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How come some people genuinely think society should pay for them just to exist and do what they want all day?

I mean, what makes these people think they're so special that they shouldn't have to get a job doing something that isn't fun enough in their minds, yet the rest of us should in order to support them? I keep finding more and more people like this, and it perplexes me how one can be so delusional and full of themselves.

A good handful of people I know (all of them in their late 20s or older) have quit their jobs to do Twitch, OnlyFans, YouTube, TikTok, or something of the like. A few of them constantly complain about being broke and elicit pity from others, and also beg for money. One of them spends like there's no tomorrow and then proceeds to whine about having no money and begs for it like it's owed to them. Another one publicly bashed their former job with a story that smells very much of BS and is also a perpetual victim. They all have this massive sense of self-importance, like the world should be very concerned with them and look to them for their infinite wisdom with their "influencer" BS, and they all seem to feel entitled to be financially supported by others. Some of them also up and decide to live in a vehicle to travel the country with no job and then have no idea what to do once their money runs out. I even know adults who fully expect their parents to fund their very expensive hobbies and let them live at home rent-free indefinitely. Shit, I know people who are pushing 30 who refuse to get a job because "nothing interests them" or "they're not ready." Like, excuse me?? Do you think people work in places like the sewage treatment plants, in hot and miserable factories and warehouses, or doing highly dangerous jobs like being linemen because they find it interesting? No, it's because somebody has to do it! Also, how are you nearing 30 years old and "not ready" to be an adult and get your shit together? You'd better get ready, because the gravy train won't last forever!

There are even people trying to convince others that they are mentally or physically impaired far beyond what anyone with common sense would believe they are just so someone will pity them and support them. I know someone in their late 20s who actually WANTS to be admitted into a group home thinking they'll just be taken care of, yet gets pissed at their parents asking them to do things and likes to say "I'm an adult, I don't answer to anybody." You absolutely answer to someone if you're living under someone else's roof and being supported by someone else's money, and you WILL absolutely answer to someone, no questions asked, if you move into a group home (not to mention they're not a rest home for people who don't feel like working, that's not how it works). Do they think a group home will allow them the freedom to do whatever they like? Lol.

Oh, and I'm eternally sick of mental health constantly being used as an excuse for this shit. At this point, a lot of these people are milking that for all it is worth. I don't buy for a minute that the same people that can't work "because anxiety" can go to concerts with no problem. The mental health industry absolutely has ownership in enabling this BS, too. Everyone and their brother is suddenly diagnosed with anxiety and depression, and it's starting to lose its meaning at this point.

I don't mean to sound like an ass, lol, but this crap just astounds me. It's even more concerning that there are enabling parents that raise their kids to grow up thinking this is okay, and expecting others to take care of them, and/or believing their comfort and wants are more important than those of others' and that they're entitled to money and things they refuse to work for.
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JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
Going to a concert is an entirely different thing than working, but ok.

Anxiety is debilitating. I know it is debilitating for me and I work a part time job because of that very reason. But a part time job only brings in so much money. I am a 47 year old woman and don't need to make excuses. I only speak my truth.

I dont think people should pay for me to live however i want. I do believe the money i pay into social programs should assist me whenever i need it and other social programs should assist those with conditions that are debilitating to every day function. You dont have to understand how this works(anxiety and depression) in order for it to be a true and real thing.

Going to a concert is fun and can actually be relaxing because : music.

Going to work means interacting with people because you have to and remembering things that matter to the job. That can be difficult because anxiety takes your short term memory and fucks it all around. Major depressive disorder erases whole memories. Just to explain how mental illness might actualy be debilitating and pose problems with working.

Anxiety can be situational and it can make you feel like you are having a heart attack, Can't breath and sometimes i uncontrollably shake. Anxiety causes physical symptoms....So does depression.

My son wants to work. He also has severe anxiety and depression. As well as suspected bipolar which we are treating with therapy and medication. A job he could get is few and far between because of his major mental health concerns.

I just think a lot of assumptions are made on your part. While I am positive there ARE people out there as you described...dismissing mental health as a factor in someone being unable to work is ignorant. That is what makes you sound like an ass. Because these people are also few and far between. Lots of people talk a big game. Many young people are lost right now. Many older people are too. People are struggling out there.
anonnn777 · F
@JaggedLittlePill Most of these people claim to be unable to go out in public and interact with others due to anxiety, which is why I don't buy it. I also don't buy it in about 90% of cases. Are there debilitating mental health disorders? Of course, but I don't believe they're anywhere near as common as society and the mental health industry would like for you to believe. I'm not saying there are NO outliers, but I think it is relatively rare to have such a debilitating (legitimate) anxiety disorder that you can't work at all, but can do fun things with similar requirements of going out in public and interacting with strangers just fine.