Discussion Any NEETs here?

[Joey]

I used to be a NEET back during the entire year of 2014 and 2016. Those were some great times that I've had and I wish I could relive those days but I never see myself ever going back, so I've decided to get a job.

Anyone here that are one currently and if so, how long have you been one? And what's your story?

Thanks! :]

 

[hʚll]

neet here. for about 4 years
i don't really have a story to tell, i just hate the world out there and don't want to deal with it

 

[MiseryWithoutCompany]

I'm kind of a NEET. More unemployed but also employed?

I'm educated and trained, but it's been so long since that happened that it likely doesn't count. I guess a self-employed hikkikomori is closer to an accurate descriptor.

I, uh... used to be employed as a cashier, but when my mental health tanked, I've been bounced around on various medications and treatments which resulted in a near complete loss of my ability to function in public. One of the meds I got put on (I think it was an anti-psychotic ironically enough) had left me with severe "social anxiety", which was diagnosed before I realized I had it. And a stay at a neglected in-patient hospital resurfaced some terrible college experiences, so seeing filth in my home or in public leaves me a snivveling mess hunched over in a corner or random isle.

I think some partial (?) seizures were started by a medicine to combat my anxiety attacks too, so now driving is not so safe/fun. 'said to hell with it, and tried relying on selling my art online exclusive since then.

 

[FuneralCry]

I am currently one at the moment, I have been for like a year really, I have been struggling with health issues and things like that. I did an online course before and I plan to do some more in the future possibly. I think I would struggle to do many jobs.

 

[nerve]

I've been a NEET since 2013. Life basically stopped once I graduated from high school. I was (and still am) way too sick to commit to a job or continuing my education, so I was kind of funneled into it. Like what else am I supposed to do?

It was great for the first two years and then I went through a couple years where I was absolutely heartbroken over it all and desperately wanted things to be different. Now I think I've mostly adapted. I get bummed out sometimes thinking about the isolation and the things I might be missing out on, but everyone has things about their life that make them sad.

I don't care about "re-integrating" into society and just want to be left alone until I eventually ctb or something else kills me. This lifestyle was imposed on me but I truly think that's because it's my best option in this life. I don't think there's anything out there for me anyway.

 

[BluesRunTheGame]

NEET for two and a half years. Fine but not enough money for important copes like alcohol.

 

[lugerepair]

Yeah, I'm a NEET right now. Wish I could stay a NEET forever.

 

[Skathon]

(...) how long have you been one?

~6 years.

And what's your story?

I am unable to work.

 

[filthyrottendirty]

Me. For 4 months so far. Autism.

 

[AloeGarten]

me for around half a year thanks to real bad social anxiety. i spend my free time staring at the youtube homescreen and doing drugs. im trying to force myself to get in some kind of work but its so hard to push yourself out of this lifestyle when you have literally 0 motivation to even get out of bed

 

[deltahead]

Going on 12 years here, since I was around 10 years old. At least I have the high score

 

[reasonablylost]

Unfortunately at the moment yes.

 

[BlankUser]

Neet since 2017. Being dependant on my boyfriend is horrible. I'm useless in the eyes of his family. But I'm so done, so I don't know if I care anymore.

 

[narval]

Here another NEET since summer of 2019

 

[BluesRunTheGame]

Here another NEET since summer of 2019

Shout out to the class of '19.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

I've been a NEET on and off for five years or something. I tried to work and study several times but I always end up quitting. Mostly due to never fitting in, a constant lack of affection/intimacy (immobilizing psychological pain), not being motivated enough and a possibly impaired executive function.

why don't you come to chat more often? that was why I messaged you that time.

I reached 10 000 reactions and the videogames aren't going to play themselves. It's also good to distance myself from certain people to some extent.

 

[shush]

I've been a NEET for 6 years now.

 

[lucid]

Until (soon to be) recently, I have been for quite a few years. When I finally finished the hell that was school I figured no way in hell would I immediately face that again with college or a job. It's not really been my choice to get into any of it recently anyway, if I'm to live with other people I have to help out in some way.
I really want to stay as I was, though. It's much more comfortable and less stressful.

 

[meetapple]

I worked for my dad who is a doctor for a while. He retired and I have been a NEET since then. My law degree is just about useless because of the gap in my employment and the stressful nature of the jobs. I am fearful of working because I have social anxiety. I am ashamed of the fact that I can't work.

 

[Tomoko]

I was a NEET from 2018-2021. I was kicked out this year and forced to get a job. I hate it. It's made my suicidal thoughts skyrocket. Even though I sat in my room all day for years, I still had some pretty crazy times as a NEET.

 

[Seiba]

Homeschooled originally. I have no education in anything as my mother gave up on any education -- naturally it transitioned into neetdom. If my homeschooldom counts as neetdom then it started nearly ten years ago, but I suppose just a couple years if not. I do find twenty years old or nineteen years old who were realistically neets for a year at best posting about tendies and how based neetdom is to be a bit a of a novelty and tbh larpers. Maybe I'm a bit petty, but I have sympathy for neets who aren't massively self indulgent in that respect and acknowledge the nuance of being a jobless adult.

The level of isolation and inherent educational neglect is not really something many can relate to -- it's something made worse when it's your childhood years and you live as a child with no resources as an adult later on. Worse yet it makes you reliant on the same person who inherently allowed the neglect to happen regardless, so you must attempt to grow in an environment where no one cared if you rotted or not. My first attempt was largely focused around being homeschooled, on never being able to be interact within the world in a way that would not bring me harm and overall not being able to meet the level to teach myself years of schooling on my own alone in my room. Not even really a failure in any of the subjects being that difficult in of themselves, but rather the emotional weight and functioning to focus continually. I recall trying to do fifth grade math during that period and sometimes just laying down emotional pain for even reaching that low. It is probably the most contributing factor to my suicide, even if I have grown more emotionally apathetic and lazy than in any active emotional pain any longer. Perhaps, as I think I have written before if I tried to function more and did not get to be that of a feral creature of empty habits the pain would rise a bit. I imagine I won't find that out for a while.

 

[littlelungs]

NEET since 2018, due to my abysmal physical and mental "health", but for years before that, it wasn't at all uncommon for me to have to take a leave of absence from whatever job I had at the time, until I had almost no money left and was forced to go back to work... rinse and repeat. I shouldn't have been working and it's one of the main reasons as to why my condition is as bad as it is now. I was devastated when I completely had to stop working and studying in 2018, regardless of whether or not I got approved for disability, or had enough money to keep a roof over my head while living in low-income housing.

Despite being in such a bad way, I gave employment one last shot in 2019, but collapsed after a 4-hour shift on day 1, so I don't even count that.

I'm completely housebound and largely bedbound. It's difficult enough for me to do things that are required for my own basic survival, like make myself something to eat, never mind hold a job or finish my degree.