Probably not. And what about the desperate pleas of innocent children on long, monotonous car rides. All children want is a life free from boredom's jaws of death and yet, parents often ignore them. With this in mind, try to withhold your skepticism for a moment as I share a brand new scientific discovery:. Could cold-hearted calculus teachers and parents be culpable of involuntary manslaughter? The answer is beyond my area of expertise. I'll leave that to legal authorities.
What is important is that we consider what we can due to curb a potential epidemic. Boredom is not innocuous. Over 7, London civil servants aged between 35 and 55 were interviewed in the late 's. Among other questions, they were asked if they felt bored at work during the past month. These same people were tracked down to find out who died by April What the researchers found was that civil servants who reported being very bored were 2. To put this into perspective, consider this fact by the American Heart Association : Smokers are two to four times likely to develop coronary heart disease than nonsmokers.
Keep active. Staying active keeps the mind sharp and the body healthy. Getting exercise is just as important in your senior years as it is when you are younger! Stay Creative. Take up a new hobby or return to an old one. You never know what new skills you may discover, and brain function is always improved when we have a creative outlet. Keep Up Your Social Life. However, long-term boredom may increase your risk for an early death. This is because boredom may increase stress hormones in the body, which can lead to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
One key study on boredom found that the following risk factors increased the likelihood of chronic boredom:. Rather than a direct cause-and-effect, researchers believe that long-term boredom may lead to health issues that can then reduce your life span. Like stress, boredom may place undue pressure on your heart and circulatory system. This may increase your risk for a heart attack. You may also experience more illnesses due to a lack of immunity.
Boredom also appears to have a strong link with depression. In some cases, constant boredom may lead to depression, but you may also be chronically bored from having this mental health condition.
Untreated depression is linked to an increased risk of heart disease. Treating any health conditions you have as well as becoming invested in your health can also help you fight boredom. One way to fight boredom is to stick with a daily routine. If you find yourself bored from either a lack of stimulation or companionship, consider trying out the following activities whenever boredom arises:.
Boredom is not always the direct cause of death. But, all because you got bored you might get the bright idea to go gambling, get drunk, crash your car, and boom just like that your dead. So think, because your math teacher is giving you the most boring lecture in the world you got a bad idea, and ended up dead.
I suppose you could if you so wished, but boredom was the real culprit.
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