Phrases You Are Tired of Hearing

Sabrina · Jun 28, 2013 at 04:01 AM

I agree with bluewings. I can't stand "just get over it". Really, if it was that simple, none of us would be posting here.

yellowfrog268 · Jun 28, 2013 at 10:49 AM

"I don't understand, you have a good life"

"Stop wallowing"

"You can't go back and change your past so just get over it already and stop wasting what remains of your life"

Hellion · Jun 28, 2013 at 11:11 AM

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"

I have to call BS on that one, I think I'd be stronger if my self confidence wasn't destroyed/never allowed to develop and if I didn't have anxiety issues.

anneo59 · Jun 28, 2013 at 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Odee

"Chemical imbalance"

"Feel good hormone/neurotransmitter"

"Fake it until you make it."

"Classic depression/anxiety" (New Pdoc diagnosed me this, kept calling me "classic." That may be so, but also felt like I wasn't being treated like an individual.)

And pretty much anything said in the relentless anti-depressant commercials.

Do you guys have anything to add to this list? Things that you are just tired of hearing? Let's all be a little cynical right now.

ha ha ha, funny! How bout It is What it is???

anneo59 · Jun 28, 2013 at 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by winter4me

I am getting very tired of "It is what it is", it's being used for Everything, including those things we CAN/SHOULD change. And I'd like to get the corporate widget talk out of health care. People who are in a facility they have no choice to be in are NOT "consumers". "closure"=********. "You need closure".....AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH I'm not a big fan of coping depending on how it is used. I once held that term against a nurse practitioner for years; the first words she ever said to me when she walked in the room (and we had never met) was "So. What is it? You just can't cope?" YIKES

yes, and also referring to the docs as the providers???? Hate that, myself.

anneo59 · Jun 28, 2013 at 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Perna

I hate the obvious, what's-wrong-with-this-picture where the TV advertisements for medical "conditions", the side-effects of the medicine is worse than the condition. Why do the pharmaceutical companies keep advertising that on TV? Why do the doctors keep suggesting some of that junk? I had to tell my doctor more than once that I don't take any medication that has a side effect of death! (Truly, one of my possible asthma meds, you can die from an asthma attack caused by taking it!).

Amen to this!!!!

anneo59 · Jun 28, 2013 at 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by yellowfrog268

UHHH!

Pretty much any platitude, slogan, or popular expression with the underlying message that personal or emotional problems can be fixed with enough determination/will-power. The corresponding message there is that lack of ability to fix your "problems" is somehow a moral or character flaw.

It always seems as though they come from the mouths of people who've not been where some of us have.

absolutely the truth!!!

anneo59 · Jun 28, 2013 at 11:22 AM

I have really enjoyed the thread, embarassed that I've actually said a few, and I do mean just a few of these myself, and hate most of them listed by you all. Nice to vent and to smile over this stuff, too. Thanks, all

yellowfrog268 · Jun 28, 2013 at 11:25 AM

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"

Um......Sometimes what doesn't kill you winds up maiming you for life.

darkpurplesecrets · Jun 28, 2013 at 11:36 AM

"Just give it to God." (you try to, if only it were that easy)

"You lived through it then, you'll live through it now" (when you dissociate from it then, it is like going through it for the first time)

"It was just a dream, dreams are not real" (no, but what the dream was about was something that was real)

"I'm sorry" (it just feels like oh,....just something to say)

"Just get over it, it is the past."

"It is not happening now"

Nammu · Jun 28, 2013 at 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by anneo59

yes, and also referring to the docs as the providers???? Hate that, myself.

Personally I call Pdoc's pushers since that is all they do anymore, push drugs. Listen, nope, the side effects were just all in my mind.

I'm a patient not a consumer. That means I expect to be treated the same as any patent with an illness, not patronized or talked to as if everything I say is suspect, when I say something physical is wrong they had better take it seriously and find out the cause! I'm not willing to end up in the ER or ICU anymore because they assume it's all in my mind!

If I'm a consumer then what happened to the phrase; the costumer is always right??

Hellion · Jun 28, 2013 at 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by yellowfrog268

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"

Um......Sometimes what doesn't kill you winds up maiming you for life.

Exactly.

jadedbutterfly · Jun 28, 2013 at 12:29 PM

"Take a walk, you will feel better"
while it may help if you are a bit out of sorts.... when things are full blown out of grip with reality way.. walking doesn't do a darn thing.

yellowted · Jun 28, 2013 at 12:56 PM

i am really fed up hearing 'take your time, don't rush' i have no choice but take my time, if i don't i mess thing up or crash my scoot or fall off my chair and set my asthma off!

the other is 'you are looking well' it seems whenever i am feeling awful or exhausted people seem to think i look well yet when i feel ok no one says a thing!

in England we are referred to as service users or just users, i am not a user, i paid more in taxes than i will ever get back!

