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b_b  ·  3772 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why I Hope to Die at 75

    I want to die when I am bored, unable to think in the way I want to think, and unable to do things that I want to do.

A psychologist told me recently (a personal friend, not a paid professional, not that there's anything wrong with that) that boredom is an expression of anxiety. I never thought about that before, but I think it makes sense. There's so much to do in the world that it makes one wonder why boredom exists. If it is just that we are expressing anxiety about something by being paralyzed by indecisiveness, then I think the picture becomes more clear.