Database of Common Problems (150 Entries)

Common problems are life challenges, obstacles, failures, issues and risks that aren't at all rare such that they are familiar to many people. These include personal, work, school and social problems that can represent real adversity. They also include trivial everyday problems that are easily solved or endured.

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School (22)

Social (19)

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Academic Pressure	Accidents & Injuries
Addiction	Awkward Silence
Bad Breath	Bad Hair Day
Bad Haircut	Bad Weather
Balancing School & Work	Being Ghosted
Boring Meetings	Breakups
Broken Things	Bullying
Burnout	Canceled Plans
Career Stagnation	Childcare Issues
Classroom Distractions	Clogged Sink
Conflicts With Classmates	Conflicts With Teachers
Confusing Directions	Cost of Living
Crowded Places	Culture of Mediocrity
Customer Complaints	Dead Plants
Debt	Difficulty Forming Meaningful Relationships
Difficulty Making Friends	Difficulty Sleeping
Digital Literacy	Discrimination
Disengagement	Domestic Responsibilities
Elder Care Challenges	Emergency Expenses
Emotional Distress	Ethical Dilemmas
Failed Cooking Attempts	Falling Out With Friends
Family Caregiving Burdens	Family Disputes
Family Estrangement	Family Illness
Feeling Unappreciated	Feeling Unheard In Class
Few Extracurricular Options	Financial Hardship
Food Insecurity	Forgotten Appointments
Forgotten Birthdays / Anniversaries	Friendship Struggles
Getting Lost	Gossip & Rumors
Grief & Loss	Harsh Criticism
Health Problems	Heavy Workload
High Pressure Work	Homework Overload
Housing Insecurity	Housing Repairs
Immigration Issues	Inability to Save
Inconsistent Schedule	Insufficient Retirement Savings
Interpersonal Conflict	Jealousy Issues
Job Insecurity	Lack of Community Engagement
Lack of Direction	Lack of Exercise
Lack of Insurance	Lack of Outdoor Time
Lack of Parental Support For School Work	Lack of Social Support
Language Barriers	Legal Issues
Life Changes	Life Satisfaction Issues
Life Transitions	Literacy
Loneliness	Long Commute
Lost Deals / Contacts	Loud Neighbors
Medical Bills	Mental Health
Misbehaving Pets	Misplaced Items
Missing Deadlines	Missing Socks
Missing a Train	Neighborhood Disputes
No Access to Help Such as Tutoring	Not Getting Promoted
Nuisance Phone Calls	Outdated Curriculum
Overdue Assignments	Overdue Library Books
Parenting Challenges	Peer Pressure
Performance Issues	Personal Safety
Pointless Meetings	Poor Diet & Nutrition
Poor Study Habits	Poor Test Results
Poor Work Habits	Poor Work Quality
Power Struggles	Pressure to Conform
Pressure to Fit In	Procrastination
Project Failure	Racism
Regret	Rushed Mornings
Saying Something Dumb	Separation or Divorce
Slow Service	Small Bonus
Small Business Failure	Social Fatigue
Social Obligations	Social Pressures
Spam Emails	Spilled Coffee
Spiritual or Existential Crisis	Standing In Line
Stiff Joints	Stressful Environments
Struggles With a Topic	Struggling With Group Projects
Stuck Zippers	Tax Problems
Traffic Jams	Transportation Breakdown
Unclear Expectations	Underemployment
Unemployment	Unfair Grading
Unfinished Homework	Unfinished Projects
Unpaid Bills	Unpaid Overtime
Unread Emails	Unreturned Calls
Unscheduled Meetings	Unstable Employment
Unstable Home Environment	Victim of Crime
Work Stress	Working Long Hours

Problems as Experience

Problems appear to be a universal feature of the human experience whereby you may feel problem-free at times in your life but problems will occur over time.

This is can be viewed as an important part of life. For example, as you get older and you watch a film you may understand exactly how the characters are feeling as they face various problems because you have experienced similar things directly. This gives you a depth of understanding for the human condition and what it means to live.

Problems as Opportunity

It's not a good idea to tell other people that their adversity or loss is actually a positive thing. This can be viewed as toxic positivity which involves the complete rejection of important emotions such as sadness with the insistence that everything is always positive.

Sometimes a problem doesn't have a positive side and it can be processed as a loss without insisting on finding some win in it.

Now this being said, when you look back on your life you may find that problems were the things that pushed you in the right direction, built you up and produced your greatest experiences, joys and successes.

Problems as Human Nature

It is common for people with no serious problems to become overly focused on the small everyday problems that are more or less inevitable such as a neighbor who builds an ugly fence or a software product that is terribly designed.

It is often noted that people with much privilege and few actual problems may go on complaining as much or more than people with more serious problems. From this view, you might think the human mind is designed for problem solving such that we tend to seek out problems to solve.

While this is a tempting theory, there are plenty of people who overcome the habit of dwelling in problems. For example, the stoic philosophy calls for viewing both problems and good fortune with complete indifference such that you are only concerned with your own virtuous response to every situation.

There are also people who appear to be naturally calm and centered who take on problems without losing it. Such individuals aren't going to let small problems ruin their day and may view quite large problems with a sense of humor or acceptance.

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