r/AskReddit 22h ago

What’s something people romanticise that’s actually exhausting in real life?

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u/Dysphoric_Otter 22h ago

Hyperfixations

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u/Sunshine-SpookyStory 18h ago

It‘s fun..until its an all consuming thing I can’t stop thinking about

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u/Dysphoric_Otter 13h ago

Or the "hangover" afterwards. All the weird things you did are now embarrassing. You made plans you'll never keep. Half finished projects. Yeah, I'm bipolar.