No.148006
>>147950I watched like 10 minutes and it seems to be a psychoanalysis approach where you suffer because you're ashamed of your self and you need to find and be in tune with your real self within.
No.148032
>>141227I had a career before covid. So no. I simply cannot be fucked now.
No.148806
Got a job, quit the job, only thing it changed was I had a little more money to do things. I also realized I don't get nervous around people at all anymore. People aren't complicated but they are governed by insecurities and resentments.
No.149091
>>148074Where do you get the money to sustain this?
I'll go into debt if I don't find a job soon...
No.149095
>>149091Considering anon wrote childhood bedroom I assume he lives with his parents.
I'm on neetbux. I used to live with my parents for free, but I saved all my neetbux until I could afford a cheap rural place to live.
No.149104
>>149095>>149097>childhooodAh, I must've missed that. Thanks for pointing that out.
>neetbuxI'd love me some of those
>cheap rural placeSounds peaceful but lonely...
>>148074>8 years>living with parentsMe too... I'd feel too lonely on my own. If I moved out, I'd look for shared living. Having to go out to socialise feels like a hurdle... Maybe it'll be easier if I get into the habit of showering regularly and getting dressed every day though... I usually only do that when I need to go to work or similar. Back when I had a job. I always got mild depression during holidays, that's probably why...
No.149115
>>149104>I'd love me some of thoseI would still live with my parents without it. I am grateful for my family paying taxes to help keep me alive.
>Sounds peaceful but lonely...I have a lot of anime friends from the far east on my computer. They are teaching me language, it's a lot of fun. For physical needs, I have a cat.
I think by most metrics I am a hikikomori although I don't really identify myself as one anymore. Probably because when I considered myself a hikikomori I just like Satou in NHK would feel hikikomori pride, and it was being hurt. Going outside was hurting my hikikomori streak. It made me feel like I was doing something wrong for nonsensical reasons.
I'll meet a friend or two maybe once a year. I visit my parents a few times. For the rest of the year I don't go outside, but I don't *never* go outside and I don't hate it when I can do it on my own terms. I just don't feel much need for it.
No.149124
>>149091I live off disabilitybux. It's not much but I have all I need and every little treat I want.
No.149128
>>141227I want to vomit all over my workplace to prove a point.
My job search arc was so promising with all the certificate hoarding, portfolio project speedruns, and CV full of social engineering, but I landed something that drains everything out of me and feels deadend, and it's probably still the best one could get in the field at my level anyway.
All of my remaining money goes to help me maintain myself to help me cope "healthily". I still feel like a NEET hikkikomori, but now with zero prospects of social life, with extreme appreciation of every hour of my shrinked free time, and with bantz skills because of my coworkers who are surprisingly alright.
>>141296>Rewritten from the perspective of a rich bureaucrat: The poor are only poor because of their own cowardice, and lack of skillUp to this point, the bureaucrat would be right.
The poor can tear the bureaucrat a new one as a competitor. Breaking own back for scraps is an unnecessary choice out of complacency and lack of focus, I know that personally.
No.149130
>>149115>grateful for my family paying taxesSame, I don't know where I'd be without them... Homeless, probably.
>I have a cat, friends, visit my parents>I just don't feel much need for itSounds wonderful, I hope you're having a good time anon
>>149124>disabilityoh no...
>buxaw yes
>I have all I need and every little treat I wantSounds wonderful too. I wish all the hikikomori to be happy and not depressed. I get sad if I'm stuck inside for too long but my sibling seems happier this way and actively chooses it over holiday trips. Different people, different needs I suppose.
No.149162
I really want a part time job. I think i would enjoy working a few hours a day, but i have no idea how to approach getting one, particularly with my non existant work history there are going to be questions. It all seems like some arcane process. I managed to send one application off a few months ago, it took me two days to work up the ability to send it in. I dont think i am able to send off the quantity ive heard you need. Its hard for me to make a phone call when im me me, i have to be some other me like i become sometimes when im out doing things, but thats not psychologically healthy. maybe me me is another me and its imprisoning me in my room
No.149167
>>141227Two days ago I went out to a nice tavern for the first time and had a quality meal with someone I'm very close to, then we went to a nearby lake and enjoyed nature together for a few hours.
The time flew by but it was nice to have a decent chance of pace for once, very spontaneous. I still get very bad social anxiety sometimes, especially with how I dress on occasion, but it's getting better now that I'm on my own.
>>141228Hopefully that still made all the difference.
No.149169
>>149162>but i have no idea how to approach getting onesame tbh, I keep googling how to write applications and such. I thought wikihow would have sth comprehensive but I think they're overcomplicating it a bit
https://www.wikihow.com/Apply-for-a-JobI think sending in a cover-letter e-mail with a pdf of resumé+credentials in the attachment should cover it for most jobs. I let AI write my last cover letter and then just wrote it myself, using what the AI wrote as inspiration.
My most successful application was when I saw an ad and I just called and asked some clarifying questions about the job posting. Just something like "What are you looking for" or "What should I pay attention to when I write my application" can help a lot and I got questions answered that I hadn't even considered. But the easiest way to get a job is definitely when you just know someone who already works there and can put in a good word for you really. Either that, or you apply for a really kuso job no one wants. I did that once and the job was shit indeed...
