How Boredom Leads To Trouble

There is the common misconception on how someone leads themselves to boredom. I firsthand can say that boredom is prevalent in my life, but I’m sure others can relate. Everyone at some time in their life has experienced boredom, unfortunately. It’s in the terms on what your actions are when you become bored. Taking many counts of research with the comparison to real life examples allows me to explain how boredom can be turned into good. When trying to pick a topic to write about I thought to my self, what is something that is apparent in your life that can be changed for the better? In this paper I will be explaining physological and moral reasons why people feel stuck when in the state of boredom. Turning time that can potentially get someone in trouble into time that can change someones life feels super important to me.

Boredom is scary in a way because people resort to different things than others, like drugs and illegal activity. Many studies show that with the “absence of meaningful routine or even things to do lead to harmful behaviors such as crime, violence, and drug and alcohol abuse” (Jervis, 2003). Many professionals have explained the idea that boredom is most apparent when there is a lack of achievement and goals. Psychologist John Eastwood, PhD, of York University in Toronto, took on the job with many colleagues to define the specific literature of boredom. Their main objective in this experiment was to extract the common elements of boredom. The team then continued to interview hundreds of people from numerous backgrounds about what it feels like to be in the tedious state of boredom. John and his team ultimately concluded that boredom is the inability to be stimulated or in simpler terms be able to connect with their environment. 'In a nutshell, it boiled down to boredom being the unfulfilled desire for satisfying activity,' he says.

Furthermore, more research has shown that adults face boredom when they get locked up in the daily routine that they are sick of. For reference, according to an article formatted by Khem Crakp, adults face boredom 23% of the time if they have a stable job. More data by Crakp, shows that people with repetitive jobs expertise upwards to 35% of boredom directly because they repeat the same activities over and over. Most of the men and woman included in this data are either fast food employs, factory workers or public community workers. Along with these annoying jobs the workers tend to be unhappy and economically instable. You might be wondering why exactly this information applies? Well more research done by; New Health Organization shows that these particular jobs lead to some of the largest rates of suicides in the world. Some would say that these facts are a quincidence, but I feel that they have direct relevancy.

To show more transparently that boredom will lead to trouble, Dr. Kristine Tucker explained in her article one of the effects that boredom brings. The article is named “What happens To People When They Are Bored”, she explains that the primary reason why people become bored is because they experience a state of low energy. When experiencing the low energy levels people often wonder why they are becoming bored. When the energy levels are depleted through the day it interferes with your life goals and daily activities. Another important aspect that Dr. Kristine Tucker explained is that people who experience boredom will almost be “seeing gray”, almost like the environment around them will be in a gray state. When someone feels themselves in this gray area, they tend to want to do an activity that brings them joy or “excitment”. This is mostly related to teenage decision making. When growing up through your teen years there are a lot of changes including, internal changes and the need for entertainment. Putting a teen in a gray area (boredom), then allows them to make impulsive decision. A teenager will try everything in their power to get out of that gray state, which in result will lead to trouble.

My favorite example of the effect of boredom is explained by Dr. Jennifer Shook. In her explanation she touches on the fact that teens want to make life fun which in result can lead to harmful and even fatal activities. As expected, the major factor with teens is the potential exposure to alcohol and drugs. Kids that experience boredom are two times more likely to try new things such as drugs and alcohol then others who are not bored. Another important factor is that popularity is so very important to a teen and when a teen does not feel the attention they will try to go out and fit in. Going out and doing everyday things the teens usually do not do shows that that teen has to much time on their hands. When a teenager is exposed to boredom, they are more willing to give in to peer pressure. Being an easily convinced teen could be very dangerous. Of course, this would make sense because teens will try about anything to get out of that award state of boredom. A book written by Wayne W. Dyer’s explains boredom is a spinoff of procrastination and that you can eliminate it by doing something else with your mind when boredom strikes. 'By doing what you choose now,” Dyer explains, “or using your mind in creative new ways now, you can ensure that you’ll never again choose boredom for yourself. The choice, as always, is yours.' While it may seem crazy or hard at first, once you get in the habit of keeping yourself busy, you’ll never be bored again.

With all this information it may rise the question, is boredom really as bad as it sounds? I personally feel that boredom is good and bad. Although can be threatening, not only to the one who is bored but could also affect families. The way a child is raised is extremely important when talking about boredom as a whole. Researcher Hudson Davis apart of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology states that boredom is linked to both emotional factors and personality traits. Davis also elaborates on the idea that attention to detail plays a massive role in ones devastating time of boredom. Can Borden be channeled into good deeds in positive activities? This question is important in a way for people to see that if you are not occupied why not channel that dreadful mood into charity work or fundraising. This question goes hand-in-hand with the way when someone is raised. If raised in a household that gives back and does charity work that person is more likely to contribute time to helping others. We can Conclude that the concept of boredom has many variables. Depending on one’s demeanor boredom can be shown in many ways!