Are you constantly complaining about your life? Do you always try to change something and always wish you were in a different place than here and now?
I subscribe to almost everything I said above and I call this condition the Constant Dissatisfaction Syndrome.
In my country, Romania, almost everyone is suffering from this. You get a taxi and the driver complains all the way to your destination about the awful traffic. You got to the supermarket and you hear the cashiers complaining about their long shifts and low pay. You talk to students and they tell you they are so stressed about exams and so disappointed by the curricula. And when it comes to corporate employees, don't even get me started, the second you ask them something about their job, they release an innuendo of complaints: too much work, the boss has something against them, the schedule is terrible, abroad they pay better for the same position etc.
Everyone is constantly complaining about something and wishing they'd be somewhere else, in a more civilized country, Germany or England most of them say.
As a private teacher, I hear complaints such as these on a daily basis and I am pretty much sure I do the same, unknowingly even.
When you live in a society where pessimism and negativism become common traits of the middle class, you are contaminated. The way you see the events that take place in your life and your decisions and general mood are affected by these negative traits.
But because there is a silver lining in every story, I can say that the positive result of living with the Constant Dissatisfaction Syndrome is that this fuels your desire to change.
When you're not happy about your life, you can either accept and adapt, or you can strive for better. This is what most people around me are doing, they are always on the run trying to land better jobs, earn more money and improve their life.
I wish good luck to all of you out there who are subject to the Constant Dissatisfaction Syndrome and I hope that the next big change you make will be more lasting and satisfying.
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