Stupid things people say

People say stupid things.

I have always heard people repeat idiotic slogans that are supposed to make you feel better. Let me give some examples, “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.”
What a crock of s**t that one is. I was taught that useless mantra as a child, I suppose some misguided adult thought it would make up for all the jeers and insults hurled at me by other children. Not only does common sense tell you that words have more lasting damage but research is showing the same thing as neuroscientist realize with the aid of the fMRI that rejection does in fact show up as pain in the same area of the brain that registers a broken arm.
Useless fable #2, “time heals all wounds.”
Yet another crock and it’s not the nice kind that comes out of a crock pot and includes slow roasted potatoes.
“Time heals all wounds.”
Tell that to the guy with the bullet lodged in his brain from twenty years ago. Now I am not saying that time doesn’t help. It does. Time helps for certain types of wounds namely those that have been treated properly and this does not include amputations.
I remember one time my 220 pound English Mastiff somehow got a small cut on his leg, I didn’t realize he had even been injured until it turned into a huge puss filled lump with all the skin healed over it. Left untreated it would have eventually at least cost him his leg. I had to take a knife lance the original injury back open and drain all the puss out then disinfect the wound, not once but everyday for about a week before it finally sealed up and healed properly.
Untreated wounds generally get worse as time goes on and have the potential to eventually kill a person.
Try the “time heals all wounds” method the next time you have athletes foot or a tooth infection, I think then you will understand the wisdom of my words.
The same is true for emotional wounds, you have to treat them first and then time can do its work. Covering something up then waiting for it to go away is a fool proof method for a psychological/emotional disaster of sorts.
So the next time some person tries to share this type of sage advice with you, just nod your head politely and then flush it down the proverbial toilet.
BTW since I only have one person who reads this, it is not directed at you but at the world. Though, I know, the world isn’t listening. Darn!