Access to Education | Access to Healthcare |
Accidents & Injuries | Addiction |
Ageism | Anomie |
Bad Habits | Breakups |
Bullying | Career Setbacks |
Champagne Problems | Commuting Stress |
Cost of Living | Cost of Nutrition |
Crime | Debt / Bills |
Demands on Time | Discrimination |
Divorce | Domestic Responsibilities |
Exposure to Pollution | Family Instability |
Financial Losses | Friendship Breakups |
Health Issues | Immigration Status |
Inflation | Insults & Unfairness |
Lack of Direction / Motivation | Lack of Meaning / Purpose |
Lack of Opportunity | Lack of Resources |
Living Conditions | Loss of Loved Ones |
Loss of Rights & Freedoms | Low Performance |
Mental Health Issues | Obesity |
Oppression | Parenting Dilemmas |
Poor Behavior | Poverty |
Privacy Issues | Quality of Education |
Racism | Rumors / Misinformation |
Safety & Security | School Setbacks |
Sexism | Social Isolation |
Social Rejection | Social Setbacks |
Task / Project Failures | Tax Burden |
Unemployment | Working Conditions |
Working Hours | Workplace Conflict |
Workplace Demands / Pressure | Workplace Safety |
Adversity
Systematic or broad conditions beyond your control that represent an obstacle or disadvantage. Adversity can apply to individual situations or to entire groups of people.
Personal Problems
Problems that are particular to your life including situations such as accidents that are beyond your direct control and things that are within your control such as your behavior.
Professional Challenges
Problems related to your job, business or working life. Professional challenges can be related to income, working conditions, job loss, workplace conflict and stress.
Social Problems
Life problems related to your social life, relationships and network of social support. These include conflict, isolation and problems establishing durable social relationships that satisfy your social needs. Social challenges are extremely common as relationships with people can be difficult.
Existential Problems
Problems related to living a life of purpose and meaning. This is a philosophical or spiritual thing whereby you decide upon your purpose and what life means to you and try to align your behavior to that purpose.
Summary
Life problems are challenges in meeting your life needs including basic physiological needs and higher level social, cognitive, cultural and spiritual needs. Problems are the rule and not the exception whereby the human experience always involves problems. The process of overcoming problems or at least trying to overcome them is what shapes you as a person over time.
