which saying do you hate the most?

[darksouls]

for me it is

time heals all wounds

 

[Ch4in3dcr0w]

Anything that contains the word "normal" or tries to implie to the said "normal". Also "blood is thicker than water" is used alot of times to guilt the victim of family abuse into helping or sticking with the abusers never heard a good use of this proverb

 

[nobody_oac]

"It could be worse."

I say this openly, in regards to myself, all the time. I don't like its use by anyone, but it has just become a horrible mantra.

 

[SueAsyde]

"You're not alone with this"
Now what? Will this get me a person, besides myself that appears all of the sudden and tries to help me navigating through this huge question mark we call life? Is it supposed to make me feel less lonely? Am I supposed to think that there's people like me that suffer the same pain? How is that supposed to help? People that are suffering the same way as I do still suffer or they wouldn't be having the same struggles as I do.
It's a hollow phrase from people that want to help but can't so they push it to someone else. What a great society. It certainly doesn't help my feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, loneliness and faint just to name a few.

 

[Namelesa]

"what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" - for me anything that has hurt me greatly and has just made me more and more weaker and less able to get better.

 

[star.trip]

"Everything will be fine"

I find that sentence very funny (ironic) because first it's about the future (no one can see the future, until the present comes). It's like they're trying to tell you that everything will get better and I wonder who it will get better for. How do you know?
People start talking with such absolute certainty that it's surprising "Everything will be fine".

 

[failedmind]

"if you have letters to write, you have reasons to stay"
like yes im well aware i have "reasons to stay" but i dont want to and i shouldnt feel pressured to. life is miserable and living for other people is exhausting. i need to put myself first for once, and i feel like ctb is my way of doing that.

 

[Scythe]

"It gets better once you get older." Or just "It gets better."
No it fucking doesn't, some things got better, but some things got worse. So in the end, I'm still here and depressed. Ppl thought I'd grow out of it or something, I didn't.

 

[33K1LLM3]

'It's a permanent solution to a temporary problem' or 'if you felt like there was no way out' DONT YOU TALK ABOUT MY CTB LIKE THAT, don't you make it seem like I'm being irrational or that my suffering isn't a major thing, the way out shit is the worst though, it's not a way out thank you, it's a desicion to take control of my life, I can't….

 

[psp3000]

"everything happens for a reason"

 

[Britney Spears]

Everything has a cure, except death. But death is my cure

 

[ImnotCTB]

Also "blood is thicker than water" is used alot of times to guilt the victim of family abuse into helping or sticking with the abusers never heard a good use of this proverb

The complete saying is "the blood of the revenant is thicker than water of the womb", it's those people twisting it to support their claim

 

[tulero]

life is a gift

 

[SomewhereAlongThe]

"You can do it if you try" - What? So I sit down, and I pick up a pencil and I try to draw, practice at it, but I'm seeing how little ability I have and how much I truly can't do it even though I'm trying. No, I don't believe for one second that we are all built fairly, none of us with genetic advantages, and it all takes practice. Sorry no, I'm not buying it.

 

[patheticparasite]

life is a gift

The word "Gift" means "poison" in my tongue.

 

[Daniel_79]

If life is a gift please include the receipt and let me check the refund policy.

 

[Forever Sleep]

'At least'... as in- you tell someone you're really struggling and they come out with: 'At least you don't have this or that to deal with.' It's often the start of a pain olympics with them. It's similar to the whole: 'Other people have it worse.'

The very worst thing is- sometimes I even say it to myself or, to others. I try to bite my tongue though. It's just ingrained in us though. The whole: 'It could be worse... At least it isn't.'

Also: 'Things will get better' pisses me off! It's so low effort and dismissive.

 

[SchizoGymnast]

'At least'... as in- you tell someone you're really struggling and they come out with: 'At least you don't have this or that to deal with.' It's often the start of a pain olympics with them. It's similar to the whole: 'Other people have it worse.'

The very worst thing is- sometimes I even say it to myself or, to others. I try to bite my tongue though. It's just ingrained in us though. The whole: 'It could be worse... At least it isn't.'

Also: 'Things will get better' pisses me off! It's so low effort and dismissive.

I agree with this. Who even gets to decide what's worse? They're comparing apples and oranges a lot of the time.

 

[FoxSauce]

"Other people have it worse." "You need to be more positive." "Stop being so dramatic."
"Do you want to get better?"

