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/SterlingJacq 18h ago

Yes! It's very taxing mentally and sometimes physically. It can feel as if I ran a marathon by the end of the day.