Is boredom a type of anxiety?

How can you equate boredom with anxiety? That would be like comparing fire and water, or bananas and army surplus t-shirts. Those are all things.

Anxiety is the brain's inability to effectively process information.

Boredom is the lack of information/stimuli.

So, no.

Not in the slightest.

My take is that anxiety stems from fear and by and large this is not brought on simply by boredom. However if that boredom becomes chronic and leads to fear of loneliness or not belonging or some other malaise, then anxiety and stress related issues will follow. Hope that helps you.

Good question. Shrink friend of mine told me boredom is actually repressed anger. Apparently so is sleeplessness, usually.

absolutely yes

yes