For many people boredom is a trivial feeling of not a big value. But it has darker side: Easily bored people are at higher risk for depression, anxiety, drug addiction, alcoholism, compulsive gambling, eating disorders, hostility, anger, poor social skills, bad grades and low work performance.
Part of the boredom puzzle may be individual differences in how much excitement and novelty we require. Men, for example, are generally more bored than women. They also exhibit more risk-taking behaviors, report enjoying more dangerous entertainment and are more likely to say that their environments are dull.
Highly bored individuals also tend to lack the ability to entertain themselves. As a result, they may turn to activities like doing drugs, says McWelling Todman at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
It is possible that the roots of boredom lie in a fundamental breakdown in our understanding of what it is we want to do. Bored people tend to score low on measures of self-awareness. So what to do with it? Read this.
Categories: Anger,Boredom,Compulsive Gambling,Depression,Eating Disorders
Watching television poses a greater risk to children’s health than was previously thought, a report claims.
Analysis of 35 scientific studies identified 15 negative effects that television can have on youngsters, ranging from short-sightedness and obesity to premature puberty and autism.
The report also notes that permanent eyesight damage has been strongly linked to watching television, and says viewing may be a bigger factor in causing obesity than diet or exercise. It also increased the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Read more here.
Categories: health of children,Kids And TV,TV And Health,Watching TV
So, hurray, Valentine´s here again, and we are all eagerly awaiting a partners kiss, chocolate, bouquet of flowers or – wait a second. Is this really going to happen? Is anyone going to bring any flowers?
“If you are more insecure when you are 1, you are more likely to experience more negative emotions in your relationship with your current partner when you are 21,” said University of Minnesota psychologist Jeffry Simpson.
People from Sigmund Freud on down have made arguments about the role of early relationships in later life. But Dr. Simpson and his colleagues have shown for the first time, an empirical connection between early behavioral patterns and romantic relationships years down the road.
Do not be shocked with the results of the study which breaks one of the popular American myths! The psychological research seems to show exactly the opposite is true to what you could have expected…
For many people boredom is a trivial feeling of not a big value. But it has darker side: Easily bored people are at higher risk for depression, anxiety, drug addiction, alcoholism, compulsive gambling, eating disorders, hostility, anger, poor social skills, bad grades and low work performance.
