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darksouls

darksouls

Elementalist
May 10, 2025
806
for me it is

time heals all wounds
 
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Ch4in3dcr0w

Ch4in3dcr0w

if u ever see me happy just kill me
Jun 21, 2025
213
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
 
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nobody_oac

Member
Mar 28, 2025
63
"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.
 
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SueAsyde

SueAsyde

contemporary witness
Mar 11, 2023
20
"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.
 
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Namelesa

Namelesa

Global Mod · Trapped in this Suffering
Sep 21, 2024
1,954
"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.
 
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star.trip

star.trip

Student
Oct 6, 2024
182
"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".
 
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failedmind

failedmind

Member
Oct 31, 2024
98
"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.
 
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Scythe

Lost in a delusion
Sep 5, 2022
619
"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.
 
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33K1LLM3

33K1LLM3

Pretty Girl, Sick Mind
Jun 28, 2025
71
'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….
 
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psp3000

psp3000

Enlightened
May 20, 2023
1,579
"everything happens for a reason"
 
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Britney Spears

Britney Spears

toxic
Jan 4, 2025
499
Everything has a cure, except death. But death is my cure
 
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ImnotCTB

ImnotCTB

Member
Jun 11, 2025
64
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
 
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SomewhereAlongThe

SomewhereAlongThe

So where's the bus stop?
May 17, 2024
346
"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.
 
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Daniel_79

Daniel_79

Member
Jun 29, 2025
8
If life is a gift please include the receipt and let me check the refund policy.
 
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Forever Sleep

Earned it we have...
May 4, 2022
12,303
'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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SchizoGymnast

SchizoGymnast

Mage
May 28, 2024
534
'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.
 
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FoxSauce

FoxSauce

Emotional unstable like and IKEA table
Aug 23, 2024
613
"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.
 
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bankai

bankai

Enlightened
Mar 16, 2025
1,955
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.
 
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nobodycaresaboutme

nobodycaresaboutme

maybe my English kinda sucks
Jun 30, 2025
29
"there are people who care about you"

Who does?
 
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LaetumCat

LaetumCat

Member
May 11, 2025
45
"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.
 
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NonEssential

NonEssential

Hanging in there
Jan 15, 2025
455
I hate when people use the word 'just' when trying to give advice.
Just get a hobby, just find a job, etc.
 
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