The most irritating cliches to do with emotions

So maybe they've had some emotional issues, but do they really have to use the same old phrases all the time? At first I heard it on a lot of reality TV shows, but when it started poisoning the language of everyday people, I knew I had to speak up. Here is the top 6 on my list:

1. "Now their lives will change forever"

Cue studio audience going, "Ooooo!" Maybe this event will change their lives, but people's lives change all the time, from little things as well. And it won't be "forever". Just until they die. Unless their forever=their lifespan, in which case they're a narcissist.

"Don't you want to get fit and change your life forever?"

"No, but for the next 50 odd years would be pretty fucking nice." 

2. "A rollercoaster of emotions"

Firstly, rollercoasters are way too short. Secondly, people pay to go on rollercoasters. Thirdly, rollercoasters are fun, whereas quick emotional changes are exhausting.

3. "Ups and downs"

This just seems too linear to me. Surely there's more ways to go than just up and down. What about all the other angles?

4. "Hair-raising"

Maybe you're scared, but the incident would only be hair-raising if you were a cartoon... or if your science geek friend was holding a carpet rubbed balloon to your head. The one exception I'll make is if your bodily hairs (arm hairs most likely) stand on end. Though I have never personally experienced this response to fear, it is a legit thing called piloerection, so don't feel like a freak if this happens to you...not a total freak, anyway.

5. "Fall head over heels"

This only applies to someone really clumsy. Like, Bella-level clumsy (yes I just referenced Twilight, which in itself feels like a cliche. But maybe that's just because people in creative writing courses really enjoy paying out books with two dimensional characters).

Now for the most annoying one of all (drum roll please...)

6. The "Journey"

This word should only be used if you are actually physically going on a trip (usually a long one, because you'll sound like a pratt if you tell your mate, "I'm just going on a journey to get some milk from the shops"). But I think this word might be completely ruined for me. I blame reality TV shows.

Now I will show you the most cliched way to express your feelings, based on Twilight, since I mentioned it:

"My life was changed forever when Edward walked in. Even though his intense stare was hair-raising, I couldn't help but fall head over heels. Since then it has been a rollercoaster ride. We've had our ups and downs, but overall I've enjoyed our journey to love."

I know, I know, it just makes you want to have this reaction--a reaction which, by the way, is in no way life changing or everlasting; has absolutely nothing to do with rollercoasters that should stay at the fair where they belong; is not stuck in an elevator; does not raise any kind of hair; will not make you go head over heels unless you're Bella; and most importantly, is NOT a flipping journey!