Expression for a situation which you’re forced to be in but would still choose over something else since you’ve gotten used to it with time [closed]

Solution 1:

An expression which is probably relevant in addressing this situation is

Better the devil you know [than the devil you don't].

From CED:

saying

​ said when you think it is wiser to deal with someone or something familiar, although you do not like him, her, or it, than to deal with someone or something you do not know that might be worse

It can also be considered

the lesser of two evils.

From The Farlex Dictionary of Idioms:

The less offensive of two undesirable options.

Both options are unpalatable, but the lesser of two evils, in this case, is selling the house.

Polls show that the candidate is not well-liked, but is viewed as the lesser of two evils.

It is possible that persons in such a condition just can't bring themselves to make a change per se; this is just inertia.

Solution 2:

You've resigned yourself to your situation.

[Merriam-Webster]

1 : relegate, consign; especially : to give (oneself) over without resistance · resigned herself to her fate

Solution 3:

Not quite a single word, but in psychology there is a behaviour like this called Learned Helplessness

Learned helplessness is behavior typical of an animal and occurs where the subject endures repeatedly painful or otherwise aversive stimuli which it is unable to escape or avoid. After such experience, the organism often fails to learn or accept "escape" or "avoidance" in new situations where such behavior would likely be effective.

Alternatively, a person exhibiting this type of behaviour might be described as having developed a victim mentality

Victim mentality is an acquired personality trait in which a person tends to recognize themselves as a victim of the negative actions of others, and to behave as if this were the case in the face of contrary evidence of such circumstances.