system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why do people have trouble appreciating what they have and assume things are for granted until taken away?
gpt
The human brain is extremely good at adjusting. To good **or** bad situations. Just like when youre in pain for a long time you get used to it, if youre content for a good while you get used to it, and are therefore no longer content.