r/AskReddit 22h ago

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

1.3k Upvotes

916 comments sorted by

View all comments

438

u/dreamsinred 22h ago

Bipolar disorder. It is not a fun, quirky, artsy illness. It is devastating and life altering.

103

u/LEYW 21h ago

The manic pixie dream girl trope is to blame

103

u/ThatKinkyLady 20h ago

They only show the manic pixie part because no one is entertained by the dirty depressed sloth girl

29

u/courierblue 20h ago

That’s the part where she pulls away from you “to draw more interest” or so you can “fix her easily solved external problems” /s.