Over the last several years, being busy has become the standard for what it means to be a successful teenager.  Free time used to be a normal part of daily life. Boredom existed in the spaces between ...

Boredom isn’t just that restless feeling of disinterest; it’s a psychological signal that motivates us to seek new experiences, a Texas A&M University study finds. The study, published in Emotion, was ...

Remember those endless childhood summers when you’d dramatically flop onto the couch and announce to anyone within earshot that you were “sooooo bored”? Turns out those excruciating moments of nothing ...

When examining the inner experiences of individuals high in narcissism, two feelings are frequently discussed yet often confused: narcissistic boredom and narcissistic emptiness. Both can be explained ...

(CNN) — Thanks to smartphones, all the entertainment and distraction they offer can be in your back pocket or purse, accessible 24/7. That’s why it’s sometimes hard to remember the uncomfortable, mind ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 - Good Health & Wellbeing. Boredom is a state that reflects a momentary unsatisfactory interaction with our internal and external world ...

You’ll have seen the headlines. Smartphones are not altogether great for our attention spans. Having ubiquitous news and social media at our fingertips is only good for inducing Fomo, anxiety, social ...

"Ennui," 1893, by French artist Gaston La Touche. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain. The International Sanatorium Berghof, high in the Swiss Alps above the flatlands, is a place where people ...

At any hour of the day or night, we can be entertained. Simply pick up your phone and there is endless content to consume, videos to watch, articles to read, apps to download, wormholes to discover.