Comments on: Do you think people fear being bored? https://habitablezone.com/2013/01/23/do-you-think-people-fear-being-bored/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2013/01/23/do-you-think-people-fear-being-bored/#comment-22774 FrankC Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:11:39 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=29950#comment-22774 Curiosity... "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." Dorothy Parker I had never heard the quote, and I thought I had heard every quote quoted. Curiosity… “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” Dorothy Parker

I had never heard the quote, and I thought I had heard every quote quoted.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2013/01/23/do-you-think-people-fear-being-bored/#comment-22750 FrankC Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:21:15 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=29950#comment-22750 I am usually so unbored that occasionally I crave boredom I am usually so unbored that occasionally I crave boredom

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/01/23/do-you-think-people-fear-being-bored/#comment-22736 Jody Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:25:14 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=29950#comment-22736 Exactly! Thanks Bowser for saying it better than me. Exactly! Thanks Bowser for saying it better than me.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/01/23/do-you-think-people-fear-being-bored/#comment-22735 bowser Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:10:15 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=29950#comment-22735 I think boredom is a function of not being comfortable with oneself. Unless there is enough outside stimulation, one is left alone in one's head, and if one does not like themselves they will experience that as boredom. People with a healthy self-regard are rarely, if ever, bored. They do not need distractions to divert their attention from self-talk. Great little diagnostic tool to detect how a person regards themselves. The greater propensity for boredom, the harsher their internal environment is. I think boredom is a function of not being comfortable with oneself. Unless there is enough outside stimulation, one is left alone in one’s head, and if one does not like themselves they will experience that as boredom.

People with a healthy self-regard are rarely, if ever, bored. They do not need distractions to divert their attention from self-talk.

Great little diagnostic tool to detect how a person regards themselves. The greater propensity for boredom, the harsher their internal environment is.

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