/hikki/ - NEET / Advice

>how long have you been a NEET?
Almost 2 years now.
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
Selective mutism (fear of talking to people), Internet addiction.
>what do you do all day?
I spend most of my free time on the Internet.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Online: Steam friends, people I work on open source projects with. Offline: I have a mentor helping me find a job, I see her once a week. I also do volunteering for a mental health charity and helping other young people in similar situations find a job.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
I now try to force myself to go outside and talk to people at least once a day to get over my anxiety.
>do you live independently or with parents?
Mom and grandmother.

>how long have you been a NEET?
I have been a Hikki/Neet/Freeter for about 10 years now .. Man, time sure does fly
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
I had a lot of potential up until my third year of high school (or well, my countrys equivalent to high school) when I got an extreme anxiety/psychosis attack due to past abuse and growing up in a family with a history of severe mental illness. For years I had just tried to shrug it off, until I finally hit my breaking point. I fucked up school and graduated with piss poor grades, I alienated all my friends except one and I also pretty much destroyed my life and my future. I was off the system for about 4 years before I finally tried to get back into society, and by then, it was aparently to late. I am almost 30 now and ive been trying since I was 24 to get some kind of stable career and life, but I just cant seem to get it to work.
>what do you do all day?
I draw and do 3d modeling while working a weekend job to earn money for atleast basic expenses. Ive been trying to go back to school to study something creative such as game design or art, but in all theese years, only two high school level courses have accepted me and that was when I was about 23-24 years old. For the past 2 years, I have applied to a school for game art, but they keep rejecting me due to my poor grades and presumably bad portfolio. Being 30 soon, I guess i might as well give up on it.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
I only have one single friend irl. He was also a bit socially akward for most of his 20s but he is becoming more and more integrated into society, so I guess ill end up completely alone. I dont have any real online friends atm.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
I go out for jogs and walks every now and then. I also have to leave the house to go to my weekend job.
>do you live independently or with parents?
I rent a tiny place from my friend. Its isolated, but atleast I get to be alone to work on my art and such. I guess ill stay until my friend throws me out or until I die.

>how long have you been a NEET?
About 2 years now.

>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
Mentall illness, autism, depression, anxiety, lonely, my only best friend left me cus of how retarded I am, you know the usual

>what do you do all day?
play vidya, watch anime, go on the internet, think about how much I hate myself

>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
online i talk to some people on steam, offline I guess I talk to some people at school

>how often do you get outside, if at all?
only when I need to go somewhere by any means, usually school

>do you live independently or with parents?
with parents

>>3083
>school
Do you know what NEET means?

>how long have you been a NEET?
2 years
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
Developed a panic disorder during uni, ignored it, blew up on me when I graduated. The job market where I live isn't doing me any favours.
>what do you do all day?
Programming, surfing youtube, random computer projects, housework and vidya of course.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Online - Image boards
Offline - Every now and again I see the few friends I keep in touch with. One of my friends is a fellow NEET who I see more often.
> how often do you get outside, if at all?
Almost everyday I try to force myself to do some sort of exposure therapy. Normally walking, driving, going to the grocery store for errands.
> do you live independently or with parents?
With parents

>how long have you been a NEET?
one year soon, tho during my 4 years in college I was living the lifestyle already, skipped classes that were not mandatory, didn't socialize with anyone

>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
I didn't network during college, so I just finished and I was without direction.

>what do you do all day?
shitpost and play videogames
used to work out but last 6 months been lacking motivation and am doing it even less each month, skipped last three weeks

>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
online, various chans, don't like discord, I speak with people in WoW just to set up raids
offline, I talk some with my parents during meals, once a month or so some old school friends hang out, some of them are also neet

>how often do you get outside, if at all?
havn't left home for two weeks
used to leave almost everyday to go to the gym 6 months ago, went down to 2 days a week, i'd really like to get some motivation to go back at it

>do you live independently or with parents?
parents

>>19
>how long have you been a NEET?
16 Months

>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
I wanted to find a job that was higher than minimum wage at first, then I decided to try to find something that wasn't fast food, 16 months later I still haven't had any luck.
There's barely any jobs where I live (small town, USA) and it's also become so bad with crime, violence, and drugs I'm terrified to have any social interactions with majority of the people in my town.

