Do You Get Bored Easily?

[MarmaladeSandwich7]

I have a friend who is always posting on FB that she is bored & it made me think - I really can’t remember the last time I felt bored. I have always enjoyed my own company just as much as being with others, sometimes more, and can always find something to occupy myself. My life is pretty busy so it’s nice to relax when I can. Plus life is too short to be bored!

I’d argue that you can be both busy and bored simultaneously. Sometimes stuff you have to get done is boring so I’d be bored while doing it even if I was technically “occupying my time”.

I do get bored easily, but not lonely easily at all. To me, boredom is a positive emotion which is like a pause before my brain focuses on something else. It gives me the space to work out what that next thing is. And I do jump randomly from thing to thing!

I get bored easily because I love novelty and change rather than disliking my own company. I satisfy my restless self by changing jobs and having new experiences regularly. Doing these things with dh and dd strengthens my relationships so I've learnt how to use it positively. You have to work with who you are.

imagine being on your deathbed, looking back on you life and realise that you spent so much time being bored. There’s so much to do, so much to see, so much languages to learn, so many books to read, so many things you can make, things you can learn. Feel sorry for people who are bored and aren’t embracing those things to make the most of life

DD16 is undiagnosed but very likely to be on the spectrum & have ADHD. She seems to get bored very easily. I used to suggest things that she could do but it sometimes ended in an argument so now I just empathise & figure that she can sort herself out. It certainly doesn’t help that she hasn’t been in education since year 8 & dropped out of college after just one day. She’s reluctant to take a job because of her anxiety.

I only ever get bored in the company of others.

Alone, it's something I never experience.

I have an almost limitless capacity to watch tv/films and am always happy curled up on the sofa. I love hiking alone, or doing a home reorganisation project, or sitting in the garden listening to the birds. I can happily stare out of a window on a 4 hour train journey, imagining the lives being lived in all of the little houses along the track. I love sitting with a coffee outside a coffee shop, people watching.

I can always easily fill my time and be happy, or do nothing and be happy.

Well I find lot of every day things extremely boring: brushing my teeth, getting dressed in the morning, preparing food, etc.

The problem it's all the necessary things. And when added up we spend a large proportion of our lives doing these extremely repetitive boring things.

But I would find someone who continually complained about being bored extremely annoying. Especially if they actually have some freedom of choice in how they live their lives.

I feel bored if I want to do something but feel too tired or ill. That’s the only time. But otherwise I feel I have enough interaction with others and things to do by myself to not feel bored.

Yes, I do get bored very easily, but that's because I have adhd. It has nothing to do with not being busy..I typically overcommit myself and fit more into the average week than almost anyone I know. (Apart from dd, who also has adhd and crams even more into her week than I do!) I just get bored while being busy if I'm doing stuff that isn't new and exciting.

I would add, I never complain about being bored. I'm quite used to it and I just accept it!

I only get bored doing the boring necessary things... getting ready at night is my most hated 30 mins of the day! Get changed, take meds, brush teeth, remove make up, moisturise face, take off jewellery, brush dogs teeth, chase DS into the shower/bed etc, blah blah blah blah.

But in the daytime I can always occupy myself because I'm a hobbit, love being at home pottering, I can never get bored of watching shows/movies as long as I can keep my hands busy at the same time, cross stitch or diamond art etc.

Being bored and then posting on SM that you are bored is not normal.
Does she have form for not wanting to do things if you suggest them (i.e. not coming on a trip out, shopping trip etc)?
Does she have family, hobbies, work......?

I can't remember the last time I was bored (I say that as someone who is retired) and even if I was, I would go and find something to do whether that be taking Ddogs out for a walk, gardening, a change of scenery etc.

No, I don’t get bored easily and I’m very well aware that this is not a positive trait.

I have always been fundamentally lazy, and I’m still exceptionally good at just chilling out & doing nothing. I wish I wasn’t. I wish I was the sort of person who jumped out of bed at 5am & hit the gym before work and filled every minute of my days with exciting stuff and my diary was full of social engagements at all times. But I just can’t be arsed with any of that stuff. Never could.

I'm usually only bored outside of work when I have obligations that I dislike - such as events with DH's wider family that go on for days in a language I don't understand and religion I don't practice.

But I'm very bored at work even though I have 50 million things to do. I really dislike my job at the moment.

I never complain about boredom when I'm alone and have no obligations - alone time is amazing.

I never get bored when alone. I’m bloody great company!!

I get DREADFULLY bored in work meetings and presentations.

I don’t get bored but I think I get restless. I find being with those I don’t choose to be with the most tiresome. Love my close family and my own company. Never boring

No never but I think their are 2 types of people the people who like their own company and people who have to be constantly around others. I have friends in the latter category and its something I really struggle with as I like my own space and time

Rarely. I live alone too and I like being on my own, I like myself you see!

There are times when I get restless rather than bored IYSWIM. That's usually my signal to get up off my arse and go out, or sort out the wardrobes, or tackle the garden or something like that! So being bored or a bit restless is good for me.

I'm retired too so my time's my own and I love it.

She’s a work friend & I don’t see her outside of work.