people always have things in their lives that are difficult or impossible to face, but the elephant in their living room may not be the same as yours.
You are trying to apply rational standards, but these people are not rational about this problem. They literally do not see or acknowledge it; it's very like depression, and in fact may be closely related to it, where you can't help yourself out of the black hole.
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