🎭 Top 10 Lies We All Pretend to Believe (and Secretly Don’t)

We live in a world built on little fictions.

Polite myths.

Convenient half-truths that help keep things moving.

Some are harmless.

Some are kind.

Some are exhausting.

At The Yume Collective, we believe in confronting the quiet truths people don’t always say out loud. So here it is: a full breakdown of the Top 10 Lies We All Pretend to Believe — but deep down, we know better.

10. “I have read and agree to the terms and conditions.”

The biggest collective lie in internet history.

A legal ritual we all participate in like it means something.

Do we scroll through 43 pages of privacy policy and data handling jargon?

Nope.

We click.

We pray.

We keep moving.

Somewhere, there's a lawyer laughing.

9. “I’m fine.”

It’s the default answer.

Autopilot.

The two-word force field.

But "fine" rarely means fine.

It means:

I don’t want to explain it.

I’m not ready.

I don’t know what I feel yet.

It’s emotional spam — but we all accept it anyway.

8. “I’ll remember that later.”

You will not.

You never do.

Whether it's a grocery item, a password, or a brilliant shower idea, if you don’t write it down immediately, it evaporates.

Every phone note app is a graveyard of lost genius.

7. “I’m just checking in.”

No one ever just checks in.

There’s always a reason.

An angle.

An emotional breadcrumb trail that leads to something we really want to say.

“I’m just checking in” is social camouflage.

Polite small talk with a secret mission.

6. “One more episode.”

Lie.

Bold-faced.

We know it’s four more. Minimum.

Streaming culture has turned this lie into a lifestyle.

The "Next Episode" button is the most powerful manipulator in modern civilization.

5. “I’m over it.”

Ah yes, the lie we tell after heartbreak.

After betrayal.

After the job we lost or the person who ghosted us.

Truth is: if you have to say “I’m over it,”

you’re not.

And that’s okay.

Healing is not performance.

4. “I don’t care what people think.”

In theory: beautiful.

In practice: nearly impossible.

We’re wired to care.

It’s biology, not weakness.

The trick isn’t to not care —

it’s to care intentionally about the right people’s opinions.

3. “I’ll start tomorrow.”

A favorite lie among creatives, gym-goers, and anyone with a half-finished idea collecting dust.

“Tomorrow” is the ultimate emotional delay tactic.

It’s not a time — it’s a permission slip.

If you're waiting for perfect timing, you'll be waiting forever.

Start now. Messy is fine.

2. “I’m too busy.”

The adult version of “my dog ate my homework.”

Sometimes we are busy.

But often, “busy” is code for:

I forgot.

I’m overwhelmed.

I prioritized something else.

I’m not emotionally available for this.

It’s a catch-all excuse we let each other get away with — because we do it, too.

1. “Everything happens for a reason.”

Comforting? Yes.

True? Depends on who you ask.

We say it in moments of tragedy, loss, or confusion.

But deep down, we know:

some things just happen.

Some things are random.

Some things hurt without purpose.

You don’t need a cosmic reason to grieve, rage, or feel lost.

You just need permission to feel it.

🔄 Why We Tell These Lies

Not all lies are malicious.

Most are cultural scripts.

Social shortcuts.

Emotional armor.

We tell them to survive, to cope, to keep things polite.

But when you start to see them for what they are,

you can start replacing them with honesty —

the soft, awkward kind that actually changes things.

🪩 Want to Live Without the Lies?

Start small:

Say “I don’t know” when you don’t.

Say “I’m not okay” when you aren’t.

Say “I forgot” instead of “I’m busy.”

Write down that idea now.

Hit send.

Truth is messy, but it’s magnetic.

And it attracts people who aren’t afraid to be seen.

At The Yume Collective, we celebrate that kind of energy.

No facades. No filters. Just the raw stuff of being human — beautiful, complicated, and real.

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Lie less.

Feel more.

You’re not alone.

— The Yume Collective