girldetective

In another posting on another thread I touched upon the idea of people wanting problems. This may have been discussed here before, but if so I hope it would be alright to revisit it. Its an idea that has been discussed before by most people I would think, but interesting nonetheless.

I dont mean with this question any kind of callousness, nor a lack of empathy. I understand there are things beyond one's control, that not everyone has a median income or even an income at all, that sometimes there are limitations in one way or another, that people get into situations that just are beyond them and they have to work their way out.

Im talking more of the same old junk. The stuff that we all get into over and over again, that we read about all over. It could be personal, familial, work, global, universal. It could be that same crud that you recognize or dont recognize has been with you forever and keeps coming around. You think okay Ive got it, and then it sneaks back up on you again and you dont recognize it until later, but then you do. It was just dressed a little differently.

Do you think people want problems? Do you think that problems serve to satisfy a need? Im not talking creative problems which are intellectually stimulating, but what about social problems?

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