The Drama Filled World

I lead a relatively drama free life. Whenever I sense someone is trying to start something I generally try to ignore it. My life is busy enough, and interesting enough (to me anyway) to not have to bother with pointless conflict for the sake on conflict. There is a large segment of the population that lives on it in various ways.

The most common appears to be living vicariously through other people's conflicts. The most obvious being people that obsess over celebrities lives. This type of person thrives off of the media sensation that surrounds their target. There is always the feeling that the media isn't treating the target fairly, and it creates a conflict within the person's mind. Although this is a sad type of drama seeking behavior, it is mostly benign because the only downside for the people around this person is having to hear the boring stories about the unfair treatment of the target.

Another more insidious form is the type of person that causes conflict with family and friends purely on the basis of the desire for conflict. This person will create arguments out of anything available. A simple phone call about what they are doing the next day can quickly escalate into a fight about how that person is never left alone by the caller. Perhaps the saddest aspect of this sickness is that they attract each other. People who thrive on conflict seek out other people who thrive on it because only people with the same sickness can last.

There is no cure for this illness. The only thing the sane person can do it limit their exposure to the conflict driven, and make sure you don't vote them into public office.