Boredom: ideas to relieve it?

[brodiej]

I'm after some ideas to deal with boredom - slowly getting well enough to actually be bored which is a good start. I have pretty much been bed bound since last friday only leaving the house for dr's & hospital apts and due to the steriods & painkillers I am on, can't sleep and haven't for rather a long time. Doing anything right now (specifically breathing is a major issue) and studying to catch up on my Spanish is not an option - I just don't have the concentration or strength. Even getting to the kitchen for a hot drink is taking all my strength.

Reading is only an option in small doses - I can't easily focus on a computer screen & have pretty much run out of books to read (physical paper is easier to read for some odd reason, but only if the book is old (brown paper - don't ask). I don't have much attention span, so it needs to be easier (I have previously read all of Terry Pratchet Discworld, Ian M Banks, like sci-fi stuff, recently finished reading Janapar & A Hiding Place, not into the 'classics' etc...) currently trying to read The Ipcress Files, but finding it hard going. I also don't have any books anymore, didn't keep them when we sold everything, and have not yet replaced anything.

Editing my photos etc, working on my photo website is not an option, I don't have the concentration, the eyesight or the patience right now.

I have one or two games websites which keep me going (www.by-art.com being my favourite).
I have even resorted to installing a Sudoku game on my iPhone but the iPhone is that old it can not take much, so anything else is out - needs to be iOS 4.2 compatible which not much is anymore.

Due to where we live, watching TV online is not easy, broadband is not fast enough and not capable of being faster, but I can download & watch offline.

Family options are out, my step-father is still on IV antibiotics and we can't risk his health - he is finally out of hospital and I don't wish to be responsible for him ending up back there more than the once a day he currently is for his IV AB's.

So I am needing ideas please, anything considered. I'm probably in bed for a while longer yet...
thanks in advance.

Sounds terrible - I really feel for you, for what it's worth.

If you can watch TV and have some sort of DVD player, that would seem the best option.

I've got a wide selection (from the Wire to Harry Potter) and would happily send you any if it would help - just PM me.

As for meditation - it really is worth exploring. You don't have to turn into a Hari Krishrna - there are many books that helped me, that just teach you to relax and feel better in a more convincing way than Paul McEnny, Gillian McEath et al

 

[G3CWI]

surreal is definitely one word. now I could get lost in that for a while... if I can figure out what I am meant to be doing/not doing (tried the telescope one. got the guy asleep and watched 6 glowing paper bags circle for around 5 mins. not sure if anything else was meant to occur... had 1 electricity wire attached...

The is a whole world to discover in those odd games.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Sorry to hear to are ill @SatNavSaysStraightOn GWS!
I would send you my BigCat over, never a dull moment with him, probably not a good idea with your asthma, eh?

 

[Leaway2]

Radio 4 Xtra ? Classic comedies, radio plays and serialisations of books. No music to irritate you.

+1 I am a big fan of BBC7 sorry Radio 4 Xtra. (Why did the feel the need to change the name )