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
I've reread so many pages and chapters because of this, sometimes even restarted books entirely
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.
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.
It's normal if you have dylsexia/ADHD <3
It happens. I usually take that to mean that either I'm distracted by other things, or I'm stressed, or very tired. Sometimes it just means it's time to go to bed.
who are you and how do you know me
Oh ya. I'll read 3 pages and be like "wait what did I just read?" Then go back and re read.
It happens to me with books, and also equally often with podcasts.
My theory is it happens when something else has (often subconsciously) hijacked the language processing part of my brain. E.g. if I'm reading and there's another conversation going on in the background that I'm slightly interested in. (The reason I mentioned podcasts is because this revelation happened to me when I discovered that I can do a sudoku puzzle while listening to a podcast but not a crossword.)
I've noticed this as well, where I can't listen to something with words (podcast, someone talking, TV show, etc) while doing a crossword or other word puzzle. I never really broke it down to realize that it's likely because the part of my brain that processes language is completely incapable of multitasking.
I also have to avoid music with words while working; I'll end up typing out the lyrics to the song instead of the email response to a user that I'm supposed to be composing.
!adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com This one?
I'm pretty sure I have undiagnosed inattentive type ADHD so this is the story of my life. One word could send my brain on a journey of other related things even while I'm still reading the words. I have to reread so much.
I have diagnosed adhd and this is very much my life. Audiobooks are the best! It still happens, but way way less
I wish I could do audiobooks. I don't know if it's my autism making it more difficult to process auditory information or what, but audiobooks are even more difficult for me. I love podcasts though, since that is just casual conversation and I never get too lost even if I zone out and miss something.
I've never been able to do audiobooks unless I'm reading along. Can't pay attention to spoken words. I used to hate when teachers would make students take turns reading passages aloud. I literally couldn't pay attention because they would read s o s l o w l y that my brain would have too much time to think between words.
I think you just unlocked a memory. It is so difficult for me to understand when people are talking too slow. I can't remember what words were at the beginning by the time we get to the end. I always have to watch everything with subtitles.
I have diagnosed inattentive type and was just sitting here wondering if this was a feature of it.
Worse still: starting a book, forgetting it exists for 3-4 days, and having to reread like 3 chapters back because you don’t remember what’s going on.
Or so I’m told…
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.
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.
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)
This happens to me a lot. I have ADHD.
And then you have to get a glass of water, feed the dog, go for a walk, do a two hour wiki walk, and maybe then you can go back and read what you've missed, but you've forgotten the rest of the book.
It’s definitely normal for me at least, I have ADD though. Whenever I finish a chapter, it’s a must for me to skim it over again. I just read the first sentence or two of each paragraph and I move on when I have the order of the major events mapped out in my head. Recalling the order of what I’ve read helps me a ton when it comes to processing it.
Same! It takes so long to finish a book. And it doesn't help that reading a book makes me sleepy for some reason. I feel too restless to take a nap during the day but reading a book makes me fall asleep almost instantly. And when I read I see the words but usually only register a small part of it so I also have to go back and reread it a few times. >.<
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
ADHD aside, you need to ask yourself if you like it, if you're really interested in the content shown, if maybe your mind is distracted in something, or you're worried/uncomfortable in the environment you are in and the likes. Have you read How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler? the author explains that we learn to read just on a surface level, leading sometimes to problems like you express. He then teaches how to approach a book in a way that you squeeze the most information and knowledge from it, even if its just a fiction book; and in the process, remember everything that you read even after finishing it. What works for me is: give a conscious effort to concentrate in what you're reading, but don't stay in the same page, don't even read a sentence two times. See if you concentrate better with music; I have ADHD and when I read books I need to listen to three diferent playlists to concentrate. Finally, following the first thing I mentioned, giving a conscious effort is exhausting to the brain so when you realize you can't concentrate anymore just leave it and start again the next day where you left it, you will notice that your brain will stand more and more all the work out you're giving it.
