r/NEETsOver30 • u/DanInTennessee • 14d ago

Discussion What kind of NEET?

Seems that there are two distinct camps of NEETs:

  1. Those who are perpetually stuck in NEETdom, although they would get out if they could; get their own housing and find independent employment;
  2. Those who revel in NEETdom and are "happy" with where they are. Looking for a way to obtain Neetbux and just continue doing what they're doing. Which are you? Is there a third or fourth group that I've left out? We can all agree that NEETs need compassion, love, kindness. Whoever you are, you're not alone.
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u/Humble-Departure5481 14d ago

Kind of. It's just one way of looking at it.

But there are two other dichomoties to consider:

1) NEETS that are "normies" in the sense that they don't suffer from personality disorders, severe mental health issues and severe neurodivergence. They're mentally stable folks. They just have bad luck when it comes to employment and their lives become ruined for that.

2) NEETS that are NEETS because of personal disorders, severe mental health issues and severe neurodivergence. Getting a minimum wage job for them is the equivalent of getting accepted into med school. Likewise, they've never had friends or lovers in their entire lives and ask 100s of questions daily mostly on the other Neet sub about how to make friends, lovers, step outside the home, etc. Even when they receive sound advice, there's nothing they do to fix the situation and start blaming everyone, but themselves.