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I’ve come to the conclusion that suffering is really just anything that invades your focus without your desire for it to happen.
Thinking about anything you would rather not think about is suffering. You get cut and your brain constantly reminds you of it because evolution is a bitch. Hatred, envy, anger, intrusive thoughts, headaches, itchy clothes, annoying noises in your environment, etc. Anything that steals your attention without your consent is suffering.
So if you’re so focused on avoiding suffering you aren’t able to focus on doing what you want then yep, suffering.
I’d mostly agree that suffering invades your mind without your desire for it to happen.
But so does pleasure, surprise, beauty. Those too can’t be forced to happen, they’re discovered.
True, but in those cases you don’t want them to stop, unless of course, you are getting distracted by them and would like to stop in which case: suffering. Context is more important than raw qualia.
i guess some call that “harassment”
and i guess it’s that much of a problem in today’s time because people are simply exposed to too many signals. that makes signals too much and unfavorable, which we call harassment.
so, in a certain way, the fact that we perceive things as “harassment” is due to the internet, since that’s where the majority of signals come from these days.