{"id":144473,"date":"2023-10-24T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=144473"},"modified":"2023-10-24T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:00:20","slug":"meet-man-whos-lived-in-isolation-for-55-years-as-he-fears-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/meet-man-whos-lived-in-isolation-for-55-years-as-he-fears-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet man who&apos;s &apos;lived in isolation for 55 years&apos; as he &apos;fears women&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Meet the Rwandan man who&#8217;s &#8216;lived in isolation for 55 years&#8230; because of his extreme fear of women&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Callixte\u00a0Nzamwita has allegedly spent the last 55 years in exile due to his fear<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Rwandan man has allegedly lived in isolation for 55 years because of an &#8216;extreme fear of women&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Callixte Nzamwita, who is reportedly 71 years old, has allegedly spent the last 55 years in self-imposed exile, barricading himself inside his home to avoid any contact with women.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nzamwita reportedly began isolating himself at the age of 16, meaning he does everything from sleeping and cooking,\u00a0even urinating, in the space of his own confined abode.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A fear of women, called gynophobia, is not officially recognised as a genuine mental disorder, but is clinically classified as a specific phobia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a YouTube video published by Afrimax TV, Mr Nzamwitza said: &#8216;The reason I locked myself inside here and have a fence on my house is because I want to make sure that women will not come closer to me&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/15\/76938967-12666387-image-a-27_1698157729399.jpg\" height=\"376\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Callixte Nzamwita, who is reportedly 71 years old, has allegedly spent the last 55 years in self-imposed exile, barricading himself in order to avoid any contact with women. Pictured:\u00a0Nzamwita in his own self-barricaded house\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/15\/76938977-12666387-image-a-28_1698157747194.jpg\" height=\"364\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Nzamwita reportedly began isolating himself at the age of 16, meaning he does everything from sleeping and cooking, even urinating, in the space of his own confined abode. Pictured: The Rwandan native rests on a bed inside his house<\/p>\n<p>A neighbour who spoke to Afrimax for their video said: &#8216;When we try to help him, he doesn&#8217;t want us to come closer or talk to him. Instead we give him things by tossing them into his house&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They continued: &#8216;He doesn&#8217;t let us get close to him, but he still takes what we offer from a distance&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Living such a secluded and solitary existence may appear to be an impossible challenge for most people, but Nzamwita appears to be satisfied with the life he is claimed to live.<\/p>\n<p>Despite cutting a pale, sickly figure in the video, he appeared intent on continuing to live the way he has seemingly done for over half a century.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The way I live is enough for me. I didn&#8217;t have any idea of having a woman and I&#8217;m okay with that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I do not want women around me because they make me really scared,&#8217; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NHS advice on specific phobias says they\u00a0<span>centre around a particular object, animal, situation or activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Specific phobias can often develop during childhood or adolescence and may become less severe as you get older.<\/p>\n<p>Common examples of specific phobias include a fear of certain animals, such as dogs, or a fear of certain activities, such as flying.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12666387\/Rwandan-man-fear-women-isolation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Rwandan man who&#8217;s &#8216;lived in isolation for 55 years&#8230; because of his extreme fear of women&#8217; Callixte\u00a0Nzamwita has allegedly spent the last 55&hellip; 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