"I think I was very often bored as a child, but boredom is not what I knew it as-what I knew was that I worried a lot."

Childhood, Boredom, Worry, Emotion

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"I think I was very often bored as a child, but boredom is not what I knew it as-what I knew was that I worried a lot."

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