No.149173
>>141227I haven't done anything to escape hikkineetdom but I should. I'll do it tomorrow (I won't do it tomorrow).
No.149781
follow up from
>>144058today i went into the city to do some written and math tests today and i passed everything! next up is the physiological and physical tests
No.149787
>>149781Are you fit enough for the military?
No.149860
>>149787ive been getting my cardio up to speed these past few months, they have an app where you can practice the physical on your own and i started passing it 2 months ago
No.149863
>>149781I think I saw your post on hikari about that if that was you. Good luck to you, ganbare!
No.149866
>>149863yea!! that was me, thanks <3
No.149867
>>144058are you trolling or something
No.149869
>>149867A /qa/ warrior in the frontlines. Called a troll at home like vietnam soldiers got spit at in the US during the 70s. History is cyclical.
No.150200
>>141256And what are you doing, or the NEETs doing, to fight back against this oppressive society?
Stubbornly refusing to work and become a recluse as a form of rebelling against the system?
No.150262
>>149860Nice, I've been working up my cardio too, but not to join the military or anything I just want to be a healthy /jp/sie.
No.151993
>>151991Following mainstream media is a surefire way to become more depressed. Don't believe the lies. The 'normal people' just want to pull you into their misery of slavery. It's nicer to stay inside and alone. Or go outside and hike alone.
No.152645
>>152642Godspeed Anon. I remember we had someone from 4/qa/ do something similar and I don't think we've seen much of him since because it's quite a busy job. But I think he did pop up once or twice afterwards.
No.152721
Might finally get a job tomorrow if I pass this interview and I don't get stuck in backlog hell like every other job I've applied to. Wish me luck
No.152736
>>152721wishing you the best and then further wishing you the best in being able to retire as soon as possible
No.152755
I just found an opening for a freelance writing position, but they need examples. I'm more than capable but I don't have an actual portfolio outside of a highly disorganized diary. I was thinking of writing about chess strategy and maybe a quick analysis of the Ancient Mariner. What else should I pick?
No.152761
>>152755>What else should I pick?whatever the position expects you to write
No.152762
>>152755examples of things you could hypothetically make full versions of, fragments of previous work, microfiction, what's the context?
No.152776
>>152761>>152762It says articles and blog posts. I also decided to write about springtime and hope whoever reads it (if anyone) thinks it's nice.
No.152895
>>152886wait WAS it a scam though what's the problem with sending it again
No.153042
>>152895I looked them up. They lure you in with big promises and an overly-simplified UI and then coerce you into paying for an auto-renewing membership under the guise of being a "management agency." It's upsetting that people even fall for it.
No.153959
Set up the crappy shed for wood I bought and then transferred all my logs into it, also noticed that my fireplace is completely dead so guess I'll try and use some stone to make a new and improved stone fireplace that I've been wanting to make for a while now. Also got to chopping some of the more aged pieces and non-aged pieces and realized that I should really let wet ones age because it's FUCKING impossible to chop them, at least easily.
Doing lots to help reduce my Vitamin D deficiency lately.
No.155091
>>152888Amazing! How did you work up the courage? I've been wanting to get my hair cut for a long time but I can't get over the fear.
>>155089ＧＪ！
No.155218
I work, but apart from the monthly sum I get in my account, I'm basically a hikki in the remainder of my ways. Its not much better than being a hikki if the only conversation you can make is just small talk, and you only leave home for work, gym, food, and lonely walks.
>>147343It may also be that the hikkis think they are too far gone for the world, that normal people will neither understand nor like them. Maybe they tried being normal at some point in their lives, and failed, and decided they cannot figure out life, or some aspects of it.
No.155232
>>147343It feels good to read this post and see that there are people with a very similar view of the whole thing. I still without a doubt have zero interest in working a traditional job or hanging out with 99.9% of people, but I know for a fact that there are creative things that I'm interested in and I do like to chat with my best friends on the internet. In a theoretical scenario, I'd definitely enjoy working on said creative things with those people together, so that tells me that I too still seem to have those normal "social desires", it's just that they're focused on very specific environments and anything outside of those just feels like torture.
I'm still not entirely sure if I feel confident enough to categorize this as a mental illness, or at least not in my case. I absolutely acknowledge that having interests entirely different from those of general society poses a big problem when it comes to taking care of oneself, but I view it more like an unfortunate situation rather than an illness, something that can't really be cured without expecting the person to just "be like everyone else"? It's tough.
The little bit of progress I made is that I'm not trying to lie to professionals about this anymore in an attempt to "hide my laziness". I acknowledge that it's a problem of some kind at least and I'm able to talk openly about it without trying to fake a more traditional problem so that I can continue to receive welfare benefits.
No.155233
>>155218>I work, but apart from the monthly sum I get in my account, I'm basically a hikki in the remainder of my ways. Its not much better than being a hikki if the only conversation you can make is just small talk, and you only leave home for work, gym, food, and lonely walks.>work>gym>I go outside to walk all the time and do small talk with the hot babes at the gym>I'm like totally a hikki~ yo!That's not how it works, poser, hikkis don't go out at all.