The teens are not all right. Young people are more bored than ever before — and social media, apps meant for entertainment and engagement, is one of the culprits. Santiago Gonzalez-Winthrop, 16, told ...

Boredom gets a bad reputation. We usually treat it as something to avoid, especially when it shows up in kids. But sometimes that restless, nothing-to-do feeling can actually be good for your brain ...

Remember those endless childhood summers when you’d dramatically flop onto the couch and announce to anyone within earshot that you were “sooooo bored”? Turns out those excruciating moments of nothing ...

We often eat to fill the void or distract ourselves from a lack of engaging activities or stimulation. How can we kick this habit? We’ve all been there. You’re home alone, scrolling through channels ...

DALLAS — Today's digital parents are raising their kids In a world filled with scrolling, streaming and screen time. While stimulation itself isn't a bad thing, too much of it can take a toll on young ...

We are all guilty of grabbing our phones and scrolling through social media when times get boring. Most of us think this helps keep us entertained. A new study published in the Journal of Experimental ...

Boredom isn’t just that restless feeling of disinterest; it’s a psychological signal that motivates us to seek new experiences, a Texas A&M University study finds. The study, published in Emotion, was ...

This article is part two of a larger essay that was originally published in the online journal RecoveryView.Com In part one of this two-part article, I proposed that the management and mismanagement ...

Boredom represents a universal human experience that affects individuals across all age groups, characterized by feelings of dissatisfaction and lack of interest in current activities or surroundings.

When I first started working in private practice well over a decade ago, I would often start my sessions with teens with a simple exercise. I’d offer them a deck of feeling cards and have them pull ...