Yeah these are a few of the ones i can remember. They suck. Wven worse from a person close to you.

 

[bankai]

My dad had a saying. But he didn't trust anyone so he never let us know what the saying was.

I grew up with so many wonderful sayings. A lot of honeyed words my parents would use to give me a pick me up. I suffered all the same.

When I cried or was sad about something as a kid. My parents will usually say all this is nothing and try to paint it trivial.hated that.

 

[nobodycaresaboutme]

"there are people who care about you"

Who does?

 

[LaetumCat]

"You're not alone with this"
Now what? Will this get me a person, besides myself that appears all of the sudden and tries to help me navigating through this huge question mark we call life? Is it supposed to make me feel less lonely? Am I supposed to think that there's people like me that suffer the same pain? How is that supposed to help? People that are suffering the same way as I do still suffer or they wouldn't be having the same struggles as I do.
It's a hollow phrase from people that want to help but can't so they push it to someone else. What a great society. It certainly doesn't help my feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, loneliness and faint just to name a few.

Oh, I've always hated this, ever since I was small. I never understood why people say that. How is it supposed to help me? That saying just means that more people are suffering which, honestly, aint good.
I think its supposed to serve as a "people are there to support you" saying but it pretty much never comes across that way.

 

[NonEssential]

I hate when people use the word 'just' when trying to give advice.
Just get a hobby, just find a job, etc.

 

[alt131313]

"Everything happens for a reason". Its a way to pretend their is an order to this shit. There isn't.

 

[Celerity]

"everything happens for a reason"

"Everything happens for a reason". Its a way to pretend their is an order to this shit. There isn't.

This shit right here. Infuriating.

The unimaginable self-centeredness this statement reveals about the speaker sets my blood to boil. The world is an absolute fucking horror show. Even when my life is going well, I can't pretend that there's a divine purpose behind a child being raped or parasites eating an animal alive or carpet-bombing of civilians or drought causing people to die of thirst and malnutrition.

It's insulting to say this. Cruel.

 

[jazzcat621]

Always hated hearing "we`ll make it work" like no, all that saying means is you have no answer to my problems and im gonna have to figure it out all on my own.

Another that honestly probably led me to this forum was "Great to know that none of us are good enough to make you happy". After that one i stopped talking about my suicidal ideation with friends.

 

[amerie]

Blood runs thicker than water

Forgiveness heals

Offended by everything, ashamed of nothing

Women️

I hate when people use the word 'just' when trying to give advice.
Just get a hobby, just find a job, etc.

Man I wish it was easy to "just get a job" in 2025, most minimum wage jobs practice peasant nepotism (only hiring kids or relatives and family friends) or keep as little employees as possible to keep costs low and edge jobseekers by having ghost listings, and even worse there's always that one asshole blaming you for it when they got lucky with a referral or peasant nepotism or just being lucky enough to get it before the economy went to shit

 

[L9my]

'At least'... as in- you tell someone you're really struggling and they come out with: 'At least you don't have this or that to deal with.' It's often the start of a pain olympics with them. It's similar to the whole: 'Other people have it worse.'

The very worst thing is- sometimes I even say it to myself or, to others. I try to bite my tongue though. It's just ingrained in us though. The whole: 'It could be worse... At least it isn't.'

Also: 'Things will get better' pisses me off! It's so low effort and dismissive.

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i much prefer things could get better because at least then you're admitting you don't know for certain

 

[Forveleth]

"You're not alone with this"
Now what? Will this get me a person, besides myself that appears all of the sudden and tries to help me navigating through this huge question mark we call life? Is it supposed to make me feel less lonely? Am I supposed to think that there's people like me that suffer the same pain? How is that supposed to help? People that are suffering the same way as I do still suffer or they wouldn't be having the same struggles as I do.
It's a hollow phrase from people that want to help but can't so they push it to someone else. What a great society. It certainly doesn't help my feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, loneliness and faint just to name a few.

So much this. I am not alone in my suffering. Great. So thousands of us are suffering together. How exactly does that solve my problem? As a matter of fact, if you see a ton of us suffering would that not give you pause about WHY? I mean, look at this site. There are so many here in the same boat but we are not magically "better" because we all know others are here. What a mindless, shit phrase.

 

[Seered Doom]

"Be more positive, you'll be less depressed and sad"
Literally tried that since kid, it still hasn't worked. Give better advice than that please or stfu