I Hate When You Say That, But I Love When You Say This

5 Phrases I Love & Hate Writing Challenge

By Grace K. Bianco

You could make or break someone’s day with just a few words.

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My love language is words of affirmation. I love validation and feeling appreciated. Words can also hurt me more than anything else.

When I was tagged by Claudia Ciobanu, Paul Walker, and Pamela Oglesby to do this challenge (their articles will be linked below), I knew right away that I wanted to participate. Since words go straight to my heart, I wanted to take the time to reflect on phrases that I love and hate the most.

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It Hurts When I Hear…

1. I told you so. — I hear this all of the time. Suffering from anxiety, I tend to think worst case scenario. People feel the need to tell me after the fact that they had told me, “There was nothing to worry about.”

I’m not sure what they believe this will accomplish. Anxiety is a mental illness, and chances are that I will worry again. It’s a prideful thing to say to someone that struggles with worry.