>Why do people talk about minor inconveniences as if they were life threatening.
probably one talks that way about minor inconveniences if:
1. There are a lot of them all piled up - thereby leading to more inconvenience than you could reasonably handle
2. One is going through something else at the moment that is very problematic which then means you don't have the psychic reservoir to deal with the minor inconvenience
3. Perhaps it is a minor inconvenience for most people but is worse for you because you have some other major inconvenience or condition in your life that the otherwise minor one exacerbates.
probably one talks that way about minor inconveniences if:
1. There are a lot of them all piled up - thereby leading to more inconvenience than you could reasonably handle
2. One is going through something else at the moment that is very problematic which then means you don't have the psychic reservoir to deal with the minor inconvenience
3. Perhaps it is a minor inconvenience for most people but is worse for you because you have some other major inconvenience or condition in your life that the otherwise minor one exacerbates.