>what do you do all day?
Well I just recently finally got my sleeping schedule back on track, I used to stay up all night playing video games, watching anime, browsing chan sites and other parts of the web, fapping, watching informational / educational videos. Now I plan on trying to learn more about how to do things on my own and possibly take some online courses that are free as well as try to learn another language (probably Japanese)

>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Online - Chan sites, random people on various websites, then a very few number of people actually talk to me on Facebook.
Offline - I usually only spend time with my family, my girlfriend when she's actually home or with the group of people I play Yugioh with. (main reason why I still play it)

>how often do you get outside, if at all?
Once or twice a week if I'm lucky.

>do you live independently or with parents?
I live with my girlfriend, it feels like shit because she pretty much takes care of me and I feel so useless like I can't do anything.
I feel if something doesn't change soon, I'll be packing my stuff and moving into a storage room at my grandmas.
I mean if I had a job we also wouldn't live in this fucking nightmare I call an apartment. It's a little one bedroom with people above us and they are LOUD it's almost unbearable to live here with not enough space and dealing with hearing noise and creaks 24/7. My depression has been getting the better of me lately. I need a real life change and push myself to muster up the motivation to get me out of this.

>how long have you been a NEET?
6 and a half years, complete hiki for the last 5.

>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
Mental health issues, mainly ASD & Anxiety (Both social and general). Was on track for theoretical physics degree but couldn't cope with the stress/socialising/expectations. Started smoking weed to cope and ended up dropping out on my last year.

>what do you do all day?
Mostly PC, occasional chores. Ususally either gaming, programming (but I haven't the motivation anymore), and reading random things to pass the time.

>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Several friends on TeamSpeak and Skype who I talk to. One RL friend from school but he lives far away so I've only met up with him once in all this time. Only one other hiki friend.

>how often do you get outside, if at all?
Rarely. Trying to a bit more now even if I don't have a real reason to. It seems so surreal out there after all this time, so it takes a lot of mental energy to even take a walk.

>do you live independently or with parents?
With my mother. She's sympathetic to my mental health so doesn't mind. Worries for my future, though not as much as I do.

>how long have you been a NEET?
Kinda hard to say as I have been trying to do something with my life, failing and eventually going back to the scratch all time. Oficially, the last time I've tried to do something was in 2015, but I'm a NEET de facto since 2011, when I dropped out school.


>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
I don't know, I've never liked to socialize and I've never been interested in "normal" things. You know, maybe I (and us) just wasn't made to live in society. Maybe there are "lone humans" who rejects society just like there are lone wolves who rejects their packs. I always got nervous in social situations, reaching to the point of sweating and shaking when talking to strangers. But everything really went downhills after my father dies and I had to left school to take care of my mother.

>what do you do all day?
Housework, walking outside, gaming, internet (animus, chans, porn, this sort of thing).


>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Offline, pretty much only my family. Online, I have plenty of friends, particularly from steam. I'm very grateful for that: these people are my only source of contact with the outside world and the only thing keeping me from commiting sudoku.

>how often do you get outside, if at all?
Usually once a day.

>do you live independently or with parents?
Mother.

>how long have you been a NEET?
Over a year now. I was a NEET once before too which lasted for a year before I tried college.
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
I had a mental breakdown. Now I'm just lazy, apathetic/depressed, or maybe I'm a coward
>what do you do all day?
Gardening, reading sometimes, sleeping, exercise, watching films, playing music. When my depreshun gets bad then I don't do anything except for sleep and vegetate. I have to force myself to do things.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Used to sit on IRC, now I just chat with a couple of old 4chan friends on skype once in a while.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
It's summer right now so I go out into the garden almost everyday. I leave the 'property' maybe once a week to go for a walk.
>do you live independently or with parents?
With my parents, I'm a worthless leech

>how long have you been a NEET?
3 years
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
I wanted to study math in college but exposure to that level of study made me exhausted and ineffective. I also have trouble going into public without a family member.
>what do you do all day?
Study my fields of interest at the pace of an iceberg and try to make progress in spiritual development. When it gets tiring again i watch game shows or old movies on TV to relax.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
I post on discussion boards and write text documents to myself. Offline my loneliness is abated by my father and sister who i see at least once a day to retrieve dinner from.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
When they eat out i usually go along, about twice a week. I also try to go into the yard and pull weeds a few times a week if it's quiet out.
>do you live independently or with parents?
With parent

The reason I'm a neet is because I have this awful paranoia that people want to kill me and television news are talking about me, it's irrational but I can't stop feeling that way.

