Overcoming Chronic Boredom

If you feel chronically bored, the path out of that stagnant place lies within. Learning to open up to your inner experience can help re-engage you in life again.

To learn more about this, check out my article, Bored? Break Free Now at:

Making change through compassionate self-awareness

[blackcat-dhgq]

I had an extremely productive and rewarding day, did everything on my to do list, then the sun goes down....is it back to the books? The TV shows are all reruns, nothing is new in my youtube subscriptions, I've listened to all my cds a million times, I've achieved everything thats humanly possible in my situation. Now what? There's nothing left and tomorrow will reset I'll find all the motivation I can muster, then the sun will set and I'll have to reread that book again, scream from the highest balcony, and endure another night at the ends of the earth.

[edgarsacadura]

What is weird for me is that i do engage with the world, i have hobbies, i go out with friends or family, i do sport, take walks, play with my pets, i read, paint, go to the cinema, have a great but i'm constantly bored. I mean, contantly, i get bored of the day, bored of everyone, bored of conversations (even interesting ones), i get bored of places, bored of the things i like to do.... idk... some days are better, some are worse but my mind is ALWAYS wanting more and more or else it falls into a boredom pit...

[dornelli]

the cure to boredom is to come out of your self and do something nice to some body else, then watch joy in their eyes

[tandemfandom]

Reconnecting with friends and previously enjoyed pursuit is merely a temporary reprieve from the status quo

[lv]

I've always been like this as far as I can remember and I'm 29. Recently I've started finding some enthusiasm in cooking and also meditation, these are the only two things I feel enough motivated to do, the rest just feels to hard or hopeless. I started a lot of things in life but never ended any. It's a terrible feeling, I'm rationally aware I'm wasting my life but emotionally I don't know what to do.

[PhillDrakeEntertainment]

What was interesting, after finishing high school I never felt boredom before, always had my mind on something to do, but when I started looking for the first job and delay that I was experiencing got longer and longer this represented such a huge issue and it's the worst state of mind being in your room around 4 walls. Such a sin.

[lavilavi]

I often feel bore, i didn't knew what i wanted to do with my life but then i love music so i started learning it, bur after 3-3.5 months i Suddenly started feeling hopeless like i don't want to do anything. Once again after so much working on my music, i feel like i just don't want to do anything
I often cry and feel hopeless, but then i get myself together and try to do something but fails everytime
I don't what i just can't feel music, songs anymore which once i love to listen. It's been so much time i haven't listened to music and the worst part is there is no one to help
I feel like i have potential i can do whatever i want if i work hard but i just lack something and I don't know what
Feel like I'm not alive at all
I have stopped feelings everything

[cynthiacassel]

I’ve never been bored until I came here and now my life is a nightmare. My finances are a wreck and someone hurt me in a mammogram in the Springs. My assets vanished and you’re trying to find someone to marry me. I don’t need anyone causing me pain intentionally to keep me entertained. Throwing life-sized problems at me and then expecting me to work my way through them is cruel. Truly cruel. I’ve never been so bored and unhappy as I am playing this game. Going to go for a walk now.

[lumpyrex]

Thank you for your videos.

I definitely am bored. And when i ask myself on an emotional level, i get a sense of fear.

Fear of failure and rejection.
Self abandonment.

I freeze in interactions with women and self sabotage the interactions. Often avoiding women I truely like.

Lately I've been aware of this pattern.
Your videos help mentalize.

[llk]

Evolution placed boredom in us to have ourselves seek new activities, a necessary tendency for an intelligent species like us. But what if I am physically unable to do what I really want? If I was born before the neolithic I would probably be dead due to my limitations. The modern alien world keeps me alive even though it shouldn't.

[Ethylamine]

Thank you Ms Leslie, this video helped me on understanding how to cope with boredom, I've been experiencing this for a couple months now and its really difficult to overcome, everything you do you're self-aware in ways that make you say its not good for me, but actually everything else is fine, its just you perceiving life as a waste and getting in a defensive mindset. Thank you.

[lemonketchup]

I’ve been bored for as long as I remember and for me I think my boredom comes from seeing things as meaningless. I don’t see anyone talk about this kind of boredom so It feels as if I’m the only person who feels this way. It also took awhile for me to understand that my boredom stemmed from seeing things as useless and meaningless because as I said earlier I haven’t seen anyone speak about it. I assume how this first started for me came from my depression, then getting worse as my beliefs became more nihilistic. Anyways sorry about my rant I was just wondering what you think about this cause of boredom and if you think people like me can do anything about it 🤷‍♀️👍

[magicmofy]

I really needed this right now, thank you! I think I have an inner feeling that I and my interests are not important and that I am only interesting for people when I am good at or archive something. With boredom i defend myself from the possibility of failing...

[Corrupt]

Bored. Hopeless. No motivation to do literally anything. Like I literally wake up at 3PM and then just lay in bed until like 8PM doing nothing staring up at the ceiling feeling like shit. Then at like 3am I get a spike of energy and feel like doing stuff all of a sudden. Idk.

[t.h.o.rthehealerofrealms]

I have been bored my whole life. Even as a child I have been bored.

[iamgodphotography]

Just like the movie, Groundhog Day every single day is exactly the same. I just stay in bed but get up every 3 1/2 hours to walk the dog and feed him twice a day. I don’t hardly even shower more than twice a week and even sometimes forget to brush my teeth and I had depression before and I don’t know if this is from being in jail for 6 1/2 months I was happy to get out but Now everything flatlined I’m gonna take some psilocybin mushrooms to see if that works

[ConsciousMomprener]

Thanks. I believe talking about these matters going to change the world. My experience with boredom and being uncontent is slightly different though. I just shared on my channel how I cope with boredom

[Babylon]

I get bored so easily, I have to be constantly doing something that stimulates me mentally.

[Animalignis]

- Boredom only exists for the unimaginative and uninnovative; those who must be entertained.

[RitaMcCloud]

I don't have friends. And I suffer from existential dread