are two reasons. The most important reason is the high-stress work situation caused by the high pressure of social competition. Young people after graduating from college need to be aged, have high work pressure, and have unsatisfactory lives, etc. A lot of stressful stuff. In particular, the bursting of Japan's bubble economy and the economic crisis have made the entire Japanese society very depressed. The increase in laid-off personnel has led to increasing employment pressure on Japanese young people. And when they were born in Showa and , the fathers who were known as "Showa boys" strongly hoped that their children could get formal employment opportunities and become "full members". On one side, there was pressure from the family, and on the other side there was pressure from society. Faced with harsh competition, although these young people knew that escaping was shameful, they had to admit that escaping was useful, so they locked themselves up and became a "cocoon" tribe. The article
pointed out that the phenomenon of cocooning has also appeared in China. Many young people after graduating from college feel that work pressure is high and it is difficult to find a job, so they simply choose to live at home. Judging from the development before and after the epidemic, it seems that this cocooning phenomenon in Chinese society is getting more and more serious. Today, under the epidemic, a large number of employing companies have chosen to lay off employees, and a large number of shops on the streets have closed their doors and written off their storefronts for transfer. Under such circumstances, China's young people are under increasing pressure to find employment and survive. This is something I have learned all my life. experience. I am a contemporary Chinese post-1995 generation. Although I have a job, my income is limited and the cost of living is getting higher and higher. I have basically not saved any money since I graduated from college. Fortunately, I am still full of hope for work and have not fallen into a cocooned life.
In response to the phenomenon of cocooning, the Japanese government has taken countermeasures. In 2009, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare began to create the "Cocooning Problem Countermeasures Promotion Project" and set up 66 "Cocooning Regional Support Centers" across the country to encourage The cocooner walks out of the room. Our relevant departments in China have also introduced employment incentives and psychological guidance to deal with the cocooning phenomenon. Obviously, it is difficult to change the "cocooning" lifestyle that has been formed for a long time by relying solely on the driving force of external society.
