Dr Trish Leigh
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Your Brain Needs Boredom
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March 28, 2026
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0:28Now PlayingYour Brain Needs Boredom 🥱
You’ve been taught that boredom means something is missing. So you fill it. Scroll, check, stimulate.
But your nervous system never gets to stabilize.
Sitting in boredom isn’t about “getting dopamine back.” It’s about teaching your brain to feel okay without constant intensity. That’s how your baseline resets.
When you keep going back to fast, high-stimulation input, your brain adapts. Now it takes more just to feel normal.
That’s where compulsion starts.
This came out of Supernormal Week, where Declan and I broke this down from both perspectives in a real way.
Your brain keeps seeking more because it’s been trained to. That’s what makes stability feel out of reach.
See how your brain is operating at drtrishleigh.com and start shifting it back.
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