Why is it that some people are never Satisfied?

What was once your biggest accomplishment is now ordinary. The same luxury car of yours does not give you that adrenaline rush as it used to anymore. Your dreams are always fancier than the reality after you achieve them. Have you ever wondered why?

Most of us are never satisfied with what we have. There are quite a few reasons why it is so. They could be:-

1. Our brain loves new things. We get excited when we see a new car or when we get new haircut or new clothes. Our brain is designed to push us to explore the unexplored. We often want to possess things that we don't have. People always try to reach new goals.

2. We have high expectations. We always have high expectations. Meeting those expectations could of course bring us happiness, but if we're waiting for that to happen, we'd be waiting for very long because that's the world we live in, where it is hard to meet those expectations. Thus, we get depressed and frustrated which will obviously make us feel unsatisfied.

3. We don't appreciate what we already have. “What you don't appreciate will depreciate.” Some people can never appreciate what they have until they lose it. They never seem to be grateful. The reason why they tend to not appreciate what they have is because of the fact that they 'have' it. Once taken away from them, they will realize its value.

4. Humans are not meant to be satisfied. It's a fact. Like we're taught in economics, human wants and desires are unlimited. We always want more.

5. Something out there is better than what we have. Most people are never satisfied with what they have because of this main reason. They feel what the other person has is better than what he/she has. Thus, the desire to have more keeps on increasing. In order to feel satisfied, we got to have everything we don't until a point that there is nothing we might need anymore. But is that possible?

6. If we can remain satisfied, we would never be motivated to do anything. Dissatisfaction acts as a push and gives us motivation to reach our goal. When we feel there is something that we don't have or that we really need, we tend to take some action in order to have it. The desire to want more is what keeps us motivated. We all need something to strive for.

-Sumaiyya Ruhi (MEC)