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Old Jul 20, 2014, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MotownJohnny View Post
At times, I feel very guilty over the thing I view as the defining tragedy and trauma of my life. It wasn't war or natural disaster. It felt just as threatening though. But yes, it is very "first world". I had lunch one day and overheard a woman at the next table complaining because she couldn't get her hands on a certain Louis Vitton bag. And I thought "she needs to know real problems".
You must have some idea what Freud would have to say about the handbag...

But for whatever reason the woman is putting her effort and energy into a quest she enjoys in the present. She isn't mourning the Louis Vitton bag she lost. She is living her life in the moment, if the search for the bag brings her pleasure.