Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 week agoWhy Raw-Dogging Boredom Is Not a Good Idea
Chronic boredom harms mental health and intentionally seeking more boredom through activities like raw-dogging provides no psychological benefit.
I once completely lost my voice, on a flight from New York to London, and spent the next week having to communicate through gestures and mime. Without a voice, it became difficult for me to express what I thought or felt or needed. For humans, the voice acts as a fundamental tool for communicating a spectrum of meaning, emotion, and intention to others.