AngelaMarie
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Another one: What doesn't kill you will make you stronger.
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Platitudes: Which Ones Make You Scream?
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KP the nut
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You'll never get better if you think like that.
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LaurenRose
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"Good things happen to those who wait" I don't know about you but I am working my ass off to find the good things in life and then being able to assimilate them.
goingonhope
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Not sure if these phrases are quite the same as platitudes, because some of them had intended points to them IMHO, but I think are pretty much the same or similar, it's just that many were used as what felt like weapons.
Platitudes and phrases that when now'a'days said make me uncomfortable, sometimes very talkative and may make me feel like I need to scream if I'm under too great of stressors then already.
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Used all the time, after me crying and requesting that my mom do something to stop her lover and protect me, making him stop his repeatedly punches to my head. ....(and with other abuses)
"Oh' that, that was nothing!"
"You're making a mountain out of a molehill."
Other's used when I was helplessly forced to live among then, abusive freaks and monsters.
"Birds of a feather, flock together."
As well as, "If you can't beat them, join them."
"You're paddling against the current." ...that's your problem.
And, right before random physical abuses: "You're so vain you probably think this song is about you, ...don't you, don't you?"
And, sometimes before, but generally right or soon afterwards: "Oh' it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way."
As well as:
"I know how you feel."
"You gotta' do what you gotta' do."
"Your better off for this, anyways."
"It builds character."
"You know, ....it's because of us, you are in a better place, now."
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."
And,
As was said here already: "If it doesn't kill you, it will make you stronger."
and, "You'll thank me one day, for this."
"You can't blame me for what you yourself created."
"Keep on pushing on."
"Keep a stiff upper lip and you'll come out the other side of this"
"You need to".......... and/or "You should" .......... and/or "You shouldn't ........." and/or "You ought to .........."
"You've got your whole life ahead of you, don't waste it thinking about the past." ..........(when sometimes the past was like 15 min. to an hr. ago, included abuse and God forbid I attempt asking for and receiving any help).
"At least you have us and are not living out on the streets."
"You can't let this ruin your life."
"There are too many people out there that have it alot worse then you. Get over yourself."
Some yrs. later it's:
"Live and Let Live." ........when it really should be "Live and Let Die," because that's what the majority seem to be doing. ...And, "This to Shall Pass." are you kidding me, nothing ever passed then, why should I believe (or it come easy to believe) that it will now.
Platitudes and phrases that when now'a'days said make me uncomfortable, sometimes very talkative and may make me feel like I need to scream if I'm under too great of stressors then already.
---
Used all the time, after me crying and requesting that my mom do something to stop her lover and protect me, making him stop his repeatedly punches to my head. ....(and with other abuses)
"Oh' that, that was nothing!"
"You're making a mountain out of a molehill."
Other's used when I was helplessly forced to live among then, abusive freaks and monsters.
"Birds of a feather, flock together."
As well as, "If you can't beat them, join them."
"You're paddling against the current." ...that's your problem.
And, right before random physical abuses: "You're so vain you probably think this song is about you, ...don't you, don't you?"
And, sometimes before, but generally right or soon afterwards: "Oh' it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way."
As well as:
"I know how you feel."
"You gotta' do what you gotta' do."
"Your better off for this, anyways."
"It builds character."
"You know, ....it's because of us, you are in a better place, now."
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."
And,
As was said here already: "If it doesn't kill you, it will make you stronger."
and, "You'll thank me one day, for this."
"You can't blame me for what you yourself created."
"Keep on pushing on."
"Keep a stiff upper lip and you'll come out the other side of this"
"You need to".......... and/or "You should" .......... and/or "You shouldn't ........." and/or "You ought to .........."
"You've got your whole life ahead of you, don't waste it thinking about the past." ..........(when sometimes the past was like 15 min. to an hr. ago, included abuse and God forbid I attempt asking for and receiving any help).
"At least you have us and are not living out on the streets."
"You can't let this ruin your life."
"There are too many people out there that have it alot worse then you. Get over yourself."
Some yrs. later it's:
"Live and Let Live." ........when it really should be "Live and Let Die," because that's what the majority seem to be doing. ...And, "This to Shall Pass." are you kidding me, nothing ever passed then, why should I believe (or it come easy to believe) that it will now.
'It's time to leave all that in the past & move on'
'Oh, you just want some extra sympathy' no actually I don't i just need you to understand
I recently had a very stressful weekend in my ex husbands company at a family do. The weeks following have been difficult & so many people have said 'Well you'll probably never see him again, so whats the problem' or
'At least he didn't attack you again'
from my childhood, 'those are only crocodile tears, if you dont stop I'll give you something to cry for....
'We all have problems, you will just have to put them aside' if only I could!
& of course 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger' no it doesn't!!
'Oh, you just want some extra sympathy' no actually I don't i just need you to understand
I recently had a very stressful weekend in my ex husbands company at a family do. The weeks following have been difficult & so many people have said 'Well you'll probably never see him again, so whats the problem' or
'At least he didn't attack you again'
from my childhood, 'those are only crocodile tears, if you dont stop I'll give you something to cry for....
'We all have problems, you will just have to put them aside' if only I could!
& of course 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger' no it doesn't!!
Kintsugi
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You guys have had me laughing like hell with a great feeling of camaraderie. Most of the ones I was thinking of have already been said, but in light of my recent thread on attractiveness and hating compliments...
[When I try to gently dismiss a compliment or ask that someone not comment on how I look, good or bad...]
"Stop fishing for compliments."
WTF?!
[When I try to gently dismiss a compliment or ask that someone not comment on how I look, good or bad...]
"Stop fishing for compliments."
WTF?!
freakofnurture
Platinum Member
"One day you will see things differently." - Oh will I? But not today, so leave me the f*ck alone with your stupid sermons about forgiveness, and stop acting as if I'm just being dumb and bull headed and narrow minded and overly resentful, and for f*ck's sake, stop looking at me as if I'm victimising my p*rents because I let them simmer in the sh*t they put themselfs in by traumatising me! *huff huff huff* Graaaaaaah!!! *huff huff* *long string of curse words*
"You have to move on." - I do, sweetness. I move on from blaming myself to giving my p*rents what they deserve. I move on from hurting myself to feeling anger where anger is really due. I move on from obeying f*mily pressure to ridding myself of the people who aren't good for me. And if you would move a bit from the bigoted little vantage point you chose for yourself, you could see that. *b!tchslap*
"You have to move on." - I do, sweetness. I move on from blaming myself to giving my p*rents what they deserve. I move on from hurting myself to feeling anger where anger is really due. I move on from obeying f*mily pressure to ridding myself of the people who aren't good for me. And if you would move a bit from the bigoted little vantage point you chose for yourself, you could see that. *b!tchslap*
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jeeps for now
"who would do a thing like that?"
"it couldn't have been that bad"
"you're imagining things"
"it couldn't have been that bad"
"you're imagining things"
Lionheart
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"Everything happens for a reason." ...Grrrrrr. :mad:
Really, Is that supposed to make me feel better???
The reason is people choose to abuse me, how the hell is that supposed to be helpful?
Really, Is that supposed to make me feel better???
The reason is people choose to abuse me, how the hell is that supposed to be helpful?
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