Unfortunately (or not), life isn’t always rainbows and butterflies. Being alive inevitably means getting used to stuff not turning out quite the way we planned, misfortune happening for no particular reason, losing loved ones, getting lost, and plenty of other things most of us aren’t that thrilled about. However, that “getting used to” and accepting reality for what it is has its challenges.
Recently, Reddit user mynameisnotbecky1 asked fellow community members “What is an untruth people tell themselves to feel better about life or the world they live in?” The post received quite a bit of attention and, as of now, has over 13k answers and almost 30k upvotes. With that being said, Bored Panda invites you to look through some of the best comments we managed to find.
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#1
There’s a few but the main one I tell myself if that the people who hurt me are also hurting. As a kid I thought people bullied each other because their lives sucked, and then I realized my life also sucked and I didn’t treat other people like that so what was their excuse
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#2
“looks don’t matter”
I’ve noticed that this is generally said by attractive people, and people who have never struggled in dating
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#3
People always get what’s coming to them.
The reality is that sometimes the people who tormented you all those years ago are likely living pretty good lives.
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#4
Money can’t buy happiness.
Don’t have a house, job, and are starving? Don’t worry, just because you’re poor, doesn’t mean that having a mansion, 5 course meals, or a six digit salary will make you happier!
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#5
A positive attitude will make you physically better. As a chick with cancer, I get the “just have the positive attitude” advice a lot … which always irked me. No one who feels like c**p wants to fake a positive mindset to make others feel better. My fave response to someone telling me that (again) was actually from a nurse in the room who said: “Please! I’m seen a whole lot of true b****es survive cancer.” That nurse is forever my hero.
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#6
There is someone out there for everyone. Not everyone finds their partner, there is no rule love must follow.
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#7
“If I only get this over with , everything is going to be easy!”
Life never runs out of waves to shake you. But while it isn’t easy, you do learn to surf better.
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#8
Im not an alcoholic , it’s not an addiction i can stop whenever i want .. it’s just party , birthday, Wednesday or whatever i earned this one and next one !
being like that for 22 years, coming from heavily alcoholic home , sobered up few years ago and it was by far best decision of my life !
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#9
“I am going to tell/live MY truth.” Your truth is just an excuse for your actions just or not. It’s not the objective truth.
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#10
Everything happens for a reason
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#11
“If I fall asleep right now I’ll get X-hours of sleep.”
You’re gonna be awake for a while, honey.
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#12
That there used to be “The good ole days” when in fact there never was.
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#13
Crime doesn’t pay. I know someone that embezzled over $1 million and got probation and has to pay back less than 10% restitution
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#14
Religion does more good than bad
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#15
The government would never lie about ______.
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#16
I believe that every single person (me included) think that they are a bit smarter than what they truly are.
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#17
Wisdom comes with age.
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#18
It gets better.
10 years later and you still tell yourself that.
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#19
That the majority of people have a good soul and a good heart.
I tell myself this all the time. I’m constantly proven wrong. In reality, the majority of people are selfish and unkind, especially when it comes to other people.
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#20
I just saw Dear Evan Hansen. It’s way off base when it comes to mental illness and personality disorders, but it comes as no surprise that it was such a hit on Broadway. It leans heavily on all the myths people want to believe. The truth is that reaching out to your family or friends often doesn’t help because they have no idea how to help you or might even be partly responsible for your trauma. For some people, depression and anxiety are intractable even with the best possible treatment. Some people are constitutionally incapable of empathy and will always harm those around them
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#21
If you just work hard it’ll all work out in end
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#22
That the good times we have now –cheap and available gasoline, food in abundance, even pleasant weather– can continue indefinitely. We will run out of Nitrogen for crop growth, we will exhaust the available crude oil, climate change will catch up with us. Our grandkids will not have the plentiful resources we have enjoyed for decades, period.
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#23
For adults specifically: doing your best = success. Don’t get me wrong, doing your best is something to be proud of, but doing your best without preparation/dedication/practice leads to nowhere
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#24
Police can protect me.
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#25
I live for my loved ones. I lost my wife during childbirth and 4 months later my daughter passed away from a heart condition that was inoperable
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#26
People who romanticize being busy at work
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#27
For kids, good heroes always wins. When you grow up, its just a fantasy.
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#28
That the world is just. Karma is a b***h. What’s coming to them. Etc.
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#29
“There is light at the end of the tunnel”. Life is the journey inside that tunnel. Sometimes that journey gets hard, other times it gets easier, but we will never reach that light. The idea of a perfect place does not exist, because life itself is not perfect as we always have something to complain about.
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#30
God has a plan
Image source: D00fenshmirtzEvilInc, Pedro Ribeiro Simões
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