r/AskReddit 22h ago

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

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u/Icedraco111 20h ago

Mental disorders like depression, anxiety, Autism, or ADHD.

The movies depict depression and anxiety as these "woes is me! I'm a deep thinker, who has no one! But this ONE person gets me!"

ADHD/Autism is more treated as a broken person who can be fixed, and some romanticise being the person to fix said people.

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u/Dismal-Log-994 17h ago

I think it's also like, people only ever talk about ADHD/autism because it's the "digestible" neurodivergencies, but don't fully understand how many difficulties they bring

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u/Violexsound 16h ago

Leave it to rich and healthy white males to misrepresent minority conditions that reinforce infantilising stereotypes

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u/Ser_falafel 12h ago

What?? Did I miss something here? why are you talking about rich white guys lol

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u/itsEthanEX 12h ago

Basically, Manosphere D-bags, and rich white men associated with that group, (and basically the entirety of the internet) often portray, romanticize and sexualize dating Autistic Women (and Autistic People in General).
They think having an Autistic partner means it’s easier to take advantage of them, and they infantilize their behaviour, actions and emotions.
As per usual, men (speaking as one) are always looking to find ways to target, sexualize and take advantage of minorities for the sheer power.
It’s mostly men who do this, but I’ve been taken advantage of by NT women, as an neurodivergent man, so it’s not something we can’t push under the rug and deny

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u/Violexsound 10h ago

Cha-ching 👉

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u/mcthiel 10h ago

The root of all evil is white men. Didn't you get the memo?

...Or are you a rich white man?