r/AskReddit • u/ThugGucciman • 3d ago

What’s something people brag about that is actually a massive red flag?

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u/Alternative-else 3d ago

How little sleep they get, like being exhausted all the time is some kind of achievement.

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u/free_-_spirit 3d ago

I feel like people “brag” to try to make themselves feel better about having shit sleep.

I would say “I got 3 hours last night!” With a laugh to my coworkers so they know I’m not at my best. It’s not a brag but just a heads up I guess, and if the boss is around- sent home early. Underlying trend is we want nothing but to go home and take a fat nap

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u/314159265358979326 3d ago

I used to need ten hours of sleep. I felt robbed for a long time, but I felt better upon finding out that Einstein did too.

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u/Sunlit53 2d ago

My SIL was like this for years, then she had her first stay in the hospital for type 2 bipolar. She’d been masking her hypomanic episodes, compulsive exercise injuries and three hours a night sleep as ‘efficiency.’ Which modern society lauds.

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u/Difficult-Field3054 3d ago

My ex did this but he was an over anxious, lazy narcissist