People are very adaptable, at least for the most part. Say I’m living my life now, and in the next three months, my life drastically changes; I end up in federal prison for five years. It’s gonna suck, but I’ll eventually adapt to my new surroundings, accept it because I don’t have a choice, and therefore, home sweet home. (despite how I end up when I get out, how am I going to really notice how much I’ve changed?) Is that really okay? Well, probably not, but what am I gonna do, suck off the warden so he lets me out?
A stupid example because I don’t know what prison is like so basing said example on it is kind of lame, but I do think people are very good at roughing it up, accepting things and going with the flow. Not saying it’s alright or should be this way, but it’s my general observation, which includes first person view. Things turn out okay because, a lot of the time, in this type of society, what real choice have we?
Say I get all my limbs severed off, and survive. If I plan on life, I’m going to have to find something to cling to (no pun intended) and be happy about in such a state.
For the sake of a less drastic outlook though, like more every day life issues that happen to anyone, of course everyone always has a choice, I don’t think society is as limited as it makes us believe. But they’re tough steps to take, and some may not even know the options are there.
Then again, I too, many times, have experienced overacting and too much worrying, only to see that the scenario I was imagining never happened anywhere near as worse as I thought, if it even happened at all. Although not worrying about something at all has also presented me with some surprise cataclysms, so to speak. There must be some psychological fuckery up in this bitch.
But I think I’m trying to tackle two subjects at once, and am mixing both up and this answer isn’t really working…erm.
shit, cops at the door, gotta go