>>2459627Unfortunately I'm a big retard so even if I wanted to be productive during all my free time, I mostly struggle with trying to make myself do even basic shit. I can answer your question about disability checks though.
Off social security disability payments, which increase or decrease depending on where you live to account for cost of living (what a joke haha), I still need other benefits to make it work. Primarily food stamps, I would be kind of fucked without them. There are also apartment units with reduced rent set aside for those who are disabled/elderly, and you need your benefit statement as proof you are on SSI/SSDI so you qualify to rent there. However, since there are never enough of these units built, the waitlists are years and years long. And a lot of the residents don't move out unless they become unable to be left alone, or die. When I'm not renting in these kinds of units, I'm living with family.
I have never worked. I was declared disabled when I turned 18, before I finished high school.
I do not ever plan to work a normal job, for many reasons which all add up to being unable to perform at a normal job. If I ever escape being on benefits or the charity of my family, it will be because I found something niche that allows me to go at my own pace from home, or on commission. I have a few plans for this, but it's a toss up whether they'll pan out. I've accepted this after many years of grief, it is what it is.
If you thrive off of leaving the house and interacting with people, this life will probably make you want to die. You are pretty broke, so you have to be okay with being a homebody. If you're okay with that, it's hard to get bored. I have an internet connection, my issue is pulling myself away from the internet or sleeping for long enough to be productive. I have started so many retarded projects and hobbies just because I could. Even if I get sick enough to be bedbound, I can pull up lolcow threads on my phone and let the hours go by.
Your biggest enemy will be "lack of enrichment". You gotta shower, you gotta get out of bed and walk outside sometimes, you gotta put down your week long Netflix binge and read a book. You need to mix things up semi-regularly so you don't start feeling dull and depressed. It's the #1 trap of being a NEET, in my opinion, you have to be on point and not let yourself fall into a ditch.