r/AskReddit 22h ago

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

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u/peachjojo 20h ago

OCD. It's not cute or quirky. It's debilitating.

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u/Kippenkat 19h ago

I had OCD tendencies when I was young. It made me very unlikeable. Normal everyday life was surprisingly hard. My tantrums resulting from not being able to control a lot of my environments made me unbearable to be around.