As stated previously, suffering is defined as a "pain caused by injury, illness, loss, etc." which includes both “physical and mental/emotional pain” (Merriam-Webster). However, the idea of ​​suffering implies much more. Suffering is not only caused by physical factors such as injury or emotional pain. For example, it could be the feelings you have about the loss of a loved one. Additionally, socioeconomic status contributes to the extent to which one suffers and the tolerance a person has for the emotional and physical pain noted in the definition. When a person is economically deprived of the basic necessities of life, he suffers not because he chose to or because of the mistakes he made, but because of his inability to raise his social status. They simply cannot afford the luxury of living that wealthier class citizens have because they can't afford it. The definition also fails to mention that suffering does not exclusively cause “pain.” Suffering has the ability to cause other feelings in humans, such as amplified guilt for a mistake made in the past. “Pain” itself is not specific enough to delineate the various emotions associated with suffering. Human beings are multidimensional creatures inundated with many conflicting feelings that reflect a social situation. Even the idea of ​​suffering is not exclusively negative. It can carry