How bad does it look if I turn 30 without ever having a job and basically staying at my parents' home the entire time?

You don't need to get a job or make money to be able to live. This is just a story that people are telling themselves and it's very widespread in the west. You are totally fine as you are, as am I and as is anyone else. Just sit down for a few minutes and do absolutely nothing. See that it doesn't kill you. All the thoughts that are causing you pain are coming from your beliefs about you not being "good enough", about others being "better" and so on and so forth. Your life doesn't look bad to a lot of people - a lot of people would look at your life and think 'I'd do the same'. It's just the bootlickers on reddit, and there's a ton of them, try to shame themselves and others. I tried to kill myself when I was 21 but survived an overdose. Most of the working bootlickers have no idea what that's like. They have learned a specific set of beliefs due to their upbringing, they have developed a mindset which is very black and white. Observe them and notice your own feelings about what they say. Don't interact with them - it will only distress you. Look after yourself. Take some time off whatever you're doing - go to ground for a while. In the medium term, learn to be happy with yourself as you are, not as you want yourself to be. Accept yourself doing nothing rather than trying to save the world or whatever. There's some good videos on youtube about self-acceptance. Look after yourself.

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