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Yes. And people tend to avoid that pain.

There's a book by philosopher Paul Watzlawick on the matter: "The Situation is Hopeless, But Not Serious: The Pursuit of Unhappiness"

One way to become unhappy is: The same, but more of it"

I do not agree with Constructivism as a philosophy, but this book is brilliant. Funny, and full of insight.

Mark Twain had a similar idea expressed in a 'space opera' story.

If you are lost, you just repeat, what made you going lost