>how long have you been a NEET?
Technically forever? I never went to school, worked or anything. I'm incapable of being productive.
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
Dysfunctional childhood.
>what do you do all day?
Post on image boards, listen to albums, watch films, read manga, watch youtube videos, watch anime, play old SNES/N64 games, write in my dream journal or write stories, play piano, sing, watch weather videos of storms or nature videos, make youtube videos about weather/storms/nature/animals/insects/nightwalks and dreams, make youtube videos where I create sort of short film length edits featuring my music combining all sorts of art I've made that capture a comfy/surreal/depressing feeling, talk to myself, pet my cats, obsessively draw people getting progressively older (several hours per day), make up new worlds on the spot and live out stories inside of them along with simple visual guides through maladaptive daydreaming and my own adaptation of sleepwalking, talk to the evil god that lives inside of my brain.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Haven't had human communication or contact offline outside of parents in 10 years. Online I only talk to fellow NEET/hikikomori but I don't have any real friends. Mostly just talk to people who watch my videos and strangers on image boards centered around my hobbies.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
Only nightwalks. I've gone years without leaving my room, but right now maybe once every 6 months.
>do you live independently or with parents?
Parent.

>How long have you been a neet??

4 years

>Was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?

Got fired from my job that i had from 2009-2013 and now i have no desire to work to be honest and a few years earlier i was a hikki because of my social anxiety bullying and my autism
>What do you do all day?

Shitpost watch movies and anime play video games fap

>What form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?

Parents imageboards some irl friends


>How often do you get outside, if at all?

Only once or twice a day

>Do you live independently or with parents?

independently

>>3613
The thing I always wonder is - how can you survive independently while NEET?

I was terrified of going outside, but the reality that I was about to be homeless (and dead) has forced me to work.

>>3614
Independently wealthy (savings or investments), or more likely, getting money from some other source (usually parents or benefits or some kind)

>>3616
It's because your parents had to get that money from somewhere. You're taking something from them without giving anything back. Selfishness is generally looked down upon for obvious reasons. What does is say about a person when they're incapable of doing what millions of others can? I'm not blaming you or anything, I don't know your circumstances, but at least try to look at it from an average person's point of view.

>>3620
To me it sounds like your dad is fucked in the head. It seems like mental illness runs in your family. Let me tell you what a normal person's life is like, because it's not that. First of all they go to school as a child on a daily basis. They know basic hygiene and toiletry, "skills", by the age of ten. They study for tests and get decent grades. The majority also do some kind of extracurricular activity like learning how to play a musical instrument or athletics. They go to college based on their grades and financial situation(a lot of people get bank loans), choose a profession, take classes to get a degree, and try to do some internships related to their chosen field at the same time. After their education is done they find a job and an affordable place to live. This is what mortgages are for. They are then an independent person. They pay for all of their living expenses and taxes. This is what it is to be a well-adjusted person who is not a leech. If I was you, I'd get the fuck away from my bat shit insane family. You should have been able to brush your fucking hair before your balls dropped. You have no reason to be thankful to your dad for teaching you a kindergarten skill at nineteen. Get away from them. Get some money from somewhere and skip town without a trace on a bus. Get your life into your control. Before that you should probably try to get some kind of an education. Knowledge is power. You have a computer right? I don't know, call the cops or something. Clearly your family is fucked up in some manor. There's difference between living in ghandi-eaque poverty an being a regular human being.

