They think if they are having an issue with it, everyone else must be as well.

It’s part of the indoctrination of sin from the church as well.

It’s also a pretty common logical bias from smart people thinking others think or know what they do.

Apparently we are all the same flaws with very different responses to them.

It’s absolutely a person speaking out loud to justify everything and avoid thinking about hardship. Humans are great at that.