It been called all sorts of different things throughout time and in different places. It is a fundamental misunderstanding of reality. But a very understandable one as it is at times necessary.

Buddhists might call it attachments. Meditators might call it failing to be here now. Psychologists might call it magical thinking, or being comparative. I tend to call it outcome pressure. But whatever you like to call it, it will $%^@# you up.

It’s a failure to understand reality. You control nothing but yourself. You can not chose the outcome, you can only chose your actions. And we suffer whenever we get the idea that we can or should control anything outside ourselves.