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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Significant-Major393 on 2026-05-26 10:47:53+00:00.

I was working in ICU as a nurse. The patient's family had finally been able to come back and visit after the patient was intubated and stabilized. I put a couple of chairs next to the bed, and they sat there in shock, trying to take it all in. I was trying to give them some time to sort through their feelings. But an IV pump started beeping, so i was trying to squeeze around them to get to it. The wife looked up with tear rimmed eyes and said that she was sorry that they were in the way. I wanted them to know that their presence there was important, so I tried to casually say, "It's all good." But in the middle of saying it, my brain decided that it was too casual, and to switch to, *It's no problem." So what came out, as I gently placed my hand on her arm and looked at her with empathy was, "It's all problems."

TL;DR: I accidentally told a grieving spouse of a patient of life support that "It's all problems" while trying to be supportive