>>3624
>it was the only school my dad would pay for despite all attempts to explain to him how shit it was and of course there was literally no way i would go to any other school because how am i going to afford it even with my meager "life savings" and everyone discouraging me from going

Get a bank loan, go to a real college despite what your parents tell you, and when you have a proper education, go to a town with a more thriving economy. If you're really so poor then you can probably get some kind of benefits like a scholarship or welfare or something. Do some research on this. You're already an adult. Also, try to start capitalizing your Is, using apostrophes, and putting periods at the end of a sentence. You don't have to write like you have a mental illness if you understand basic grammatical rules.

I'm a neet because of my skin color. white people keep oppressing me

>>3630
Actually, the joke is on you, my friend. In my spare time, I run a business selling paintings I created to local people. This is my third business. It's easy to start a business if you just change your reality.

>>3640
You still don't have a proper college education and you still don't make enough money to support yourself. I don't get why you're acting like i'm insulting you. It's a fact that despite being an adult, you are not financially independent. How many paintings would it take to pay for a private college? You'll be eighty by the time you get to that number, and by that point no company will hire you. Take a bank loan.

16 years NEET, im 38

rocky mtn spotted fever as a infant (13mo) has caused bad motion control in my legs and constant nerve pain. injury , death of wife

i garden, try to walk often (took years to start enjoying the out of doors) play games, read, try to be creative including making boardgames and d&d (im a dm). i break down old electronics and harvest metals as well as pc or tablet repair. electronics once was a hobby is now a major source of my income. i have a good friend that owns a board game store and a chain of game stores so i can get work at his warehouses under the table, super flexible hours and the fact he is a friend is the only reason i can do it.

i have hardly any social activity. i had to drop most of my friends since they are on drugs. my d&d group is a ggood social/creative outlet and i still have a few close friends . i dont date ( since my son lost his mother i am a large part of his personal identity. so i stay single until he is older and its healthy for him.) also i dont experience the full range of human emotion anymore. so i dont experience boredom. my 11 year old son with me at home all day. so we play alot of multiplayer games together.

i force myself top go out and walk my dog and do simple gardening , paint the house. constantly cleaning the house .. if i dont move around or exercise at all my anxiety peaks from stress induced by nerve pain.

i own my own home, i also get death benefits from my wifes death. Thank god i live in a capitalistic country and can make money instead of living off others. that provides me with self value and esteem. im white and male so i dont get hardly the same income benefits as a minority with social programs. at first i didnt make any money and was a drain on my countryman and family. over the last 8 years i have really worked hard to change that and my depression has lifted to normal levels!

good luck paying back those student loans, bank shill

>how long have you been a NEET?
since 2010
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
grad highschool in 2010
had to stop working because of allergies from nose-hairs bugging me. my hair brows very fast and thick.
>what do you do all day?
sleep for 9 - 14hours
look at porn for an hour/bathroom stuff every morning
leave aimp/discord/steam running while reading chans/doing things from backlog
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
chans/discord/steam
family members
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
every 2weeks for food trips
>do you live independently or with parents?
moved into my own place JAN 2017


discord; flint#8647
steam; nuct

>>3614
> how can you survive independently while NEET?

I get money from the government.

>>45

I suppose it's a bit off topic but I finally made it out.

I hope some of you others are doing better as well.

>>5614
Congratulations, anon!

>>5614 nice man!

>how long have you been a NEET?

About 5 months now

>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?

I have zero ambitions and no sense of direction. Also, I'm a brainlet and that if I were to work I'd probably be stuck working at a supermarket for the rest of my life.

>what do you do all day?

Go to the gym,read,shitpost,and cum

>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
how often do you get outside, if at all?

Social interactions: Parents, siblings, and image boards. I go outside everyday, just mindlessly walking around and window shopping. I also do a bit of cardio in order to stay in shape.

>do you live independently or with parents?

With parents. Though, I'm not sure how long I can keep this up for.

>>19
>how long have you been a NEET?
I'd say for about a year now, but technically I've been a NEET since birth because I never received any form of schooling when I was younger.
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
I do not want to do anything with my life besides indulge in my hobbies. I see working as a form of modern slavery and I don't see the point of working to sustain a lifestyle that I wouldn't care to live. Basically, working restricts freedom and takes too much time.
>what do you do all day?
I used to try learning languages, musical instruments and do lots of exercise, but recently I fell back into bad habits like surfing the internet for 11 hours a day or masturbating (which makes me demotivated and lazy), but I'm slowly dragging myself out of the dirt.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
None besides my family. I only go to family gathering/events so that my parents leave me alone for awhile. I don't desire friendship or anything like that.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
I don't really have any issues with going outside. I often go on walks.
>do you live independently or with parents?
I live with my parents. I would rather live alone, but doing so would mean I have to slave away to work so, I don't do it. I'll probably end up homeless when my parents pass.