No problem, happy to help! Hoping that the book ends up useful for you. I have ADHD, so the thing you described is very common for me, but I understand that all people experience something like that even without having it, so is a matter of understanding what is causing it and work to solve it.
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.
Oh that's a really great method! I used to know a guy with ASD who did kind-of the inverse, he was super familiar with reading (specifically the bible), but he had a hard time with conversations. So he learned how to use the bible as a medium to conduct conversation.
Really, really cool discussions were born from that, and by the time I met him, he was almost independently conducting conversation, only going back to certain bible references when he got stuck or he needed to borrow a story or metaphor.
The brain is at its coolest when it's just a bit different.
Your bible memorising friend makes me think of the Star Trek episode "Darmok"
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 love audio books because I can catch up on books in my to read pile while driving, but I am so bad about doing this and just zoning out then trying to figure out how much I missed while thinking about something else.
Same here for me. I listen while walking the dog. I live in an urban environment and its easy to get distracted and totally lose what's going on. Usually listen at 1.5x so it's doubly bad when I zone out.
This is a common issue with people who have ADHD. Source - Diagnosed at age 7.
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.
All these things you're bringing up are very common ADHD symptoms! PTSD and extreme stress and fatigue can cause these things too, but if you're not under particular pressure or recovering from trauma, or if it's been like this as long as you can remember, you might want to look into ADHD.
Getting diagnosed was life-changing for me and has radically reshaped my conception of myself.
I do mostly audio books partly because of this. My reading is mostly monotone, I read so slow, and Ill have to start over sometimes because of what you explained above.
Audio books have amazing voice actors if you get a good one, they can also have sound effects, and they're much easier for me to absorb.
This happens to me too pretty randomly. 99% of the time I read for pleasure and actually pay attention, but sometimes when I'm reading a book I'm not interested in or something else is on my mind I read the words but can't absorb them. Could read a whole book like that and not be able to tell you what it was about.
I've bought duplicate CDs in the past as well...
Watched movies with an odd sense deja Vu with the same conclusion.
Basically, I'm rounding out the bell curve for the rest of you lot to look good. It's not much, but it's honest work...
Happens to me too. First post on Lemmy! When I was younger I’d read whole books in a couple sittings. Stephen King, Michael Chrichton, LotR - I read a lot. Now with tech job and kids, I don’t find as much time as I used to, and my attention span isn’t what it used to be after years of Reddit and interrupt-driven IT work. Reading one book, a chapter a night, out loud to the kids is about all I manage most days.
I've found taking notes in the margins or highlighting interesting parts helps for me. I do the same thing w ebooks as well!
We are human. Humans just zone out sometimes. We just need to keep going until we understand
Used to be the case for me, I used to love reading books when I was younger but the stories never stuck with me because I was too used to reading quick. Nowadays I read much slower but I appreciate them so much more!
Not just with reading, personally I have this problem with hearing, more so than with reading. If I'm not actively concentrating, stuff really just goes in one ear and out the other, bypassing the brain competely. This is why I can't multitask while listening to podcasts or audiobooks, because it just becomes white noise.
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.
I recently started reading Malazan book of the fallen and there's so many characters and it's so complicated that they actually have a glossary of characters at the start of the book haha
Actually is extremely useful to have that info there :)
This sounds a lot like me. I have ADHD.
That happens to me, but I usually interpret that as a signal that I should do something else, like listen to music. I also have the problem where I forget the book after I read it. It helps to write some quick notes after reading.
Sounds like adhd kicked in and you were off in your head. Ever trying listening to white noises while reading?
No problem. I've had it for a long time and it took me a while to find a method that works. I will get silly with it too, I'll go on you tube play a thunderstorm, blow dryer and shower all at the same time. Also I read in 25 minute increments and take a 5-10min break if I want to continue. Almost forgot but in the very beginning I needed to use a digital reader because my adhd was like "I will never finish a book that size" somehow my brain was tricked. I can read physicals pretty easy now after some years.
