Blogpost #3: Causes of Boredom

Boredom? Why do people get bored? What are the reasons why people get bored, Well, in this article it will tell you reasons why people get bored. This article was published by Mark Frenskie named "Root Cause Of Boredom" in Health24.

A scientific definition is needed not only to accommodate the different characteristics of boredom that have already been established but also to bridge across a variety of theoretical perspectives, Fenske added.


The researchers, led by York University professor John Eastwood, set out to better understand the mental processes that fuel feelings of boredom.

They found that attention and awareness are keys to the aimless state. After reviewing existing psychological science and neuroscience studies, they defined boredom as “an aversive state of wanting, but being unable, to engage in satisfying activity,” which arises from failures in one of the brain’s attention networks.

In other words, you become bored when:
you have difficulty paying attention to the internal information, such as thoughts or feelings, or outside stimuli required to take part in satisfying activity; you are aware that you’re having difficulty paying attention; and you blame the environment for your sorry state (“This task is boring”; “There is nothing to do”).

You can't avoid boredom but boredom can avoid you if you do something you are interested with. In my experience, for example, I had a great Sunday night with my friends in the mall, we ate in a particular restaurant, watched a movie but when I went home, I went straight to bed and slept and when I woke up, I prepared for school then When I get back in school I was like WOAH, back to reality so, a movie hangover or a too much fun hangover is also a cause of boredom.