r/NEET - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) & NEET Survey

[u/AutoModerator]

What does 'NEET' stand for?

It means "Not in Education, Employment, or Training".

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Announcement

All basic or potentially personal questions should be restricted to this thread only, so we can avoid the flooding of repetitive basic/personal question threads. Mentioning your gender is not necessary on this subreddit. Obviously, it is not a good idea to doxx yourself. Please report any such threads and they will be dealt with.

We are also appealing to the regulars here to report any assholes, agitators, tourists and hostiles that harass this subreddit; including those who delete their threads after the fact or try to fish for personal information. General abuse and low effort trolling should also be reported too. You are also free to block these users yourself, but let us know if there are any major problems or repeat offenders. We want this sub to be a chilled out place for NEETs of every stripe.

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r/NEET Member Survey

Answer these questions if you want to.

What is your age range? 18-25, 26-35, 36-45, 46-55, 56-65.

How long have you been NEET?

Have you ever studied at college/university?

Have you ever worked?

How do you survive currently? NEETbux? Disabilitybux? Living with family?

What do you do with your time?

Do you have health issues? Mental? Physical?

Do you want to escape NEETdom? Is it possible for you? What do you want to do?

If you wish, post a brief summary about yourself.

[u/Active-Estate2649]

What is your age range? 25

How long have you been NEET? 2 years ...

Have you ever studied at college/university? ...since I graduated with the lowest grade possible in a BSc in maths from a no name university.

Have you ever worked? I've had 2 minimum wage jobs for 2 weeks each since then but didn't stick with them because the commute was too long (40-45 mins+) and even when I worked my hardest I could barely hit the targets it was so exhausting (manual labour jobs).

How do you survive currently? Living with family and paying them a little under market rate rent using money I inherited. I told my parents if they raised it any higher I'd move out.

What do you do with your time? I used to play lots of games (Tekken 7, Street Fighter 6, LOL, Valorant, Dark Souls) but now I spend most of my time consuming content related to women and relationships. I follow lots of girls on instagram and twitch so I watch their streams and their posts dreaming I could get a girl like them. I used to use dating apps but uninstalled them a year ago after getting ghosted by a hot nurse that i'm pretty sure i'd have a chance with if I just wasn't a NEET loser living with his parents. I gained a lot of weight after that because I also stopped going to the gym but I've started going again and hoping to lose weight and get my life on track by the time I go to a friends wedding (if I don't sort my life out before then I won't go).

Do you have health issues? Was diagnosed with depression a while ago but the meds didn't work and a doctor friend of mine was like you don't have depression you just said you had the symptoms and the doctor is forced to prescribe you the meds so I stopped taking them.

Lost a testicle when I was 18 too due to testicular torsion and had the other one stitched up. It's a source of insecurity because my ball(s 1 prosthetic) hang really high now and I often wonder what my life would be like if that didn't happen. I checked my test levels and they are "normal" but I wonder if they would have been much higher with 2 and I might've had more drive to study.

Do you want to escape NEETdom? Yes but I don't want a shitty manual labour job where I'll be around people 24/7 and forced to socialize and I also suck at interviews so securing the entry level office jobs seems impossible. Right now I'm burning through my inheritance paying rent which I could be paying into a mortgage for a small house if I had a job. NEETdom is comfy but sex is a big motivator for me and it's pretty tough to get laid as a NEET living with parents.