I am 29
When I got into college went to live in other city…
Rent was ludicrous, student loans was ludicrous and so on… But "adults" kept swearing I would get a job.
So, 2009 crash happens, no jobs, in fact I still don't have a job, I had only freelance work ever since.
One guy propose to me to start a company, but I MUST move to the city where the company is located, also he was going to pay me a reasonable wage.
Although the money was enough to pay my student debts, rent kept increasing, and increasing, and increasing… AND… increasing!
Eventually I was late several months, had to move back to my parents house.
It really, really suck, my mom keeps nagging me, and like OP I started to even avoiding eating near her.
Yet it is clear it was necessary…
I am 29 now, negative assets (I don't own anything, but still have some debts, thankfully very little now), and no job, and currently no freelance clients either.
Of course, also no girlfriend. I mean, what woman would want to date a poor NEET that lives with his mom? As soon I started to fall behind in rent payments my last GF dumped me. (my first GF also dumped me when I was fired from my "job" at the time)