>>2492713I'm a NEET that dropped out of college after 4 years without getting a degree, the reason I dropped out was because I was allergic to something on the campus that was making my ass leak bile 24/7 and it gave me a lot of anxiety. After dropping out, I still had to deal with the anxiety and I got lucky with a psychiatrist that recommended exercise and lifting, so I started going to a local park every day to get used to being outside more and to get some sunshine and exercise. I ended up really enjoying being outside, so I started branching out to local nature trails and getting other outdoor hobbies like fishing. I also started lifting weights because my dad was an amateur bodybuilder in the 80s and had a lot of equipment that he let me have for free, it also feeds into my RPG autism of increasing numbers through grinding/daily quests. I've applied for jobs a lot of times, but my application is very bare. I have no job experience, no references, and a massive 5 year gap between when I dropped out of school and the time it took for me to completely recover from my anxiety. I considered the military, but they wouldn't take me when I was on Lexapro, and by the time that I stopped taking it and detoxed, COVID hit and they were mandating vaccination.
Now I mostly sit around the house and play video games, but my great uncle goes fishing a lot so I'll go with him because I like cooking fish. I also watch my sister's kids (ages 1 and 2) for about 20 hours a week and she and her husband pay me $100 a week for it. I live with my mom, I have a car that's been paid off, and I have my computer and the outdoors. There's nothing I really need that I can't pay for on $100 a week, and certainly nothing that's worth getting a job and losing all my free time, especially considering I only have an associates degree and can only work shitty retail jobs. It's also hard to justify spending time on a relationship when I have nothing to offer except myself.
