Question: what does singer mean by the sysyphus problem

title: Descriptive psychology
text: `` The central theses comprising the present theory are the following : ( 1 ) Sexually compulsive individuals are obsessed with the enactment of certain preferred sexual scenarios . ( 2 ) These preferred scenarios have their origins in early experiences of degradation , and represent attempts to recover from this degradation . They embody interpersonal transactions that , were they to occur in reality , would ( or so persons envision ) lift them from their degraded positions among other persons to new and more viable ones , and in so doing convey personal redemption and recovery . ( 3 ) These scenarios function as impossible standards against which compulsive individuals measure their actual relationships , activities , and achievements , with the result that the latter are found not to measure up and thus not to satisfy them . ( 4 ) Finally , these recovery attempts are unsuccessful . While momentarily gratifying , they do not in fact bring about recovery , and typically leave their enactors feeling more degraded than before . Thus , they engender ever greater needs to reenact the preferred sexual scenario in the future , and set up a compulsive cycle . ''