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Overstimulation is something that definitely contributes to boredom. Life isn't always exciting, it's no action movie. Everything would pale in comparison to th
by langsoul-com 2y ago
Overstimulation is something that definitely contributes to boredom. Life isn't always exciting, it's no action movie. Everything would pale in comparison to the most interesting thing done.
I found in my day to day life, everything is getting boring. Work cannot hold a candle to how interesting games or movies are. It's almost become a depression, is the rest of my life going to be THIS boring?
- HPsquared 2y agoJust like how junk food is loaded with salt, fat and sugar. It stimulates our receptors and healthy food seems bland in comparison.
- stavros 2y agoI don't know, I find creating things extremely exciting. As long as I can make something, I'm never bored. Games and movies bore me just because they pale so much in comparison to creating. I'm never not excited.
- piva00 2y agoAbsolutely agree, it took me most of my adult life to understand I was attracted to programming as a kid because of the creative flow it gives. Also why the usual day job at a bigger company in tech is not even close to fun as it is during the times I'm working on a pet project. Anything too passive like watching films/series, or playing single player games which takes 40-80h to complete can bore the hell out of me but skill-based games are almost like crack. Same to creative efforts, making music (while trying to improve on it), photography, woodworking, they all put me into hyperfocus mode easily.
- stavros 2y agoOh yeah, I forgot about my terrible DotA addiction, you're right. I rarely game, but I will get sucked into skill-based games to an unhealthy degree sometimes. So far it's only been DotA and chess, but even for those, I only play when I'm not making anything.