I used to read a lot more, and I do remember this happening, but it happens a lot for me now with podcasts. I'm a big podcast junkie and I will often find myself going down a rabbit hole of thought and realizing I have no idea what they're talking about anymore.
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So glad it's not only me zoning out on podcasts. I haven't been able to read a book in years. I'm hoping i can get back into reading again now that I nuked my reddit account
Check if your library participates in Overdrive or Libby (digital library collection). I can't believe I had been missing out on free ebooks, audiobooks, and comics/graphic novels for years. I just needed an active library card to sign up.
I'm doing it reading these comments right now
I just read through the whole page, what comments are you talking about?
I'm reading and reading, but i still don't understand what you are saying
Not sure how common this is, but I know as a kid this was caused by my ADHD, and it would cause me to take twice as long to read a book
Can you stop calling my adhd ass out?
It happens to me too and I don't think I have ADHD. Should I be diagnosed?
It’s when it happens in excess that it’s ADHD. ND disabilities (from my understanding I’m not a doctor) are typically normal things that everyone experiences that are happening in excess. Everyone fidgets with things, everyone’s mind wanders, it’s totally normal to be distracted, but when it’s frequent and severe enough to interrupt your daily obligations does it become a disability.
I struggle with learning how to program because I keep losing focus on what the code I'm writing does. I'm not diagnosed but it sure sounds like ADHD to me.
Interesting, I have adhd and am quite the opposite, I love coding too much, the hyper focus kicks in and I can’t not focus on my code, fk eating, or using the bathroom, I’ll burn through every break I was supposed to take. Best employee ever I guess lol yah gotta find your passion, the thing your adhd brain excels at (your superpower some call it) and make it your career, and then focusing won’t be an issue at all! (in that one area)
I've reread so many pages and chapters because of this, sometimes even restarted books entirely
It's normal for those with ADHD. I found out I had adhd in my late 30s :>
Do this all the time. It's more common with ADHD but everyone experiences it I think
I actually find myself facing this issue ALL THE TIME. Even in books that I am really enjoying.
That happens when I'm tired. Sometimes my head falls into the book as well, I see it as a subtle hint my body gives me to hit the bed.
I've absolutely read a book, thought it was a bit predictable, got to the end and realised I've read it before 🤦
This is a common issue with people who have ADHD. Source - Diagnosed at age 7.
This is common enough for me, that I feel the english language needs a good new word to describe it.
I asked ChatGPT what word it would use to describe this experience, and here is what it came up with.
Certainly! I propose the word "lexidaze" (pronounced lex-ih-daze) to describe the feeling you've described. Here's the definition and usage example:
Word: Lexidaze
Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: The act of reading a book while being completely absorbed in the words, but failing to comprehend or process their meaning, resulting in a disorienting feeling of confusion about the plot. Example: As I delved deeper into the novel, I became so engrossed in the sentences that I started to lexidaze, losing track of the storyline and finding myself perplexed by the events unfolding before me.
I hope this newly created word captures the essence of the experience you were looking to describe! Let me know if there's anything else I can assist you with.
I dig it.
Based on these comments, I'm going to ask my doctor about ADHD.
r/adhdmemes
But yeah, that's a sign.
Seriously go and do this: https://add.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/adhd-questionnaire-ASRS111.pdf
It's legit like the official assessment criteria. Going for my "test" next wednesday, my son is already diagnosed. It's a whole thing, but it might change your life
I'm sure it's normal for everyone to do occasionally, but if it's debilitating/all the time it's probably something like ADHD. I cannot even read a book but I can listen to an audio book. I might have to rewind it a lot but it's better than actually reading.
You keep reading because reading is a reflex. If you can't get your attention, you'll keep reading, but you'll be contemplating in your imagination. This is normal.
Yeah, then I try an reread the passage and do the same exact thing. I think it happens to me moreso when I'm disinterested or tired.
It's normal if you have dylsexia/ADHD <3
Yup. So many times. I've to go back and reread those pages because my mind hasn't registered what the words said.
Yep, some books I just can't get into and it's like I'm reading them but not taking in anything? I find this happens a lot with textbooks and documentation and I have to really try hard to focus on what I'm reading
Yes, except instead of reading it's listening, and instead of fiction it's whatever I was supposed to remember to do after work today.
Happens way too often to me too... And then, I'll start reading all over, only to realize I've done the same thing again...
