Get over yourself!
This common phrase is an interesting one. When and why do people say that phrase? It's supposed to mean: "Don't take yourself or your problems too seriously....It means stop being so self-centered and conceited... something you say to tell someone to stop thinking that they are more important than other people, especially when they are complaining about something."
But much of the time its said for quite other reasons. It appears to be a less direct, acceptable way of saying:
“You dont matter’... 'Your ideas are stupid'... ‘I dont care if something is troubling you’...'I dont like what you said'... or maybe just ‘fuck off’.
What has the person actually written or said that draws out this 'Get over yourself' shout? Often its something, so called 'serious' - about politics, history, religion, etc. Often it's something the other person disagrees with on those subjects. Or it's something the other person considers over long, too detailed, too complicated, etc. Something that annoys or confuses them. In such cases the person's shout normally means ‘I want to make what you have said look bad by tainting it with a negative phrase, but i can’t be bothered or am not capable of actually responding to the content of what you’ve written… so here’s an aggressive cliched phrase instead’.
If its supposed too be genuine advice, that the person is taking themselves to seriously or being conceited then its pretty useless. Its a bit like a doctor saying to their patient:
‘Get better’.
You reply, in confusion: ‘Ah…how do you think I should do that?’
But the doctor just repeats ‘Get better!’
and leaves the room.
The kind of people who love to shout ‘Get over yourself’ probably need to get a bit more INTO to themselves. To think a bit more deeply about things and be more open to considering complicated things. They probably also need to get a bit more into OTHER people. To sympathise more, to be more considerate and respectful.
So, to those rude people who shout that phrase, let’s shout back:
‘You get INTO to yourself…and be nice to others!’
This common phrase is an interesting one. When and why do people say that phrase? It's supposed to mean: "Don't take yourself or your problems too seriously....It means stop being so self-centered and conceited... something you say to tell someone to stop thinking that they are more important than other people, especially when they are complaining about something."
But much of the time its said for quite other reasons. It appears to be a less direct, acceptable way of saying:
“You dont matter’... 'Your ideas are stupid'... ‘I dont care if something is troubling you’...'I dont like what you said'... or maybe just ‘fuck off’.
What has the person actually written or said that draws out this 'Get over yourself' shout? Often its something, so called 'serious' - about politics, history, religion, etc. Often it's something the other person disagrees with on those subjects. Or it's something the other person considers over long, too detailed, too complicated, etc. Something that annoys or confuses them. In such cases the person's shout normally means ‘I want to make what you have said look bad by tainting it with a negative phrase, but i can’t be bothered or am not capable of actually responding to the content of what you’ve written… so here’s an aggressive cliched phrase instead’.
If its supposed too be genuine advice, that the person is taking themselves to seriously or being conceited then its pretty useless. Its a bit like a doctor saying to their patient:
‘Get better’.
You reply, in confusion: ‘Ah…how do you think I should do that?’
But the doctor just repeats ‘Get better!’
and leaves the room.
The kind of people who love to shout ‘Get over yourself’ probably need to get a bit more INTO to themselves. To think a bit more deeply about things and be more open to considering complicated things. They probably also need to get a bit more into OTHER people. To sympathise more, to be more considerate and respectful.
So, to those rude people who shout that phrase, let’s shout back:
‘You get INTO to yourself…and be nice to others!’