How do you help somebody that always says they're bored? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Raisin8659@monyet.cc 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Typically, people aren't always bored, because otherwise, you are basically emotionally flat and depressed and soon will be suicidal. Have you seen kids that say they are bored? It just means they are not doing anything that interest them.

To get "unbored", you most likely need to be doing something that is fun, and/or meaningful, and/or enjoyable, and/or worthy, and/or essential to survival (in a way, people who are bored may be having it too easy). It may be better to be doing something productive, personally or socially, than doing something just addictive.

Even being still meditating is doing something (like actively paying attention to the breath).

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