This has happened way too many times, especially in many books. This makes doing a lot of my assignments a lot more difficult and often has dissuaded me from reading. I am trying to get better at reading, so I got myself some more books (that I'll read sometime in the future maybe) and combining it with some music or white noise to prevent me from zoning out.
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It happens to everyone to varying degrees. It's a phenomenon similar to highway hypnosis (where you forget completing large sections of familiar drives), in that you are consciously participating in the activity but not commiting enough processing power for your brain to deem it important enough to encode.
Reading becomes so practiced it's simple, comprehension is another matter entirely.
Books, tv, movies, YouTube even. Especially if I'm multitasking with programming.
This sometimes happens to me when I'm watching TV, especially if I'm doing something else while listening.
No but I listen to a lot of audio books and I read/listen to a lot of fantasy and sometimes fantasy worlds get a bit complicated. So I've learned to not start a new one until I can really pay attention for a while. Otherwise the new magic / concepts may bounce off me.
Sadly, all the time.
I do this with everything from reading to watching youtube videos etc. I have to pay special attention to really understand what I'm even reading/watching sometimes. My goldfish memory doesn't help at all
Every time I have to try and read procedures for anything.
This happens to me all the time.
Constantly for me. I reread or give up
Yep, used to do that all the time. Now whenever I'm reading introduction stuff I actively make myself think about everything that is being explained.
Really pays off later in the book I find.
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I don't know if it is normal, but it happens to me sometimes, too. My attention span is not always great!
I remember reading a new book that interested me, finished it, and realized I remembered NOTHING and didn't understand the ending at all. So I read the book again. It was pretty good. ... can't remember the book lol
Yep. That's when I realize it's time to put down the book and do something else. Because clearly my mind is not on the book.
This sounds a lot like me. I have ADHD.
I do this to literally every book every time I read
It does happen to me, I normally find it means I'm not enjoying the book.
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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.
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