>>5639
>I see working as a form of modern slavery and I don't see the point of working to sustain a lifestyle that I wouldn't care to live. Basically, working restricts freedom and takes too much time.

This video has helped me with this thought and I feel it applies to many things in life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPxECofmcBs

>how long have you been a NEET?
almost a year now
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
no, its my own doing. I am absolutely opposed to getting a job or going to college.
>what do you do all day?
chat on IRC, read, post on *chans, sleep (usually during the daytime)
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
online: see above. offline I avoid interaction as much as I can.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
I usually go for a walk every midnight or so.
>do you live independently or with parents?
I live alone

>how long have you been a NEET?
About seven years.

>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
Immense stress from family issues and high school alongside mental illness. Attempted to find work after a mental breakdown where I refused to leave the house for months. No results, even with assistance from a job employment agency. Realized after a few years that I had no strong sense of direction and dedicated myself to indulging in my hobbies for a while.

>what do you do all day?
Used to just entertain myself with media-related hobbies like vidya, anime and movies. Even tried to do productive and social stuff like write stories, online roleplay, build Gunpla and online tabletop RPGs. Now I just sit in front of my computer screen and desperately try to find ways to amuse myself until my next online D&D session with friends I've met in real life.

>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Online: I frequently chat with friends on Discord or Steam. But I'm inevitably losing the ability to hold a conversation with them.
Offline: My mother and younger brother at home, neighbors, and my job agency provider that I see every fortnight. Otherwise I just talk to cashiers whenever I need to leave the house for anything.

>how often do you get outside, if at all?
Once or twice a week, I think. There's nothing to do in this town that interests me enough to leave the house unless my friends come to visit me from another state or town.

>do you live independently or with parents?
I live with my mother and younger brother.

>>19

>how long have you been a NEET?
Since I was about 13 years old.

>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
Yes. My parents took me out of school at 12-13ish because muh religion or something, then let me rot with only the internet to keep me company. Severe neglect. That was of course a long time ago, I'm too far gone now.

>what do you do all day?
Practically nothing.
Browse, watch, post, vidya, fap, eat, shit, sleep. Literally all I do. I used to have code/art projects to keep me busy. I fucked up my routine and then everything went to shit. Can't get back into it no matter how hard I try. I lack the executive function to force myself to do anything that takes more effort than writing a text post, despite the fact that I want to. My brain is fried beyond belief. My autism and ADHD are probably progressive. Maybe I have clinical depression now too.


>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
A few discord friends I play vidya with on occasions, image boards and reddit are all my interactions outside of exchanging a few words with parents each day. I often speak less than 20 words per day, sometimes even 0.

>how often do you get outside, if at all?
Can't remember the last time. It's been a year, minimum. I currently have no real reason to do so. The idea of going outside gets scarier every passing day.

>do you live independently or with parents?
Parents. If/when I lose their support, I might have to commit.

>>964

A hikki living alone without a job? It's rare, but it can and does happen.

I've read about porn commission/Patreon artists and porn game devs who didn't leave their houses for 6+ months at a time (which is something I've strongly considered pursuing myself, but I'm not skilled enough yet).

>>5690

Fuck, well ignore the "without a job" part unless like me you don't really consider that a "job."

>how long have you been a NEET?
A total of four and a half years, off and on. I now have a job after 4 months of unemployment.
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
Bullying and abandonment in grade school sealed the deal for my depression.
>what do you do all day?
When I'm NEET I mindlessly browse the web, tinker with my computer, or play whatever game I'm feeling at the moment.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
I have a few online friends who were also NEETs for a long time. One of them I met in highschool, the other two I've since met IRL. Actually ended up living with one of those two which got me out of my dad's place, and I still keep close communication with my other bud, despite our friend group online dismantling. Made some normie friends that were girls recently, but that ended when I got too drunk with one and groped her.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
Before I moved out, almost never. Didn't really have a clue what the world and people were about, besides from what I saw inside my hometown or on my computer screen. Now that I've moved out I go outside to work, skate, eat, or drink. That's about it.
>do you live independently or with parents?
I moved out of my dad's place when I was 19.