ThisWayOut · Jun 28, 2013 at 01:04 PM

you're not trying hard enough... if you just tried harder...
smile!
stop obsessing/don't think about it
just be positive
it's all in your head
just don't do it
don't let her get to you
you are an adult and in control
don't get lost in the emotion

Rifle · Jun 28, 2013 at 05:59 PM

"It's just a phase"
"You create your own happiness"
"It will go away"

kaliope · Jun 28, 2013 at 06:04 PM

my t is famous for "we just have to tease this out" meaning he hasn't a clue how to handle what is going on with me

EBD8 · Jun 29, 2013 at 09:07 AM

Everyone's a little Bipolar
Turn all your problems over to God and It will all go away

Jun 29, 2013 at 09:08 AM

Closure ...

As if such a thing really exists!

gruvingal · Jun 29, 2013 at 11:15 AM

Oh, It'll be better tomorrow! Look on the bright side!

AAArrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!

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Sabrina Wisest Elder Ever Member Since Feb 2006 Location: South Africa Posts: 67,808 (SuperPoster!) 18 1,653 hugs given	Jun 28, 2013 at 04:01 AM #41 I agree with bluewings. I can't stand "just get over it". Really, if it was that simple, none of us would be posting here. __________________ Crying isn't a sign of weakness. It's a sign of having tried too hard to be strong for too long.
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yellowfrog268 Veteran Member Member Since Apr 2013 Location: Florida Posts: 557 11 43 hugs given	Jun 28, 2013 at 10:49 AM #42 "I don't understand, you have a good life" "Stop wallowing" "You can't go back and change your past so just get over it already and stop wasting what remains of your life"
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Hellion Grand Magnate Member Since Apr 2010 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,794 14 6 hugs given	Jun 28, 2013 at 11:11 AM #43 "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" I have to call BS on that one, I think I'd be stronger if my self confidence wasn't destroyed/never allowed to develop and if I didn't have anxiety issues.
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anneo59 Grand Poohbah Member Since Sep 2012 Location: US Posts: 1,615 12 2,114 hugs given	Jun 28, 2013 at 11:22 AM #48 I have really enjoyed the thread, embarassed that I've actually said a few, and I do mean just a few of these myself, and hate most of them listed by you all. Nice to vent and to smile over this stuff, too. Thanks, all
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yellowfrog268 Veteran Member Member Since Apr 2013 Location: Florida Posts: 557 11 43 hugs given	Jun 28, 2013 at 11:25 AM #49 "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" Um......Sometimes what doesn't kill you winds up maiming you for life.
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jadedbutterfly Poohbah Member Since May 2012 Location: Mass Posts: 1,247 12 783 hugs given	Jun 28, 2013 at 12:29 PM #53 "Take a walk, you will feel better" while it may help if you are a bit out of sorts.... when things are full blown out of grip with reality way.. walking doesn't do a darn thing. __________________
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ThisWayOut Grand Magnate Member Since Jan 2013 Location: in my own little world Posts: 4,227 11 6,452 hugs given	Jun 28, 2013 at 01:04 PM #55 you're not trying hard enough... if you just tried harder... smile! stop obsessing/don't think about it just be positive it's all in your head just don't do it don't let her get to you you are an adult and in control don't get lost in the emotion
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Rifle Member Member Since Jun 2013 Location: USA Posts: 22 11 2 hugs given	Jun 28, 2013 at 05:59 PM #56 "It's just a phase" "You create your own happiness" "It will go away"
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kaliope Legendary Wise Elder Community Liaison Member Since Jun 2011 Location: somewhere, out there Posts: 36,240 (SuperPoster!) 13 9,987 hugs given	Jun 28, 2013 at 06:04 PM #57 my t is famous for "we just have to tease this out" meaning he hasn't a clue how to handle what is going on with me __________________ kali's gallery http://forums.psychcentral.com/creat...s-gallery.html
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EBD8 Member Member Since May 2013 Location: Ohio Valley Posts: 122 11	Jun 29, 2013 at 09:07 AM #58 Everyone's a little Bipolar Turn all your problems over to God and It will all go away __________________ Dx Bi-Polar 2, Panic disorder, PTSD Meds. Depakote ER 2000mg Lisinopril 20mg Levothyroxine .125 mcg Vistaril 50mg
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Anonymous37842 Guest Posts: n/a	Jun 29, 2013 at 09:08 AM #59 Closure ... As if such a thing really exists!
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gruvingal Member Member Since Apr 2013 Location: Eastern Washington State Posts: 110 11 29 hugs given	Jun 29, 2013 at 11:15 AM #60 Oh, It'll be better tomorrow! Look on the bright side! AAArrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!! __________________ "A woman is like a teabag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water!" Eleanor Roosevelt "Each of us is completely different from the other, and yet we judge ourselves and others as if we are all the same." Gruvingal
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