Now, this doesn’t mean that feeling bored __e__v_e_r_y_o_n_c_e___ ____in__a__w_h_i_le____ will kill you. We’re talking about chronic boredom, as in being bored all the time.
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And it’s not necessarily boredom itself that’s deadly. Most probably, according to the study, it’s the fact that being bored often leads to _u_n__h_e_a_lt_h__y__h_a_b_i_ts_____ such smoking, overeating, drinking, and abusing drugs. Other studies have linked _b__o_r_e_d_o_m__a_n_d__d_e_p_r_e_s_s_i_o_n_–a disease known often to lead to poor health. Does this mean that being engaged and interested–in other words, the opposite of bored–l_e_a_d_s__t_o_b__e_t_t_e_r_h_e_a_l_t_h_?