>>5690
I do live alone on disability bux. Almost everything gets delivered and magically materializes at my doorstep.
The system works but isn't very stable… or enjoyable.

>how long have you been a NEET?
entering my 3rd year
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
being maniaco-depressive. but what marked my entry in NEETdom was a bad case of social phobia, basically unable to go out without ending up choking and almost fainting. i overcame it enventually and now im looking to get back into education and work
>what do you do all day?
look for a job (lol); play games watch films, make art (i studied art before being a NEET), browse on twitter(super time consuming)
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
family and internet friends. sometimes my longtime friend from middle school
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
once every two weeks.. my record so far is 4 monts
>do you live independently or with parents?
was independent the 1st year and now i live with my mother&siblings. shes veeery hard to live with though, so i want to move out asap even if i prefer living with others

>how long have you been a NEET?
Six years, currently trying to get out of it by working online.
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
I intensely prefer my room over the outside. I intensely prefer being alone rather than around people.
>what do you do all day?
Jump from personal project from personal project while believing each time "is the one thing I'll stick to and see it through the end", while watching youtube, playing games or just doing nothing at all.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Imageboards online, parents offline.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
Once a month give it or take.
>do you live independently or with parents?
With parents.

>how long have you been a NEET?
Three years.

>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
Social anxiety and misanthropy. I hated dealing with people.
Tried doing college online, but I got bored and felt like I didn't learn anything, and the rest is history.

>what do you do all day?
Game dev, play games, write in my journal, workout, mess with computer stuff from time to time, and sleep. Contemplating on playing guitar but eh.

>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Offline: Mum and brother.
Online: I have two friends, but we pretty much talk only a little bit these days.

>how often do you get outside, if at all?
Only time I go outside is whenever I have a doctors' appointment for my medication. Other than that, I rarely go outside

>do you live independently or with parents?
Mother.

>how long have you been a NEET?
since i dropped out of high school.
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
im very asocial and antisocial.
>what do you do all day?
play video games, watch films shows make lists.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
group chats, matrix chats, banter on forums n boards.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
maybe once a week or every 2 weeks i go on a walk.
>do you live independently or with parents?
with parents.

>how long have you been a NEET?
About 5 years now?
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
I simply do not want to work. It makes me miserable and suicidal. I have some issue where I can't sleep at the same time every day, so being forced to wake up at the same time just means I will be chronically sleep deprived as I was my entire childhood, university, and when I did have a job. I am also diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorder and bipolar, which I take medication for.
>what do you do all day?
I play team fortress 2, play eroge, watch anime, watch youtube, read some non-fiction books and watch lectures to further my knowing. ALso Make music and other creative projects. I used to visit imageboards all the time but these days less so.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
I have 2 irl friends, one of whom lives far away so I see him rarely, the other I also see rarely because I don't want to go outside. I have various online friends. I also have a transgender online girlfriend which is nice.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
I go out weekly for groceries, and then maybe once a month I go to the cinema with my friend.
>do you live independently or with parents?
I live alone. I own my own apartment and I have a sizable inheritance from my parent's death which allows me to survive so long as I live cheaply. Which is fine because I am low maintenance. I don't mind eating rice and beans to live.

>how long have you been a NEET?
about two years

>reason for you becoming a NEET?
decline in mental health and worsening working conditions at my job

>what do you do all day?
watching youtube, reading, cooking, gaming, making music

>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
a few irl friends I mostly chat with online, occasional visiting relatives

>how often do you get outside, if at all?
usually once a day for around 30 minutes, sometimes I stay indoors for a couple of days

>do you live independently or with parents?
independently

>how long have you been a NEET?
Three or so years.

>reason for you becoming a NEET?
Had full-time job for about five and a half years, then the lockdowns happened, then I lost my job.

