is it possible to die of boredom??

Question

literally?

Answer 1

I kinda think you can. I've had relatives that retired from years of working on the farm and appeard to die because they were bored and unhappy. I think they kind of lost the will to survive because they didn't feel useful and just didn't see a purpose in living anymore. sad.

Answer 2

Boredom is a state of mind in which one interprets one's environment as dull, tedious, and lacking stimuli. There is an inherent hopelessness in boredom; people will expend considerable effort to prevent or remedy it, yet in many circumstances it is accepted as an inevitable suffering to be endured. A common way to escape boredom is through creative thoughts or daydreaming.

Charles Dickens invented the word in his novel Bleak House in 1852.

Time often seems to move more slowly to someone who experiences boredom; this results from the way in which the human mind measures the passage of time, combined with the infrequency of events perceived as notable.


[edit] Philosophy
Arthur Schopenhauer used the existence of boredom in an attempt to prove the vanity of human existence, stating: "For if life, in the desire for which our essence and existence consists, possessed in itself a positive value and real content, there would be no such thing as boredom: mere existence would fulfill and satisfy us".

Answer 3

Nope. Just try to find something to do :)

Answer 4

no!