To give some "historical context". I recall this forum in the years before 2017 or so, admitting one was neet , whether long term, or at the time, was like anathema here in this very forum. At the same time , there were a few mentioned being on long-term disability and describing social lives while being neet. I mean, if one was disabled due to social phobia, how can you even talk about having a gf and relationship issues. Then there were the usual 18-24 yr olds who were worried and wondering, friendless , school or uni dropouts, and not having direction while default neet. And then there were some regular instigators here, who would harass, insult, and judge these "neetish" constantly on this forum. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to be any longer the case her for the most part at least for a few years now (maybe with the current moderation or better etiquette rules). Even if one was neet at the time, or had combined years neetdom, it would often be judged by those here with a much higher functioning social anxiety problem. Also recall the original mod/owner of SAS committed suicide some years back.
Of course, not excusing neetdom at all. It's a "last resort" before becoming homeless which is a horror , hardly discussed, but more often than not a terrible fate that awaits long-term neets. I recall a neet posting on reddit a few years ago who suddenly posted on /r/homeless that when his parents died, they left him over $500k. But he only rented and had no other inherited assets, and stretched it out to over 15 years, but now/then was worried in his post that his funds were running out and didn't know what to do anymore..
.. I had to work full-time in an office for 12 years with extreme social anxiety, hating every minute of it, especially the meetings and talking on the phone. My co-workers and boss often made fun of my quietness. I barely said a word everyday, was too scared to. I was scared of everyone there, especially my boss, and I never got more comfortable around them as the years went by (it was mostly the same people there the whole 12 years). About 25 people worked in the office. They didn't like me, they just tolerated me.
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This, exactly, for some, probably many here, the social phobia/anxiety dysfunction is extremely severe, that it interferences with trying to survive in a workplace. Literally those of us who never had any real friends, or effective social functioning or acceptance , and ostracized and marginalized socially since preschool. It's a curse for life, because all the therapy, cbt, whatnot, never helps, at least never helps enough to have a "normie" life of at least basic social function, that isn't constantly attacked or derided by normies looking for social prey to pathetically fill some void or gap in their own lives. And of course it's not often admitted or mentioned on forums, even anonymously. It's a deep shame, and can be suicidal ideation provoking, even if social dysfunction/nonfunction is a severe root curse and cause of it and associated depression.
And yes, there were, and are plenty plenty of neets heard about at least some time or another, plenty on disability many aged out over 40, 50, 60 over the past decade and half of SAS. If you were there back then in 2011-14 (i had a different SAS id back then, as no doubt plenty here did or had moved on to a new id), you saw plenty of neets on or trying to get on disability over age 25, 35, 40, etc., Of course, disability at least in the U.S. has long been oversaturated so it's much harder to get on it than ever. needless to say, the debt and social systems problem with so many partaking of the pie, not just from a few tiny social phobic demographics is at an all time high, with the unprecedented stress of our current society of the overpopulated world and social systems of the unstable and crumbling western world.
