Boredom attracts negitive feelings

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I'm trying to keep myself busy with something but it seems like when I'm bored, that's when I start worrying about the past and my future. Is this part of Asperger's?

Mmmm, I'd say no. This is why a lot of people can't stand to meditate... the boredom lets all the gremlins out, the anxiety and worry triggers major feelings of inadequacy and insecurity, the sense of lack and craving grow unbearable...

It's an aspect of mind everyone does anything they can think of to avoid. I think it might be why socializing is so important to NTs... it's one of their main coping mechanisms to cover that up.

We just might be more familiar with it because we don't have that distraction. Our passions may be our defense.

then all those people arent meditating the right way its supposed to take away negative feelings and calm you down.

I've meditated for 12 years and that's not what happens.

It doesn't "take away" the negative thoughts, but they lose their persuasive powers. One finds other more positive aspects of mind and begins to identify with them. Not happy thoughts per se, but contentedness, peace, clarity. It exposes the limited nature of the negative and thereby frees one of their influence.

Boredom always leads me to start thinking and that leads to depression. That's why I just spent the last couple hours occupying myself by playing the Super Mario Bros. theme song on my electric guitar. It's really quite the tune

Well, I know a saying that goes "An idle mind is the devil's playground". I do get pretty angry and depressed when I start to thinking or get lost in my romance fantasies. I dunno what to do that is useful...

I know what you're saying. I can't stand boredom either. Whenever I have nothing to feel enthusiastic or excited about my mind goes into a very negative place.

The trouble is when I'm bored I can't ever think of anything I really want to do either. Anything I do just seems tedious so whenever I start I immediately want to stop and find something else. If I only knew what. It's a catch-22.

I have graduated in the school of Nuts n bolts to Psychotic b*stard, when I was in the Health facility my high moods caused me to do abnormal things when bored (start fires, generally raise hell type o shiet)

Why not get into Art Therapy, that's what helps me out.

I'm not a psychologist but I'd say boredom creating negative feelings makes sense. It is a negative feeling after all.

Not sure, but I have been in that situation numerous times.

BTW, I am also an ENFP.