We don't know almost nothing about boredom. Even though the experience of boredom has been part of our daily life for centuries, we are far from being clear about what its suffering consists of, what its main causes and consequences are, or how we can satisfactorily escape it. This is one ofthe most repeated mythsabout boredom among some boredom scholars; one from which many others derive, causing unnecessary confusion about a phenomenon around which there exists, in fact, a whole corpus of scientific knowledge. Most of them are harmless, simple narratives from our popular culture; others, however, have the power to condition the way in which we perceive reality, to the point of becoming stigmatizing. Breaking with some of our most ingrained beliefs about boredom is not an easy task, although it is necessary to understand the true nature of this state. In my essay, I will try to disprove some of the contemporary myths that circulate about the experience of boredom. Starting with the first myth, I will explore the scope of other related myths such as those that say thatthe study of boredom is in its infancy, thatboredom has not been given the attention it deserves, thatthe experience of boredom is born in modern societies, thatboredom is an exclusively human condition, thatboredom only happens in leisure time, thatbeing bored is the same as doing nothing, thatit is desirable to have moments of boredom, thatboredom helps our brain to rest, thatboredom makes us more creative, and thatthose who get bored is because they want toor, what is worse, thatonly fools get bored.