I'm a worthless moron and I've been a NEET for 7 years and was a hikki for 10 months. I've always had someone to take care of me, my grandparents, father, or mother. Whenever they get tired of my bullshit, they sent me to live with somebody else. I always tell myself I'll do better, but my agoraphobia, depression, and low I.Q. have always stopped me from really trying. As long as I have a safety net, as long as I can lie to those who take care of me to keep their sympathy, I'll never really try. I only tried once, I left everybody behind and was homeless in Colorado for 12 days. I applied to as many jobs as I could and slept in an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. I got sick, panicked, and moved back in with my grandmother completely embarrassed. I gave up trying after that, convinced I just couldn't do it.
Still, I want to be on my own again. Even though I didn't sleep much, had no money, and was always scared, I felt relieved that I didn't have to encumber my family with disappointment and shame. I knew that whatever was going to happen to me, good or bad, I was going to have to deal with it myself and I would deserve the consequences. I feel like I have to do it again. I can't take the guilt of being a burden at 24. I can't take the subtle jabs from extended family members, my father patronizing me, my mother telling me to just get on SSRI's and collect disability. They have all given up on me and know that I can't do anything for myself. I really just want to be considered a human being again.
I'm don't want to go into this without a plan this time. I know how to make enough on the internet to feed myself, I can buy a cheap bike for transportation, and the area I'm thinking of has mild weather. I'm not fantasizing about some vagabond life. I'm sure homelessness is horrible and can hard to get out of, but this is fucking awful, too. I am constantly fantasizing about killing myself. I know I'm stupid, but I want to change. How can I make this work?
find yourself a wageslave job and move out? look for a homeless shelter to go into they can be shitty but just keep to yourself and don't make friends. btw life doesn't get better at least it didn't for me.
Camden Edwards
Sounds like you've been fed a lot of bullshit.
Everybody wants what's easy. Even if they are a pain in the ass themselves... these same people will still want what's easy.
But who actually gets what they deserve? For that matter, what do you actually deserve?
Even murderers proclaim their innocence up until the moment somebody hits the lights on their electric chair.
If even the worst are granted rooms to contemplate their mistakes, how much more are you owed?
The fact of the matter is only you can decide what you're worth. Anything else is what I like to call, "Exposition," - schemes created from the sadness of hearts.
Connor Walker
I've been fired from my last 2 jobs for being incompetent and socially abrasive. I've had DPDR since I was 17 and I just don't listen, I'm always in my head. I simply do not absorb information and don't know how to interact with people anymore. I'm sure it can be improved upon, but my natural inclination is to just leech to avoid being around people. As far as a homeless shelter goes, I've heard awful stuff: drugs, disease, things being stolen, and the shelter's treating you like scum. Hiding in the woods seems less stressful.
Benjamin White
I'm 24 as well, living with family temporarily and I am really trying to get out on my own again asap and for good.
Start by looking at your surroundings and your diet. Clean your living space if it's dirty, change your eating habits if you feel like shit, and stop sleeping in so late if you are. You need money, a decent wardrobe, some form of transportation whether it's auto, bike, public transit, and start looking for places to rent. Write out a budget. Get an idea of what it would cost every month for rent, utilities, groceries, misc expenses, so on and so forth. Where do you want to live and why? Pick a place. Check it out on Google Maps. See what's around. Make an ideal grocery list/note recipes you want to learn to make so you can cook for yourself. Just do SOMETHING.
It's hard to change but what sucks more is the poisonous slow-burn of not doing anything risky or adventurous. Good luck my friend
Kayden Moore
your life isnt going to change unless you want it to, your comments about being fired are excuses. How about just listen and try and get a job where you dont have to do anything complicated. Also if you fuck up on the job own it andtry and do better, dont blame it on "oh thats just my low iq and fucked social skills". Get a job being a bin man or something and just be upfront with people when ur working with them that you are socially retarded.
Jackson Rogers
Can't fucking stand parents like this that raise their kids to be a slob and then turn around and act like its the kids fault.
Christopher Evans
Wait so if you're 24 why don't you start at an entry level job? Work retail or restaurants, but if you're physically weak don't try factory or warehouse jobs, if you're not ready for that kind of work you'll only get discouraged. Start small and work your way up, I started working years later for similar reasons. I've been fed bullshit by family and bad schools.
Elijah Edwards
> I know how to make enough on the internet to feed myself
Is this the kind of idea you can share without jeopardizing your idea's value? You piqued considerable curiosity with this single statement.
Cooper Allen
Join the military. They have a job for any person above an 80 IQ, they give free food, clothing, and shelter. Sounds like you're the man for the job.
Jack Johnson
nah you're just a lazy piece of shit. if you blame your parents and not yourself you're just some autistic retard.
