Do you mean that it’s a great way to visualise how bad the situation is?

One opening line that’s always stuck with me is:

“The doctor said I was a paranoid schizophrenic. Well, he didn’t actually say it, but we knew he was thinking it.”

Eyes on the prize man.

When i emigrated i had to work through a visa situation at a job where the owner/ boss was a massive dick. Eyes on the fucking prize got me through it and now it’s a distant memory and I’m in a much better place.