Longings, emotions, feelings, hopes, dreams, expectations, ideals, optimism, pain, confusion, hatred, envy, lust… God knows why they exist—you can live a perfectly good life without them.
Without them all. But alas, no—you can always find a subset of these rearing their ugly heads at any one point in time.
Those who know me well know that my past school years are a taboo subject. Here’s another item to add to your list.