Can Boredom Lead To Depression? 💙

I read a social media post the other day saying that boredom can lead to depression and I don't really think that's the case. 💙

You can feel bored in the short term if you're listening to a lecture you're not enjoying or you're listening to a friend going on about their holidays and you're not completely interested you can feel bored but that's kind of a short term thing whereas depression is a much more long-term kind of listlessness and lack of motivation, lack of goals, feeling overwhelmed and stressed and not able to cope with life so the two are quite different. 💙

I can see how someone who's depressed could use the word bored to describe what's going on for them that lack of connection that kind of numbness but I don't think that means boredom leads to depression. 💙

I think it's mixing up cause and effect. 💙