After graduating from university, society demands we master two things: 1⃣ interpersonal relationships and 2⃣ the ability to earn money. Unfortunately, school never teaches either.
Even if you happen to arrive at this insight on your own someday, your parents and teachers will quickly stamp the thought out: “Just focus on your studies — don’t worry about all that!”
So some people never even make it out of academia before being disillusioned by human nature — graduate students get their first hard lesson courtesy of their own supervisors. Those who do enter the working world discover they’re just ordinary people: average technical skills, average emotional intelligence, and even more average self-awareness. The suffering that comes with that realization is immense.