Jack Jenkins
Well it depends really. In many cases you are responsible for your actions but in other cases parents really are at fault for their kids turning out to be nasty individuals. I knew a guy that had EVERYTHING given to him since he was 5. The kid got pretty much anything he wanted whenever he wanted. This applied all the way until he was 18. He lost friends because he became obnoxious, selfish, a narcissist, just plain bad. At this point whatever he does to get his way will be his fault but you can't tell me his parents are not partly responsible for the way he turned out. I'm pretty sure they should share the blame.
Jackson Allen
How was that his parents fault?
John Torres
No discipline whatsoever to start. They rarely if ever say no to what he wants. If he wanted some kid's toy his parents ask the kid to give him the toy. His parents are pretty selfish themselves and envious. No doubt their kid learned to think this way, it showed. To top it off the kid's mother is the kind of person that doesn't admit when she's wrong. She'll never apologize to you, for anything she does. I think you should get the picture now.
Benjamin Adams
I don't qualify for the military. I've been in several in-patient programs and I was denied due to my mental diagnoses. It simply can't happen, though I wish I could join up.
I can't blame my parents for everything, but they definitely played a part. They neglected me and let me do whatever I pleased, which was play videogames and read trashy fantasy books. I was pulled out of school due to bullying at age 14 and haven't done jack shit since, even when I fought with them to be put back in school. My mother's excuse for me not going back to school was that the school in our district had too many Mexicans, so I had to get my GED, which was a fucking mistake. Still, a lot of my poor decisions happened during adulthood. I've had so many opportunities to turn things around, but I turned them down because I was afraid of fucking things up and being around people. A lot of this is on me.
I've worked entry levels jobs, but I just can't do it anymore. I have degenerated to such a point that I can't even talk to people. I've been trying for months to get just a dishwashing job so I don't have to interact with others, but thus far I have no bites.
There's no secret to it. I just do surveys on Prolific and HITS on Mturk. Mturk provides more money if you stick with it, but can be very tedious.
Isaac Richardson
have you ever concidered taking up boxing or somthing like it?
Jace Harris
This
When I see a shooting on the news, I absolutely blame the parents for not knowing / doing anything. Of course, at the end of the day it was the shooters hand on the trigger and he made that decision, no one was forcing him, but my point is people don't become like that out of nowhere. It's all bad habits which start when you're young, and how is a child supposed to know any better? It's the parents job to discipline them.
Bentley Taylor
I have thought that maybe taking up Judo or BJJ would be good for me, but the nearest gym is in another town.
Henry Reyes
Cause i feel like you need somthing that can keep you really centered, hey if you have to go to another town might as well do it at this point you have nothing to lose. Also have you ever thought about going to trade school?
Parker Walker
You’re an adult now stop being such a self centred little baby
Mason Williams
>I have problems listening >JUST LISTEN
lol don't drain the Jow Forums brain trust all at once
James Adams
>You reach a certain age?, let's totally forget about nurture and blame it on nature.
Oliver Powell
>become an adult >unwilling to take responsibility for their shortcomings Kys you faggot
Jose Jenkins
Unrelated but did you get DPDR from smoking weed? I got it as a teen as well.
Charles Howard
Yeah, I got DPDR from smoking weed. It kind of descended slowly and has just been getting worse and worse since. Not a single doctor has been able to help me with it and my parents have always refused to acknowledge it. I feel like an insect wearing human skin.
Robert Miller
I've worked with the homeless before (one guy in particular who I think was an user because he was really into Linux and tech) and I'll tell you now, do all you can to not be homeless. You want to avoid getting on disability but many of the homeless find they have no other option than to get disability if they qualify or on general relief aid.
Have you thought of seeing a therapist? They could probably help you plan out a path out of neetdom.
Dominic Foster
It happened to me badly 3 years ago when I was 15, I was having constant anxiety and panic attacks and felt like I was watching my life through a TV screen, nowadays I still feel it occasionally but I'm pretty much normal, or at least I function completely normally, it has hardly any negative impact on my life, apart from I have to be on top of my sleep schedule or it comes back again. If you want someone to talk about it with just let me know.
Thomas Thompson
Do you wanna tango? I'll dance on your grave motherfucker.
Jason Nguyen
New here. Don't know what DPDR is. I imagine "depression is one of those Ds but there are two Ds... my favorite. ;)
Seriously; what's the acronym mean anons? thx
Henry Powell
It means depersonalization and derealization disorder. Dissociation, basically.
Connor Sanders
I can see one once I'm on my state's low income healthcare plan.
Owen Perez
I've also noticed that my sleep quality greatly impacts my DP, but I struggle to quiet my mind when I need to sleep so I often will fuck up my schedule. Is there anything else you've found helpful?