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  2. Is boredom good for you? Why experts say it's a call to ... - AOL

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    Use boredom as a motivator. Feeling bored is uncomfortable, but if you lean into the feeling — instead of pushing away from it — you will learn more about your likes and dislikes, as well as ...

  3. 50 creative ways to beat boredom - AOL

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    The good news: Boredom is an opportunity to get creative. By embracing an open mindset, you may find that trying an out-of-the-norm activity blossoms into a new hobby you never dreamed you’d ...

  4. Feeling bored has a purpose. Here are 5 things to know about ...

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    Many try to avoid boredom, but it serves a purpose. A cognitive neuroscientist explains why people get bored and how to turn boredom into a motivational jump-start. Feeling bored has a purpose.

  5. Anhedonia - Wikipedia

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    Anhedonia is a diverse array of deficits in hedonic function, including reduced motivation or ability to experience pleasure. [1] While earlier definitions emphasized the inability to experience pleasure, anhedonia is currently used by researchers to refer to reduced motivation, reduced anticipatory pleasure (wanting), reduced consummatory pleasure (liking), and deficits in reinforcement learning.

  6. Boredom - Wikipedia

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    Boredom can be a form of learned helplessness, a phenomenon closely related to depression. Some philosophies of parenting propose that if children are raised in an environment devoid of stimuli , and are not allowed or encouraged to interact with their environment, they will fail to develop the mental capacities to do so.

  7. Absent-mindedness - Wikipedia

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    Absent-mindedness is a mental state wherein a person is forgetfully inattentive. [1] It is the opposite mental state of mindfulness.. Absent-mindedness is often caused by things such as boredom, sleepiness, rumination, distraction, or preoccupation with one's own internal monologue.