I feel ya
You’re not the first to have this problem. I've had it worse. I've had it longer. And I still haven’t figured it out.
She said her cat knocked over her lamp. I said, 'My cat knocked over my whole house.'
He said he had to do his math homework all night. I said, 'I did mine in the dark. My lamp was broken.'
She said she got yelled at by her teacher. I said, 'I got yelled at by my teacher for being loud.'