Why Do We Romanticize Struggle?

In a society that glamorizes pain, poverty, and pressure, many of us have grown up believing that suffering is the price of success — that if it doesn’t hurt, it isn’t real.In this episode of Unfiltered with Smhat, we unpack the toxic hustle culture that celebrates burnout, trauma bonding, and glorifies the “struggling phase” as a badge of honor. But what if true peace doesn’t have to come after pain? What if joy doesn’t always have to be earned through suffering?Join me as we challenge generational mindsets, explore the need to redefine success, and ask ourselves a daring question: What if we stopped waiting for rock bottom before choosing softness?