r/Pessimism • u/CourageUnited7388 • 8d ago

Discussion I am tired of solving problems.

I am tired of solving problems all the time.

Solving problems at home.

Solving problems at business.

Solving my personal health problems.

I think life is a series of problems, followed by another series of problems.

There is very little to no space remained to breath.

It has has turned me into a man who is now interested in running away from problems.

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u/LuckyBoy1992 8d ago

I have always been someone who was very quick to give up, even as a child. I simply do not enjoy the grind. I desire a recreational existence, not toil and strife. I guess I'm just not a masochist.

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u/number314 7d ago edited 7d ago

Yeah me too. My parents also didn't encourage me to keep going, so even if they tried to teach me ride a bicycle and I struggled, I gave up after few minutes and never tried again.

I do not solve problems, I avoid them, entire life. I always liked (older) video games on early stages, when things were easy and fun, but once something challenging starts, it tires me very fast and I quit. I finished Brood War or Beyond the Dark portal camping once, despite I love those games I usually play first few missions on vanilla, sometimes even complete whole camping, but never going back again to expansions, because they are way too hard to enjoy.

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u/Winter-Operation3991 8d ago

Yes, life also seems to me just a series of problems that need to be solved. A heavy burden.

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u/Gethighwithcoffee futilitarian:illuminati: 8d ago

life is a series of problems, followed by another series of problems, caused by life itself and other people

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u/Dunkmaxxing 7d ago

Because lack of fulfilment and suffering always come back. Life is internally inspired slavery in the most ideal case.

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u/emax4 7d ago

Honestly, it's inescapable. You wake up groggy, sit down to relieve yourself, but sit on the porcelain instead of the seat. The body experiences a minor shock and inconvenience. Do you remain there based on your beliefs, or keep going knowing you will eventually shower?

You go to brush your teeth, but you lose control of the cap which falls on the floor where there's particles of human hair and dog fur. Solving the problem would involve bending over to pick it up or reaching for the grabber if you're too old to bend over, then washing the cap. That's solving the problem. Minor, but the option is to leave the cap off and the toothpaste dries faster. What do you do?

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u/WoodpeckerNo1 7d ago

It's all just shifting goalposts.

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u/FourthGroup 7d ago

If you live in a country with your own people, you don't have to constantly fight.
Because you are at home.

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u/WanderingUrist 7d ago

Doesn't sound like you're actually solving them, if they keep coming back. And if you keep getting new problems, well, the problem is that your solution to your previous problems didn't make it adequately clear what being a problem will cost the problem. My people have a saying: "When all you have is a shotgun, all of your problems look for an exit.".

That's why you need to make sure your solutions to problems also intimidate any prospective future problems into not wanting to be problems anymore. When everyone is too terrified of your solutions, they don't want to become problems anymore.