10.03.2022 |
magazine issue | 02/2021
written by Andrew Moynihan
When I Get That Boring Feeling: Sex as Escape from Boredom
keywords:
sex / boredom / meaning / existential escape / coping
When I Get That Boring Feeling: Sex as Escape from Boredom
Everyone gets bored from time to time. What do you do when you have these everyday feelings of boredom? In some cases, psychologists found that during such bouts, people sometimes watch porn, masturbate, or become preoccupied with thoughts about sex to deal with the adverse nature of boredom. What is less commonly known, however, is that an everyday experience like boredom can also threaten people’s sense of meaning in life. ... / more