'offer it up'

i really dislike the phrase 'offer it up'. not the words, or the ideal behind it, simply the phrase. i grew up learning that phrase. i do offer it up. i love to offer it up. but when i tell people about my problems and their reply is 'offer it up' something inside of me twitches.
sometimes i like to be consoled, to have someone offer to give me a hug or hit somebody in the face. and while i don't advocate hitting others, i do advocate offering to do so.
like my friend Lea demonstrated the other night. i told her about how a long time ago, a man attempted to rape me and her first reaction was to say;

"where is he? whats his name, adress and phone number?"
"nothing....."
"where is he?!?!?!?! i need to cut off his man parts!!!!!"

yeah, scary. but it made me laugh, which is what i needed.