Take away a person's sense of place in the world, and you'll have an unhappy person. Unfortunately, life doesn't revolve around ensuring that we feel we matter. That we fit in. That our lives have a meaning and purpose that is desirable to us. Even worse, life is often unpredictable.
Events happen, but to no clear purpose.
Or, what we want goes to someone else. Because people are inventive and creative, we make do. One way we make do is to tell ourselves stories that fulfill our needs. For example, regardless of the outward appearances and realities of our lives, we are heroic. We have honor.