can you read any books or take up a hobby? like knitting or crafting or photography? I take long walks and it helps. Having something to study helps too.

Try to pick a hobby, something relatively doable and start in on it! Good luck :)

I have to get in the car and just leave - take a drive, go "window" shopping, anything just to get out of the rut. Then there are days I just love my rituals, but there is such a thing as "over kill" on it. I'm the type that needs/trives on routine. But then of course, it can have it's moments where it drives me crazy and need to escape.

i ws watching my nails grow at one point, i know how you feel. :(

i try to break the routine in little ways at first, just take a walk or turn off the tube or the computer.

lol and then take directive from soss's "am i a freak" thread...

i spend some of my bored time doing that.

I love to read books but I've read all of them. I like to watch movies as well but seen all of them so maybe I can spend time looking for new movies to watch and in the meantime visit a bookstore. Yeah. Tomorrow I'll visit a bookstore and spend a day reading. It's within walking distance. I can walk there. It would take me a while but it's the only mode of transportation I have so if it rains which is likely I'm back to square one.

I have hobbies like drawing, writing, signing (can practice for band practice lol)...But it's just a matter of minutes before I decide I'm done. Can never stick to one activity yanno?

I know what you mean, solely. I don't stick with shit either. sucks!

I get really depressed, angry and frustrated. I am usually watching TV while talking to friends online and posting on forums and writing and talking to my fianc or flatmate all at the same time so, when I have nothing to stimulate me, my mind immediately starts going over to the dark side.

Blackweb..That's exactly what I'm doing. LOL

LOL Reckon we're just reality dodging? I often think that I'm just trying to shut my brain up.

Yeah I believe so...lol

Glad I'm not the only one ^ ^

Every day is the same for me too. Get up at the same time. Eat breakfast and have my coffee. Take my meds. Lounge in my pjs unless there is somewhere I HAVE TO BE. Hang on DS for awhile and then lie in bed again and stare at 4 walls.

I am bored but I think my reclusiveness and boredom are due more to my relentless depression than anything else. I don't enjoy most of the things I used to and I hate that. Hopefully my new med I start in 3 weeks will help immensely. I want out of this hell.

I used to be this way alot when I was younger. My mind would get "bored" doing the same repetative things expecially when there was no passion involved. My therapist urged me to start investigating what I was passionate about. Over the years, I can honestly say, I am not bored anymore as there are so many things I can choose from.

I think that when we get in the "same" routine, we bind ourselves to a life with no real passion or reason to live each day. Having a reason to "get up" in the morning helps motivate us.

Have you tried taking any classes or volunteering? Anything to get you out of the house. I used to find that the more I stayed in the house and to myself, the more I isolated. The more I isolated, the worse I felt.

If you like to read, maybe join a book club? Make it a point to get outside in the fresh air everyday and to accomplish one thing each day that is different than the day before.

It is all building on your life. Set small goals and keep looking forward...........xo

I did start school but somethings (legal) are keeping from going back this semester. I was staying with my bf while his mom was out of town for a week house sitting. It was a big deal for me to do something different and to wake up next to him gave me a reason to be "active". I wasn't really bored.

Most things require money I dont have and find hard to acquire. To be able to do these activities alone and not with the help of someone like my bf would be real nice too..