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Description : Does anyone have an explanation as to why the phenomenon of "pining away" is so prevalent in people?

Last Answer : answer:A big part of it is that we tend to overestimate the ability of external circumstances-people, things, places, situations, etc.-to provide satisfaction. This creates a hedonic treadmill ... of that perpetually discontented self, forever isolated from what it wants. How real is that?

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