Boredom & Depression

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Boredom is a condition characterized by perception of one's environment as dull, tedious, and lacking in stimulation. There is an inherent anxiety in boredom; people will expend considerable effort to prevent or remedy it, yet in many circumstances, it is accepted as suffering to be endured. A common way to escape boredom is to sleep and think creative thoughts or daydreaming.

The first record of the word boredom is in the novel, Bleak House, by Charles Dickens, written in 1852, to be a bore had been used in the sense of "to be tiresome or dull" since 1768. although the expression

Time often seems to move more slowly to someone who experiences boredom. This results from the way in which the human mind measures the passage of time, combined with the infrequency of events perceived as notable. Children who continually suffer from boredom may become severely depressed and might not be able to focus on the real world and life in general.

 

Causes

Boredom can be a symptom of clinical depression. Some boredom is a form of learned helplessness, a

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phenomenon closely related to depression. Some philosophies of parenting propose that if children are raised in an environment devoid of stimuli, and are not allowed or

encouraged to interact with their environment, they will fail to develop the mental capacities to do so. These children are then bored even when placed in an environment others would find stimulating.

Boredom is often associated with adolescence, especially in suburbs, small towns, and other isolated areas. A typical teenager's complaint is that there is "nothing to do." This statement can have a number of economic and social causes. Others disagree, arguing that few environments are inherently boring, and th

at boredom reflects a lack of imagination, initiative and creativity.

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