The Negative Effects Of Boredom

Boredom is a state of being where a person is left without anything in particular to do. Several articles prove that boredom is a painful experience that can cause many unhealthy events in a lifetime, but other articles state boredom may also help boost creativity, relieve stress, and discover new interest. One has to decide to embrace boredom as an opportunity at that moment or view boredom at a dismal state of being. People have to make a choice on how they spend this empty time full of boredom.

Amrita Sharma, a writer for the Indian Express, wrote the article “Can Boredom Lead to Divorce.” This article states that “boredom starts creeping into the relationship the moment we start taking the other for granted.” Marriage counselors state that couples need to change up their routine, and without doing so could make a marriage possibly lead to divorce. People often get bored with the same old routine. They must change it up to cause new excitement, have more adventures, and …show more content…
They defined boredom as “choosing to do nothing in whatever situation or condition someone finds themselves faced with in life.” Although there were a mixture of positive effects and negative effects from boredom listed on the survey, the majority said that boredom left a negative effect on the body. One surveyor even went to the extent to say they felt “lack of accomplishment” while being bored. Most of the surveyors describe the consequences of being bored to lead to depression, loneliness, overeating, and even poor behavior. With this being said, these people spent their time either on their phone, or sitting around doing nothing while being bored. If a person doesn 't do anything with this free time it can lead to depression, loneliness, overeating, and depression, but if this time is spent doing productive things it can lead to a situation much better than previously