The demon causes him to detest the place where he finds himself – and even life itself.

"Evagrius Ponticus (c. 345–399) conceives acedia* as being demonic. The midday demon (daemon meridianus) is the most cunning of all demons, attacking the monk in the middle of the day, in broad day- light, causing the sun to seem to be standing utterly still in the sky. Things intrude on this state but appear to be completely de- animated. The demon causes him to detest the place where he finds himself – and even life itself.

* Acediacan be roughly translated as ‘boredom’."