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Does anyone else have absolutely no hobbies or interests?

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twirlywindmill · 12/08/2026 13:08

I find almost everything boring, bowling is boring and games are boring, work is boring and tv is boring.
I go and visit friends or family and I am bored.

It’s not a recent discovery, I have always been chronically bored, even on holidays.
I have tried various different activities to try and find something I enjoy but everything I do I am bored and just waiting for it to finish.
Don’t tell Dh but even sex is boring if it lasts too long.

I probably drink a bit too much but that’s only out of boredom.

Anyone else just bored all the time? I think I am so inside my head that I have no interest in the outside world, even when people talk to me I wish they wouldn’t because I’m happy daydreaming.

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FruAashild · 12/08/2026 13:29

I'm tempted to say 'only the boring are bored' but it sounds more like depression. What is your job and do you enjoy that? What did you study at school/university and did you enjoy that? How on earth did you manage to get married if you find everything boring? Do you have children and do you find them boring? There must have been something in your life that engaged you at some point?

sweeneytoddsrazor · 12/08/2026 13:28

So how do you spend your free time. Do you literally sit there doing nothing

Floatingdownriver · 12/08/2026 13:25

Have you always felt like this? Burn out often presents like this.

twirlywindmill · 12/08/2026 13:24

MassiveOvaryaction · 12/08/2026 13:12

Literally nothing interests you? What do you do with your time?

I go on mumsnet.
Seriously nothing interests me, sports are boring and I can’t get into them.
I can start a book but I’m bored after 2 pages.
I find cooking boring so I eat things I don’t need to prepare or cook like salads and tins of things.
My husband watches tv but I never follow anything on tv as it all looks boring.

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SilenceInside · 12/08/2026 13:20

Do you read? I'm not sure it's possible to find every single type of book boring. Mind you, the same is true of TV and film.

Are you bored because the activities aren't challenging enough for you? Or because your attention wanders quickly and you can't concentrate for any length of time?

I am happy with my own thoughts and don't find my own internal thought processes boring, so even if I am not engaged with whatever activity I'm doing, I am not bored, if that makes sense? I can amuse myself with my own thoughts.

If you went out for a long walk on your own, would you be bored?

MassiveOvaryaction · 12/08/2026 13:12

Literally nothing interests you? What do you do with your time?