Were you watching me yesterday from inside my head?
This is why I have a hard time getting into or even reading books in general. I just... stop processing.
It's not even just books for me. I can watch a movie a second time it's like watching a whole new movie. Like I completely missed half the plot and most of the details. I can also watch 100 episodes of a TV show and realize that I don't know the main character's best friend's name (the best friends who had 30 focus episodes and appeared in 86 of the 100 episodes).
It’s not even just books and movies for me. Sometimes I’d be talking to someone in real life and I’d suddenly become distracted (a text message comes in, I’m reminded about an errand because of a word they said), and the words come in and they don’t make sense. Nowadays I’ve seemed to learned how to queue the words and process them after I get distracted lol.
I can relate to this. Even while talking, sometimes I might forget what I was saying right in the middle of a sentence, and then move my focus onto completely different stuff. I find that eating well and being active somewhat helps though.
I listen to a ton of audiobooks and I'm constantly rewinding when I realize I've zoned out and missed half a chapter.
Oh, God yes. And I do it on audiobooks no less. I was reading something a few months ago. "And she still had no idea who the spy was that one of her friends had been killed and replaced with master impersonator". Wait... WTF? The chapter just started out that way. Well crap, chapter rewind. No I heard how that one starts out, tractor rewind again... No I heard that one too. I moved back through four chapters...nothing. I went and found the ePub downloaded it and text searched it. It happened like seven chapters ago in the middle of a chapter and I missed maybe 15 pages of content.
It also happens when I'm commuting now and then if I'm listening. I'll realize that I'm not paying good attention and tap 30-second rewind half a dozen times. Listen to it all again and realize that I totally missed everything they said again even though I'm not doing anything else but driving. I just put some music on and go the hell home.
Oh, God yes. And I do it on audiobooks no less. I was reading something a few months ago. "And she still had no idea who the spy was that one of her friends had been killed and replaced with master impersonator". Wait... WTF? The chapter just started out that way. Well crap, chapter rewind. No I heard how that one starts out, tractor rewind again... No I heard that one too. I moved back through four chapters...nothing. I went and found the ePub downloaded it and text searched it. It happened like seven chapters ago in the middle of a chapter and I missed maybe 15 pages of content.
It also happens when I'm commuting now and then if I'm listening. I'll realize that I'm not paying good attention and tap 30-second rewind half a dozen times. Listen to it all again and realize that I totally missed everything they said again even though I'm not doing anything else but driving. I just put some music on and go the hell home.
I've actually found audiobooks super helpful in clearing out my backlog, but there are certainly times where i feel like i accidentally started listening to a completely different book
This sounds a lot like me. I have ADHD.
I do this pretty often, though usually it's a sentence or line here and there. of course sometimes books are just written that way and the meaning comes later.
It's a bit of an ADHD thing and you get better at reading with purpose as you go. I used to barely take anything in and I can see books in my list that I've read but remember almost nothing about, try to read with conviction, take it in, imagine it as it happens, your comprehension will improve as you go.
Yeah, definitely an ADD/Attention-Processing issue. I used to read a lot as a kid, and after a head injury that aggravated my ADD and years of reading and talking in short-form messages (SMS, twitter, etc), it took me FOREVER to re-learn the skill of reading long-form text.
Luckily, with practice comes mastery, I was able to regain my abilities to read, and I'm currently working on a few textbooks and two casual books. It's still a struggle in distracting environments (loud children, hospitals, etc), but it's getting better the more I read.
I struggle in distracting environments due to ASD pretty much forcing brain to take in everything it hears and tries to process it as it would when someone was talking to me directly. I always read with noise cancelling headphones and ambient music.
When I was getting back into reading as an adult (used to read a lot as a kid but stopped for 20 years) I would read along with audiobooks, that worked wonders for getting into a book that I was struggling with.
Yes! Just read the book Blood Meridian and then watched a 5 hour youtube video on it, turns out I missed a galaxy of subtext
This was me reading basically anything in English class years ago.
I'm writing a book. How can I better avoid this to make the reader understand what's going on? I've been considering bolding the names of characters and places the first few times after they've been introduced.
While also having little intermissions where the characters consider the next best option (while sounding organic, of course)
What else?
I can read 50k fanfic no problem. I can virtually visualize it in 3D, but give me a book about, I don’t know, rocks? And my brain stops working.
This is me with the lotr wiki. Still haven't managed to make it through all of the books.
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