Anyone else here NEET (Not in Education Employment or Training) by choice?

[SFB123]

I've been NEET now for almost 6 months, is anyone else here NEET by choice? If so, what has been the impact of this on you?
For those who aren't NEET by choice I'd be interested to hear your take on things too :)

 

[ThatGuyOverThere]

yes. but also no, I chose to avoid education and employment by choice, because I can't stand the idea of contributing to this world, but I also know that If I attempted to get a job or start at collage/university I wouldn't be able to stand being there, both mentally and physically, as I have been cursed with Autism.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I'm not NEET but I wish I was. It sounds like an ideal life to me. I never wanted to wage slave and I don't see why I should just because I was born. I wish I could avoid wage slaving for decades

 

[Praestat_Mori]

I'm an aged NEET. After a big failure in life my only realistic option is a min-wage slave job but I reject becoming a wage-slave. I would like to work sth but not at all costs specifically when I don't like to do it and I don't have an advantage.

It's a mix of being forced to be a NEET and NEET by choice.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I'd like to be

 

[Coconut blue]

thats my ideal life but how the hell do i afford it

 

[Dark Moon]

Yes and no, I'm disabled with like three conditions one of which is autism. I highly doubt I'm cut out for the workplace.

If I wanted to work, I don't have the help/support to get me into the workplace and part of me doesn't want to participate in society.

 

[Vicolo cieco]

I'm a 29-year-old NEET. My parents let me leech off them because they know I'm a lost cause and I wouldn't be able to survive on my own.

 

[dkrw]

I'm NEET being a parasite to my mom and society

 

[BardBarrie]

I've been a NEET for many, many years — I'm hesitant to say "by choice" though.

You will quickly lose a lot of social respect and expectations, but I don't socialize so I don't much care.

I'm miserable and need to CTB, but I'd be even worse trying to hold down a job.

Some people just aren't suited to this world and are better off dead.

 

[divinemistress36]

Neet not by choice makes me feel like a loser

 

[cowboypants]

Not really by choice. I have ADHD / Autism, I got really frustrated with the system even before knowing I had autism.

Getting reminded I need to get a job by parents every day sux

 

[Nikitatos]

Don't bother. I did full-time work with full-time school to try to better my life. Deep state jackass monitor people's lives and will harm them if they get too healthy or happy.

 

[tsumihoroboshi]

i dropped out of school when i was 15 so it's been around 15-16 years of being NEET. staring at the same four walls. only leaving the house for appointments or seeing family.

tried getting GED but failed miserably and never tried again.

it is not by choice either. i had to drop out or i'd just be stuck repeating the same grade forever.

i don't remember the trigger, but at some point i became extremely agoraphobic too. maybe it was getting into true crime, i don't know. people terrify me. when i'm outside it's fun and i like being around people, but i'm so emotionally and educationally stunted that i can't talk to people like a normal person. i have no life experience. i have nothing. thinking about going anywhere alone is terrifying to me because of the fear someone will kill me. ex-friends have said "people can just break into your house and kill you" and i'm just. well. yes. that is their only option. why are you telling this to an already paranoid person anyway?

it's a miserable existence.

 

[Kokonoe]

I've been a NEET since late 2021. Whether or not it's by choice is debatable. Some things are out of my control, but I guess I could technically still try and get a job at least, but I know it wouldn't end well.
I qualify for disability and tried to get on that, but got rejected once and never had the energy to restart the process and try again. I genuinely don't know if being a NEET is warranted or not. I don't think I can handle anything else but I'm sure someone would argue otherwise.

Regardless, I absolutely hate this lifestyle. I hate having no control over my life in anyway. No matter how hard I try to get any control over my life it never works out. So, I'm just stuck like this until I die.

 

[SuicidalOrganism]

@sserafim and @Rocinante afaik

 

[Decided98]

I've been NEET now for almost 6 months, is anyone else here NEET by choice? If so, what has been the impact of this on you?
For those who aren't NEET by choice I'd be interested to hear your take on things too :)

I wish I was NEET I'm so exhausted

I'm not NEET but I wish I was. It sounds like an ideal life to me. I never wanted to wage slave and I don't see why I should just because I was born. I wish I could avoid wage slaving for decades

Same here

 

[jbear824]

I'm NEET. But not entirely by choice. My mental illness is so bad that unless I could have a job tailored to my needs and my life and my level of functioning, there is no way of ever being able to handle having one and not kill myself eventually.

But also sorta by choice because I refuse to be a slave for capitalist garbage.

 

[Lady Laudanum]

I was a NEET for 3 weeks because I was recovering from surgery. I'm so glad to be back to work. Working makes the time disappear so quickly. It's the best way to run away from my problems because it doesn't involve consuming substances that are bad for health, and it ensures that I won't go broke.

 

[Spectre]

On and off again. I get hopeful every once in awhile

 

[leavingthesoultrap]

I have been neeting on and off (had periods of working) ever since I dropped out of college.

 

[DepressedDude]

I always liked studying or working when I did on & off over the years, but now that I've been lobotomized by psych meds causing me to have no energy and realized everything's pointless I don't have the motivation to do anything anymore. I guess I'll be a NEET until I die which is hopefully soon.

 

[middlelord]

Just graduated college and still looking for a job. So i guess I'm a NEET for now, and not by choice XD. Job market is though out here.

 

[NumbItAll]

Been NEETing since 2009 due to depression. I checked out of life before adulthood because I never had any reason to care. I'll always be alone anyway so what's the point. I've tried to break out of it a few times to no avail. The best I can do is make some money from side hustles but not enough to make a living. Logically I should kill myself when my parents are dead since I am worthless and have no reason to exist. Overall I would rate the NEET lifestyle as atrocious, but participating in society looks even worse to me.

 

[Criticalgeese]

Guess I am a "NEET". Even through I've never had anyone call me that straight to my face. I just get called a parasite to my face by others. Never had job and I'd rather die than get one. Barely passed high school and a collage dropout. 14 years of being a socially anxious agoraphobic mess with no skills, talents, or friends. My parents are the only reason I'm still here.