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A thread titled “Bipolar NEET (27), it’s been 14 days since Mom disappeared” popped up on 5ch’s News VIP board. The poster, a 27-year-old NEET with bipolar disorder, complained that two weeks after his mother left home, he can barely manage laundry or meals. Commenters clashed between those recommending concrete job-hunting steps — Hello Work (Japan’s public employment office), Type-A welfare workshops, disability-hire programs — and others pointing out that the poster has repeatedly started similar threads before, with opinions also split over the harsh words he says his mother directed at him.
What people said
The dishes are a disaster.
I have no intention of doing laundry.
Dunno if you're Type I or Type II though.
Maybe a little — I had some trouble falling asleep last night.
Mom just ran away.
She didn't run away.
She's coming back.
Yay!!
Where do you live?
Is it cool if I hit you in the head with a bat?
Am I allowed to fight back?
You've been starting threads under a semi-fixed trip name (a partial tripcode, so regulars can recognize you) every single day, so I was wondering what's up with that.
Re: #20
https://www.kyodemo.net/sdemo/b/news4vip/251?k=%E7N%9FT%83j%81%5B%83g&kt=k_&j=1
This guy's been doing this since 2025, so whatever "situation" or "backstory" he's using this time doesn't matter.
Looking lively today, longtime fan!
Judging by this, your mother absolutely hates your guts.
There's no way a mother like that would keep paying your rent out of the goodness of her heart.
You'd better start taking this seriously.
Like I said, everything I'm talking about now is true.
Because I can't get hired anywhere.
I even got rejected for a convenience store part-time job.
Go to Hello Work.
I do go to Hello Work.
Then something should've come up.
And even if not, there's always Type-A welfare workshops.
Then just get a part-time job.
How many places have you applied to? Are you going to at least 5 to 10 interviews a month?
1 year 10 months as a full-time employee.
3 years as a NEET.
Can't get hired anywhere.
Why not go to a Type-A welfare workshop?
I don't want to because they charge facility fees.
If a part-time job is impossible, that's that.
But if you won't do a part-time job or Type-A work either, are you planning to become homeless?
With your income level they wouldn't even charge you, right?
I'll apply for full-time disability-hire positions instead.
I see.
Well, good luck then.
Why do you think you'd get hired full-time when you can't even land a part-time job?
Even for an adult, there's a legal duty to support a disabled family member.
So she can't just run away from me either.
Did you not know that?
If she's living separately, wouldn't that mean no crime at all?
She badmouthed me behind my back and hurled abuse at me.
It was so bad I even developed psychogenic aphonia (sudden stress-induced loss of voice).
That fear of not being able to speak was something I'd never felt before.
So what exactly was the badmouthing and abuse?
The backbiting was during my twin older brother's job hunt — I overheard something like "I don't expect anything from OP, but I'm counting on my older brother." That was one of the triggers for my bipolar disorder.
That's it? lol
What about the actual abuse? lol
She's not with my brother — she's with me.
So you're the twin older brother?
Save that line for someone else.
Are you happy being stuck with a 59-year-old granny?
So objectively speaking, you don't actually have an example of abuse your parent said to you?
The other day I took out the trash in the rain, and she still told me "There's no point in you being alive."
Okay yeah, that's kind of rough.
The front door stopped closing properly, and she accused me of breaking it.
Really there was just sand jammed in the door track — no matter how many times I tell her "I never broke it," she still holds a grudge.
I'm paying 50,000 yen a month toward household expenses, and I still get treated like a slave at home. Honestly, life's been refreshing since Mom's gone.
Background and Points of Debate
Type-A welfare employment workshops involve a formal employment contract with a guaranteed minimum wage, but depending on a user’s income, facility usage fees can sometimes apply — suggesting the poster’s complaint that “they charge facility fees” may stem partly from a misunderstanding of how the system works. Additionally, the legal duty of support under Japan’s Civil Code concerns mutual financial assistance between relatives; it does not directly mandate continued cohabitation or mean a parent “can’t escape.” Some longtime users in the thread pointed out that the poster has repeatedly started threads with similar content before, and opinions were divided on how seriously to take this latest complaint.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (News VIP) thread “Bipolar NEET (27), it’s been 14 days since Mom disappeared.”
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