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To me, boredom is like a forceful and needed break to let the mind rest =)
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Hi Mariana, that’s an interesting way to look at it.
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Diane
2Hi Evan!
I usually just do something when I feel bored or when my son is bored we go do something or invite a friend over. I find I am usually engaged in something interesting so boredom is not intense but I do like to engage in new things so I guess that may be considered boredom as I need to change it up often to learn something new and feel more in the zone.
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Hi Diane, going and doing something often works for me too. Thanks for your comment.
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Hi! I’ve always been a person who tends to boredom, but my experience with it has become more intense since I moved to a new country almost alone. In this new place I haven’t found yet those activities or people that can help me to get throug the moments I’m bored. That makes me think about boredom as a state of our body and mind that moves us to search social relationships and entertainment, action, emotion, new experiences. It’s a positive feeling, the problem is when you can’t find the ways that lead you to it.
Thanks for the post!Facu
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Hi Facu,
“That makes me think about boredom as a state of our body and mind that moves us to search social relationships and entertainment, action, emotion, new experiences”
I’d never thought of boredom as having the positive function of providing motivation. Thanks, you’ve given me something to think about.
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Arturo Bandini
4.1hi,
for me boredom is a curse. I feel dread, anxiety, deep emptiness. I agree that it can prompt an individual to action or experiences that attempt to break the monotony of a bored state. But there is danger here too – certain addictive behaviours hold the allure of novelty and the answer to my boredom. I’ve learned to sit with boredom because the alternative is worse. I’ve found it soon passes and my anxiety is a lesser evil than the consequences of an impulsive and addictive act. A. -
Diane4.2
Arturo,
That is an interesting concept as seen through an addictive mind set that feels impulsive activity from the cause of the feeling of boredom as a negative. That anxiety you speak of is easier instead of engaging in some healthful activity other than an addictive unhealthy one. It is kind of sad to me that anxiety would be a choice instead of so many other activities. But there seems to be a positive as I guess your anxiety too passes and then you can go on from there. I hope I understood your comment well enough? Hope this shifts your perspective a bit and maybe you can find some new hope in changing the dread you feel when boredom hits you.
Peace, Love and Joy,
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Hi Arturo,
Like Diane I hope you can find that there are nicer feeling too than anxiety.
I understand what you mean about addictions. But I hope that you can find alternatives to boredom that are satisfying, enjoyable and non-addictive.
Thanks for your comment.
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This may sound a bit precious, Evan, but I honestly don’t remember the last time I experienced boredom – there is so much to do and to learn! Funny, with this post you make me begin to wonder if I’m missing out on something… :)
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McLaughlin
6My mom always told us as kids that a bored person is a boring person. That didn’t really stick in my head until I was about 30. My older sister asked me if I remembered mom saying it, and sure, I suppose I did. Because of that, my sister never let herself get bored. If she was bored, she would read or study. End result, she graduated high school, university & masters with honors.
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Your sisters way of dealing with boredom certainly seems to have worked for her! So long as she was studying stuff that interested her I guess. Thanks for your comment.
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I was so bored some summers when I was a kid that I was actually depressed and felt dead inside. It was struggle to make it through the day. That experience gave me enough motivation for the rest of my life…I never wanted to feel that way again. I’m grateful it happened.
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Thanks for sharing your wonderfully positive response Jean.
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Find Yourself with a Smile...
10I enjoyed your article, Evan.
I think there are many powerful mysteries just on the other side of emotions we would rather not experience.
You listed a couple for boredom. I have found quite a bit of peacefulness out there as well.
I always have a book with me, now, so I rarely get bored. But if I start to, sometimes I’ll put down the book and just pay closer attention to the sensations in my body… the ones I associate with the boredom. This has been quite profound for me.
One of the instructors of meditation who I study, Shinzen Young, likes to say that when you really pay attention, “boredom is endlessly fascinating”
So I hope to get all the excitement that I can out of boredom… if that makes any sense at all… :-)
keep smiling,
Ben
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