"Leisure sickness"

[arcticpenguin]

As I was trying to say before the forum hiccuped:

Rural dream can disappoint

The rural idyll's slower pace can lead to so-called "leisure sickness", where people feel ill because they have little to do, according to Sainsbury's Bank, which commissioned the research.
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"Some people find that once they give up their city lives for a country living they become depressed and crave their old lifestyle," said a spokesman for Sainsbury's Bank, part of supermarket chain J. Sainsbury.

The bank said a lack of stimulation can lead to depression, headaches and fatigue.

Thought 1: Green Acres

Thought 2: Little to do? Lack of stimulation? This doesn't sound like the rural life I am familiar with. Apparently these people are not keeping busy fixing the roof, mowing the lawn feeding the chickens and plowing the back 40.

 

[kittynh]

I feel suddenly fatigued.....

and strangely depressed...

hey, if this were Europe I could get apply for rural disability !

 

[Yahweh]

Hey, you can always move back to LA...

Think about this:
Leisure Sickness... there is no such thing as Boredom Insurance, "I'm a lazy good for nothin'" isnt a disease

Breathing Midday LA Weather... there must be a reason why the Life Insurance there is so damn expensive

 

[Yahweh]

Yahweh: I can come in to work tomorrow, I'm a stay home, I've been a little under the weather and I dont think I'll make it through the day.

Work: I see, we'll just find you a substitute real quick. Hey, what do got, is it that stomach virus that's been travelling around?

Yahweh: No, no, I'm just bored out of my mind.