Being a NEET can be a mental health win, according to a psychologist (stock image).
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- Some young people are choosing to be NEET to focus on mental health and values.
- They see being idle as more beneficial than taking the wrong job.
- Waiting for the right career can boost mental wellbeing and reduce stress, a psychologist says.
Being unemployed and idle may sound like a choice nobody would make, but some young people are voluntarily choosing to become NEETs.