I am boring, life is boring.

[tommy34]

Life is just boring. When I'm not down in a deep state of depression I still can't enjoy life. I don't do many drugs, mainly because I can't get them. I think about them all the time but, how much I just want to escape for a while. I've had codeine a few times an I was in love. It was the most I have enjoyed life in ages.

I think I am just a boring person, I mean I wouldn't be friends with me. I have no great personality to offer anyone. I'm pretty sure Ive pushed myself into depression to justify the person that I am in a way.

 

[Lazyscience]

start playing a musical instrument or do some drawings. turn your misery into art.

 

[Ds]

life is boring lol, get out there and make it un-boring! de bore your life with crayons and colored pencils .

 

[theartofwar]

What's your daily schedule like - life is not boring, fuck i wish it was sometimes, life is chaos. It's how we handle it. Idle hands ... you know the saying - look what's your day look like ? Let's start from there so we can see free time etc, suggestions will be much easier.

 

[kaywholed]

Is your life boring because of a lack of drugs, or would drugs simply cover up the boredom if you had access to them?

 

[theartofwar]

^ he mentioned he can rarely get drugs. So going to guess he's bored period. I really would be curious to hear what a day, even better a week looks like for OP.

 

[Allein]

In some ways i think i can identify with the OP. Sometimes life feels a bit this way for me, I focus in on the past and it can feel like things will never be that good again.
I spent a good part of my younger years on the party scene taking lots of MDXX and this and that but for lots of reasons I have had to drastically cut down on any abuse, even drink has been off the cards as off this year.
I have few friends and little in the way of a social life as I dont sem to be able to sustain either at the moment.

All that said on better days i can concentrate on what i do have and how I can try and make things better, I hope that in time the joy of life will become more apparent in the mean time bored is better than anxious and deeply depressed

 

[theartofwar]

^ the last thing you said is exactly why I feel his schedule / lifestyle is important to understand before throwing ideas out there on how to kill time. It's about fulfillment.

 

[sandman_i_am]

start playing a musical instrument or do some drawings. turn your misery into art.

Or write! You can also write. Or perhaps you can author a comic so that you can combine writing with drawing. Don't be too put off if you aren't the best artist. There are a great many successful comics out there on the web that only consist of stick figures, such as XKCD: The idea and the ability to express yourself matter the most.

Do you have a digital audio recorder? Maybe you could vent your frustrations by speaking, then writing it down and editing it later. Journaling also helps.

You could even just listen and sing to music that you love; it can be very cathartic.

Do you exercise? I find that going for a walk, a hike, or a run cleanses my mind. Even weight lifting helps a lot.

Try to think about how you best like to express yourself, then flow with it.

 

[Legerity]

I have not been working for a while so I've been spending a lot of time home alone...I find that finding simple things to do can help with boredom. Reading, writing, listening to interesting podcasts, finding new music, etc.

Do you go out at all? I've always been pretty introverted but over the last year I've made more efforts to meet people and hang out, it has made a huge difference in how I feel. Interacting with people online can also be very nice, it's possible to make some good close friends even if you never end up meeting them.

So don't worry you can find things you like to do...it's just about trying different things and seeing what you like

 

[Seanjay]

start playing a musical instrument or do some drawings. turn your misery into art.

This. But make sure that if you're going to play your miserable song, play it in a manner that your audience relates deeply (Whether it be yourself or others) - or else it'll just damper confidence.

 

[tommy34]

My weekly schedule is usually work Monday to Saturday at my boring job. Maybe go out with the crew on a Thursday night. Hang out with them an my girl on a saturday night anr depending on the weather, go to the beach or somthing on a Sunday. I'm starting uni in a couple of weeks which should help,because I love learning. Sorry about the grammar an spelling Im on my phone.

 

[endlessnameless]

Man Im sorry I cant be of more help to you other than to say this for now:

Not you nor anyone is boring. Your life may indeed be boring the shit out of you now, but that does not mean you are a boring individual. I'm in your position too, I feel like because my life is boring I'm boring but having read what you wrote tonight and meditating on it for a while I now think differently. What I write probably wont make a damn bit of difference to your situation, but I want tell you that by even making this thread you've at least helped one other person see their situation differently - that person being me. Thank you.

I know this is cliched to shit, but you have some beautiful positives going for you man; you have a crew you can hang with, a girl (man I'd so love a girl right now) and you're starting Uni in a couple of weeks.

Man I really wish I could be of more help. I feel the same as you a lot of the time - people avoid me because I'm lifeless because of depression and in those times I really dont have anything to offer anyone - and then other times my personality bursts out and people flock around me and I ask them why? Why do you want to be around a boring fuck like me? And they tell me because although there's a wave to my personality - a contrast between light and dark moments - I'm the most genuine person they know and everyone else is just predictably average.

Since you have a crew and a girl there is no chance you're a boring person man, these people see in you what you cannot see in yourself.

Listen, have you ever considered giving anti-depressants a shot? I have, about 8 of them and didnt work for me and I resorted to opiates and I can tell you that no amount of codeine will change things permanently - that can only ever be done while in a sober state. I might give them a shot again (the meds) - maybe you might consider it?

I wish you the best man, I'll keep an eye on your thread. Peace man.