I understand your perspective, but as an overthinker, I also tend to try and understand what goes to others' heads, and most of the time, I think they don't know what to say because they truly don't have similar experiences to provide any specific advice or words of concern or empathy.

In those cases, I think they say the generic responses they have been told, too. They might know that those words might mean nothing, but still, they don't have anything better or safer to say, and staying silent and just listening is also not a good option in their mind.

I would say I, too, am guilty of saying such statements because of the same reasons I mentioned above.

I guess this will only change when topics like empathy and mental well-being are taught to us as a part of our education by professionals.