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'''Problems in living''' are problems that human encounter, and they can be minor or major in severity. This area is to help facilitate an understanding of problems in living as it relates to what they are, how they can be identified and conceptualized, and how learning, teaching, and research can be utilized to help solve and resolve problems in living so that all of humanity can benefit, individually and collectively. Problems in living can cause inconvenience. Problems in living can elicit emotional distress. There are many ways to potentially solve problems in living. Some problems in living plague humanity for hundreds or thousands of years. Some problems in living are inherent in the human condition. Regardless, humans have flourished for thousands of years, and if one looks back at humanity even longer, for tens and arguably hundreds of thousands of years, since humans evolved from other hominid species millennia ago. [[File:The Thinker (24284172271).jpg|thumb|right]]

This area is partially to present problems in living from a Szaszian perspective. According to psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, psychiatry is the medicalization of problems in living. Thomas Szasz was a psychiatry profession and wrote extensively about the history of psychiatry and in relation to that also, humans existential and practical need to solve problems in living in life. 

==Discussion questions==

* What might society look like if most all problems in living are solved for all of humanity? 
* Is it generally better to prioritize solving major or minor problems in living? 
** What types of problems in living are best to solve first?
* Are there other ways that problems in living can be categorized or conceptualized? 
* What are the unintended consequences of medicalizing problems in living? 
* Throughout the history of education, how has research been applied to help humans solve and resolve problems in living? 
* What are good strategies for solving problems in living? 
* What role does personal responsibility play in identifying and solving problems in living? 

== Categories of problems in living ==
* [[Economic problems]]
* [[Social problems]]
* [[Spiritual problems]]
* [[Ecological problems]]
* [[Political problems]]
* [[Health problems]]
* [[Philosophical problems]]
* [[Technological problems]]

== Specific examples of problems and examples ==
* People in a geographic region do not have sufficient access to caloric needs. 
* Balancing the need for power for AI data centers with the needs of the entire population. 
* Expensive prices of high bandwidth memory. 
* Lack of clean drinking water. 
* No back up plan for humanity in case another huge meteor impacts Earth like during the time of the dinosaurs. 
* Fuel prices being too expensive. 
* Social conflict between family members. 
* Social conflict between friends. 
* Someone feeling a lack of meaning and purpose in life. 
* A lack of educational opportunities. 
* Feeling stuck in a job that does not pay a living wage. 
* A lack of reliable transportation. 
* There can be an infinite # of types of problems in living.

== Strategies for solving problems in living ==
* Apply [[academic research]] to problems in living. 
* Start a [[business]] around helping other solve problems in living. 
* Identify problems in living. Prioritize which problems in living will benefit most from solving first. Create a plan to solve the problem in living. Implement the plan to solve the problem in living. Evaluate the success of the implemented plans. If the plan was successful, choose a new problem in living to solve and repeat these steps. If the plan was not successful, change the failed plan or create a new plan to solve the problem in living and try to implement and then evaluate the new or modified plan for solving the problem in living. 

== See also ==
* [[Psychiatry]]
* [[Psychology]]
* [[Thomas Szasz]]
* [[Social factors influencing health]] / [[Social determinants of health]]
* [[Sociology]]
* [[Anthropology]]

[[Category:Philosophy of psychiatry]]
[[Category:Social problems]]
[[Category:Problem solving]]
[[Category:Social determinants of health]]
[[Category:Psychology]]
[[Category:Sociology]]