Unemployed people, how do you cope?

[lawlietsph]

What is the reason for you being unemployed?
Are you trying to find a job or did you gave up already?
How do you cope with the pressure of society?
How are you able to afford living?

Please share everything you'd like, I want to feel less alone

 

[swankysoup]

I lived on welfare for some time, and now i'm in school again. But being dysfunctional and broken, i doubt i can keep up with this for very long. Well at least i tried, i can only do so much.

 

[divinemistress36]

Cause I'm disabled I get by financially living at my parents. Not being able to work makes me feel like a loser and gives me to much time to think about how pointless life is

 

[Lostandfound82]

I struggle with agoraphobia so it's almost impossible for me to leave the house. If I didn't have this irrational fear of the outside world I would be working right now. I'm able to hold a job when I'm not depressed but when I am I can't function at all. I don't cope well with the pressure of society I basically hide from it and pretend it's not there. Any time i go through this I always end up moving back in with my mom. I wish I was able to support myself and it feels shameful being 23 having to rely on someone else when most of the people I grew up with are starting families and working a fulfilling job. I'm very behind in life and idek where to start. I'm sorry you are struggling. You are not alone hope it gets better for you.

 

[saii]

Cause I'm disabled I get by financially living at my parents. Not being able to work makes me feel like a loser and gives me to much time to think about how pointless life is

In the same boat, have been living off the support for the disabled in my country while living with my mother who hates me. Sadly after years even if my medical state hasn't changed a month ago the government decided that I no longer qualify for the governmental support even if my doctor submitted a document showcasing that my health state has not changed in any way, and I am barely able to walk. So now I have no income, the last couple of dollars for food and I am super fucked. The only lucky thing was that since I had a lot of time on my hands I learned to use a couple of pieces of software by pirating online courses so that's the only way I might be able to find employment but if I can't in a couple of weeks, I will either ctb or die of starvation and I really don't want to do the ladder. It used to be that I wanted to CTB out of depression but nowadays it's the only answer to my problem.

 

[UglyInk]

NEET here, I cope with drugs, youtube, reading, writing. I pirate all media I want; I'm basically a parasite, offline and online. The gov should just give me access to assisted suicide tbh.

 

[Red Moon]

I'm unemployed because I'm autistic/asperger and other conditions. I did try applying for jobs but I didn't get a response, I'm close to giving it up. Also, society is unaccepting of people like myself.