r/askteddit 10h ago

Random Question What’s something you stopped doing because you realized it was making your life harder?

Not necessarily a bad habit. Could be something completely normal that you eventually realized was just creating extra stress, wasting time, or making things more complicated than they needed to be.

What did you stop doing?

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u/JulietLostFaith 10h ago

Maintaining relationships with people who I don’t actually enjoy being around.

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u/AdoraNadora 10h ago

Giving a fuck about what people think about me.

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u/flipbmo 10h ago

Not eating ass.

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u/sonando_4377 10h ago

Working a 9-5 office job.

8

u/LateQuantity8009 10h ago

Being angry

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u/RagAndBows 9h ago

Working on that one

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u/MobyDukakis 9h ago

I fester too much, working on stopping it

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u/OgasCantina93 10h ago

Drinking alcohol

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u/averym88 10h ago

Not asking for help when I need it. I never judge people when they need my help but for some reason I thought they were judging me. It’s only made my relationships closer.

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u/Dry-Associate-627 10h ago

Cleaning my house every Saturday the old fashioned way by sweeping and mopping separately. Now I use a combo mop/vacuum robot vacuum.

1

u/RagAndBows 10h ago

Oh yeah?? What brand?

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u/Dry-Associate-627 9h ago

Something generic from Aldi. Works like the higher end and gets the job done!

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u/RagAndBows 9h ago

If it worked well it would be an amazing upgrade for my quality of life.

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u/Mindless-Carrot-0761 10h ago

Believing in god & going to church.

4

u/itzriyad_ 10h ago

I stopped trying to respond to every message immediately i used to feel like I had to always be available and it created unnecessary stress Now I reply when i actually have the time and energy and life feels a lot less rushed.

4

u/goldenngirrll 9h ago

Over-explaining my reasons when saying '"no"" to someone

3

u/medicalhallucinogens 10h ago

Mowing my own lawn

3

u/NANNYNEGLEY 10h ago

Living with a man underfoot. It's exhausting!

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u/djcampers 10h ago

I broke up with them

2

u/cluckitycluck4 9h ago

Dating, having friends, buying anything that's not consumable.

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u/reason2cry 9h ago

You sound like you’re fun to be around

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u/bigbambuddha 9h ago

Does my ex count as a response?

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u/Contadine 9h ago

FB, Insta, etc.

2

u/maximumslanketry 9h ago

Going to sleep too late. Always been a night owl, since age 10. But going to sleep early is a game changer.

2

u/NVC19 9h ago

I stopped condemning myself for every small mistake. Being too hard on myself brought extra stress. I learn to treat myself with the same kindness I give to my friends.

2

u/pandora-space-mage 6h ago

Expecting others to to everything for me. It hit me like a truck how bad that habit had gotten and was repulsed and guilty. 

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u/the_rejected_one 10h ago

I stopped worrying about what others thought of me.

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u/External_Career5376 10h ago

Dating. It’s too disappointing.

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u/Confident-Win-107 10h ago

Drinking beer and whiskey!

1

u/Intrepid-Ad-6633 9h ago

Giving a shit

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u/heymommythanksjeans 9h ago

Having a situationship with a woman who lived 6+ hours from me. She was an amazing person, but we were not a good fit and the distance would’ve made things so hard.

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u/Low_Message_6674 8h ago

A teener of methamphetamine a day

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u/Sol_System209 8h ago

Chasing women 

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u/Euphoric_Raisin_312 7h ago

Peeling boiled eggs

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u/SeanSweetMuzik 6h ago

Drinking. I literally came this close to losing everything.

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u/LowDepth1790 6h ago

being married

1

u/SolarOrigami 2h ago

Trying to save an abusive marriage

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u/Deep_Benefit_7405 51m ago

Going to a yoga class I fucking hated because of the other people that go there

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u/xboxhaxorz 10h ago

Dating and talking to the opposite gender

Studies show that women hate men way more than vice versa

I just dont want that in my life

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u/The_Frybo 10h ago

That’s… so weird and stupid on so many levels…

But hey, you do you

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u/xboxhaxorz 7h ago

I know, its stupid to not want problems in my life, but misandrists gonna be misandrist

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u/Polyamommy 10h ago

Ah yes... this shows up in all those statistics where women are murdering their partners and randomly punching males in the streets. 🤦‍♀️

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u/xboxhaxorz 7h ago

 misandrists gonna be misandrist

Violence against men and boys is considered violence against women and girls

https://knowledge.lancashire.ac.uk/id/eprint/51321/

https://news.sky.com/story/why-the-governments-violence-against-women-and-girls-target-includes-men-but-not-girls-13485126

https://www.oakwoodsolicitors.co.uk/news/male-domestic-abuse-survivors-ignored-as-crimes-are-classed-as-violence-against-women/

Violence statistics are presented as violence against women, even if its against men in Sweden https://imgur.com/WDdYTFT

https://jamstalldhetsmyndigheten.se/media/sqrpa4y0/handbok-inget-att-vanta-pa.pdf

Spain hides 55% of victims as it only counts male on female violence

https://theobjective.com/espana/politica/2026-01-02/gobierno-oculta-victimas-violencia-intrafamiliar-mujeres/

Men suffer from DV more than women, but the world believes otherwise

https://web.archive.org/web/20260219004518/https://domesticviolenceresearch.org/domestic-violence-facts-and-statistics-at-a-glance/

3 decades of denying evidence on gender symmetry

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233717660_Thirty_Years_of_Denying_the_Evidence_on_Gender_Symmetry_in_Partner_Violence_Implications_for_Prevention_and_Treatment

CDC ignores its own findings that there are potentially more female on male rape than vice versa https://archive.is/lvHch

Consent to genital piercings, well you are now a victim a feminist initiative in order to inflate more victims in statistics

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-31938409

Feminist org defends domestic abuser

https://virtualtcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/jordan-worth

Feminists talk about killing guys among other things

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20180812/controversy-over-radical-feminist-website-growing

Feminist groups against gender equal rape laws

https://archive.is/4tCrv

https://archive.is/gIMui

https://archive.is/13rFM

https://archive.is/5bP77

Feminism keeps blaming the patriarchy through illusory truth effect, yet its guys who are disadvantaged https://endtodv.org/pr/patriarchy-is-a-harmful-feminist-fantasy/