Patricia Grisafi
Have you ever gotten some bad advice — generalized, cliched, and stereotypical advice? People can feel like they are being kind and helpful, but most of the time, platitudes about life often can make you feel worse.
On Reddit, people are sharing life advice they’ve been given that can honestly just GTFOH.
Telling people who are depressed that “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Dealing in toxic positivity. Advising folks who need financial help that money can’t make them happy. Sometimes, the best advice is to just keep your mouth shut.
1. Age Specific
“Pretty much anything about what age you have to be to like buy a house, have kids, get married, have a career or anything like that. Seriously every person lives a different life than everyone else. Live your life the way that makes you happy. If you want. Up to you.” — Ginger-Beefcake
2. Cheaters
“’Cheaters never prosper.’ Yes they f*cking do.” — Quadric0rn
3. “It’s All In Your Head”
“Telling people ‘It’s all in your head.'” — my_gender_is_a_glock
4. YOLO
“‘Live every day as if it’s your last.’ No. That encourages people to keep up all kinds of terrible habits cause YOLO.” — ErisianMoon
5. Silver Linings
“‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’ Nope— not true. Some things leave you permanently changed, and not always for the better. Yes, it is possible (and oftentimes a good thing!) to try and find silver-linings regarding crummy situations, but to completely ignore how something may hurt someone is absolutely foolish.” — itsgoodpain
6. Ignore Bullying
“‘Ignore the bullying and it will go away’ like wtf is that logic, if you are actively letting bullying happen to you it will only get worse (in my experience).” — kianstartedskating
7. Family Values
“‘But they’re family!’ I didn’t know being related stopped people from being AHs. On the flip side, if we’re family, why are you treating me like sh*t in the first place?” — KaiJonez
8. Too Picky
“You’re not married because you’re too picky. So I’m supposed to settle just so I can be married? You better believe I’m going to be picky when it comes to the person I’m going to interconnect everything with for the rest of my life. In fact, I know more married people that are in unhappy marriages because they weren’t picky enough. Better to be single than with the wrong person.” — CamaroNoir
9. Reach For The Stars
“’Never settle. Reach for the stars.’ Sometimes knowing your limits is a good thing. Otherwise you may refuse something good because you’re trying to get something that’ll never be possible.” — macaronsforeveryone
10. Others Are Worse Off Than You
“‘Don’t be depressed, there are other people doing worse than you.’ Thanks, I know that and try to help them sometimes. But that won’t help my depression leave just because I compare myself to other people having a worse life than me.” — Scarmaster21
11. Soul Mates
“Anything involving the idea of ‘soul mates’ can really set you up for a big fall.” — FishingOk3283
12. Work
“‘Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.’ As though being told to do something doesn’t kill the joy.” — Cock_LobsterXL
13. Get Over It
“’Just get over it.’ Most people would if they could.” — AJSK18
14. Kill’em With Kindness
“‘Kill’em with kindness’ f*ck that, sometimes a person needs to be told what’s up.” — Jimwish32
15. Everything Happens For A Reason
“When my mom was dying of cancer, my cousin sent me a quote that said, ‘Everything happens for a reason’ but crossed out, and underneath it said, ‘Some things are just really, really sh*t and should never have happened.’ I prefer that sentiment.” — raleway_bold
16. Money Can’t Buy Happiness
“(Money doesn’t bring happiness) maybe not, but with it I can pursue the things that make me happy.” — creekupwood
17. Toxic Positivity
“Just think positive thoughts.” — Brilliant_Succotash1
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