text © 2017 by Elizabeth WadeHave any questions?
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know that prolonged exposure
to stress is bad for your
health,” Danckert says. And
if we understand boredom as
a stressful experience, it’s no
surprise that it could cause
problems. A single boring day
can’t kill you. But if you’re
always bored, for years and
years, the stress could add up
into something dangerous.
“Oh no,” you might be
thinking. “School is boring, my
friends are boring, everything is
boring! What’s going to happen
to me?” Don’t worry, Danckert
says: “As you get older, you
get less bored,” partly because
you gain more independence
and get to make more choices
about your daily life and long-
term goals. And trust me: that’s
anything but boring.