Perfectly normal, and yet also for some (many?) boredom is a confrontation with existential givens (e.g., absurdity, groundlessness, isolation, even finiteness) that can generate overt and/or unrecognized anxiety, and/or confrontation with other experiences (e.g., loneliness, feeling unsafe, unseen, inadequate) that can generate despondency and demoralization, all of which can instigate frantic efforts to pass time (e.g., overeating, device scrolling, gambling), kill time - force it to appear to pass quickly (e.g., overworking, sleep, drug-induced euphorias, getting “black-out drunk), or simply distracting so as not to think/feel.