I am reminded of a quote I heard many years ago, and I cannot remember who said it. It went something like this...

"If all the people of the world came together and made one giant heap of all their troubles, from which each would take an equal share, most people would be content to take their own troubles and go home."

When I first read that, it made no sense to me at all. Then I understood it to mean that most people have less than their "equal share" of trouble. However, a new meaning is dawning on me. I think some people have a certain amount of ... pride? in their troubles. An attitude that says "They may be troubles, but their are *my* troubles". It leads to a line from a BNL song.

"Won't it be dull when we rid ourselves Of all these demons haunting us To keep us company?"