>what do you do all day?
Youtube, Minecraft, chatting.

>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Nothing IRL, just online chatting (mostly on the fediverse but I pop back to image boards every several months or so)

>how often do you get outside, if at all?
Two or three times a week. Mostly to watch my nieces.

>do you live independently or with parents?
Live with parent.

>how long have you been a NEET?
probably 4 or 5 years now
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
i just never went back to school after moving. no high school education means i'm unable to find a job where i live for the most part. i've tried for a while and no places want me. i guess aside from that i'm just not compatible with other people. i'm happier when i'm alone
>what do you do all day?
i like to draw every day, i'm attempting to learn how to compose music and create video games using rpg maker. i do a lot of cleaning and household activities as well as picking up some exercise recently. i think my daily activities are a lot better than what they used to be when i was always around other people
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
only talk to family offline, but even then i still distance from them. i have a few people i talk to online
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
maybe once a month. i want to start going for walks again, stopped initially because i was unnerved by other people
>do you live independently or with parents?
parent and siblings. though i'm getting a lot older and i'll have to move eventually

>how long have you been a NEET?
Since the day I dropped out high school near the end 2016, so 7-8 years now.

>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
Autism and my upbringing: grew up poor, raised by an unstable and neglectful parent, and having my mind and spirit (and my front teeth) broken by the public school hell. Relentless bullying (which turned into regular assaults and beatings from middle school onward) and alienation throughout my entire adolescence lead to me becoming a dysfunctional non-adult who is isolated, and extremely paranoid about others. I don't believe I would've survived another year of HS. Thoughts of ending it still regularly cross my mind when painful memories from school randomly come back, or whenever I'm reminded of just how far behind I am compared to normal healthy people my age (24) and younger.

>what do you do all day?
I lost interest in my hobbies (namely art and gamedev) and did nothing but sleep all day, and lurk various image boards and dead forums from 2017-2020. September 2021 I upgraded from my old laptop to a decent PC with money I had saved from the stimulus checks, and decided to get back into art, learn and get good at 3D art with Blender, and actually create something instead of wasting away. I squandered much of 2022, binging through various games I had missed out on, and did not make as much progress as I had wished. Starting 2023, I decided to play less games and dedicate my time to practicing and grinding away at 2D and 3D art until it's decent enough to post online, get good at animating, and learn a certain game engine I've been wanting to work with. I Feel like I've made good progress over the past year, and have come to realize that I absolutely need to keep myself busy, as to not ruminate over negative thoughts and memories, or engage in self-destructive behavior.

>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
I currently have zero internet friends, no presence on social media, and never had single IRL friend either. My mother and 19 year old brother (who is also a neet and autistic) are usually locked away in their rooms like myself. We only exchange a few words with each other each day, if any. I feel like I'm too broken to connect with anyone anymore, and just not compatible with this society which has devolved into a permanent high school culture.

>how often do you get outside, if at all?
Not counting the brief hospitalizations in 2021, I can count the number of times I willingly left the house these past seven years on one hand: 1.) getting my state ID in 2018 and 2.) opening my first bank account in 2020.

>do you live independently or with parents?
Still living with my mother and brother. I feel somewhat more at peace right now, but very unsure about the future.

>>19
>how long have you been a NEET?
5-6 years, fuck me
>was there a reason for you becoming a NEET?
It first started when i was going to college then i had a constant panic attack that lasted a month or a couple of weeks. In which i had spent most of my days sleeping then if not having an anxiety attack. It obviously eventually ended in me being kicked out because i wasn't showing up and i just never tried to go back.
>what do you do all day?
I basically waste my life away playing games, I do read once in a while but most things are quite boring or unfun.
>what form of social interaction do you have, online and offline?
Not much i don't have any friends anymore both real life and offline, i mostly just talk to my sibling once in a while. It isn't enough though so i mostly just suffer and endure with playing games.
>how often do you get outside, if at all?
I used to go outside a lot but now it is once in a while when i have a bit of money saved.
>do you live independently or with parents?
With family sadly, holy shit i wrote my life story.

>>8052
i hope the best for you and that your life can get back on track, especially with the 3d blender art. the world is a cruel place.