It's impossible for me and I think it's just comes down to my adhd. I will play Ghost in the Shell and Bladerunner atmospheric mixes when I read scifi for example. In silence my brain is too loud and doesn't stop. If I'm reading and whatever white noises are playing it minimizes the gaps when the brain wanders. It was already busy processing the sound.
I reread a page for the 7th time and wonder what the hell I just read because I can't remember any of it
This is me with the lotr wiki. Still haven't managed to make it through all of the books.
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
This used to happen to me a lot before I started using an e-reader. I found that if I put the font on the 'open dyslexia' font and bump up the print size significantly, this rarely happens anymore. It's strange since my eyesight is 20/20 so I don't have a problem seeing the words, I think it might be that seeing all of the other text on the page ads eyestrain and distraction.
Try it out! It might help.
Well for one there's less on a page for your brain to process at one time, and for two, dyslexia has nothing to do with eyesight so you may also just have dyslexia, it's a common co morbidity with ADHD
No ADHD here (well none that's been diagnosed at least) and I'll often have to go back and re-read a few paragraphs or pages because I didn't actually absorb what was going on.
Worst part is when you keep trying and get into a loop and can't understand the words
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
I read these threads and end up thinking I have ADHD... or a chronic case of Internet Induced Short Attention Span
This happens to me all the time, often I'll zone out until the end of a paragraph before I realized what's happened. Nice to know it's fairly common, I've always chalked it up to aphantasia or adhd
This is why I have a hard time getting into or even reading books in general. I just... stop processing.
This is the only way I can read fiction, I can't connect the words to build a story, also I'm bad with names so I have trouble keeping character stories straight in my mind. For non fiction on technical articles I do not have an issue.
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.
This happens to me when I read when I'm tired.
On the other hand, when I'm excited by what's going on in the book my brain wants to skip ahead.
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...
Yeah, it happens to me every time I read a book. Hell, for any media for that matter. It's quite annoying, I wonder if there's a way to fix my retention
I realized recently I started reading books the same way a keep listening to videos on the background. It works for passing the time or unwinding a bit. For retention, mindfulness exercises (silly as it sounds) seem to work: taking a look at my environment and taking a moment to clear out distractions, stoping to think what is it I last read on that book (which is always harder then I expect), reflecting why I'm reading whatever it is I'm reading. Doing these things as little rituals tends to help.
Try reading aloud. It seems to change my focus.
It happens to me whenever I get sleepy.
Yes, I do this all the time. I'm glad I'm not the only one who suffers from this.
Hmm, sorry what?
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.
Yeah, I totally get that. Leave it to me to turn a 15-hour audiobook into a 20-hour endeavor by 30-second increments! But—and this has been a real godsend—I figured out how to tune my car's "back" button to the 30-second rewind on my Scribd player. So that has been very helpful.
It's called being neurodivergent xD
no, but it's definitely very common for neurodivergent peeps
Really? I mean, that fits with my loosely self-diagnosed sample of 1
Yep, especially true for me in books that I have no real interest in like when I was in college. I'll go four pages before I realize I was just skimming and retained nothing.
I don't know if it is normal, but it happens to me sometimes, too. My attention span is not always great!
Quite often and very frustrating when you're trying to learn a new language. You can try reading with a dictionary but that kills motivation. Luckily my eReader lets me highlight words to give a dictionary page.
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.
I do this to literally every book every time I read
Always to me, read a page then re read the page. Dyslexia doesnt help either
I try to have dedicated time to read/listen to books. I recently started to read an ebook and listen to the audiobook at the same time. I usually only listen to audiobooks with narrators I enjoy listening to so I don't mind if they read at a slower pace than I read in my head. I read PHM, the entire Bobiverse series, one of Obama's books, one of Trever Noah's books, and planning on reading The Three Body Problem this way.
It really helps with the focus issue. It's not as easy to forget what you just read when you have audio and visual input. And I like having a dedicated reading time because I would probably be mindlessly watching TV or browsing reddit (rip).
I'd say it's normal for this to happen once in a while, you could be fatigued or distracted by other thoughts. If it happens every single time you try to read something it might indicate an issue. I can tell my blood glucose is tanking fast and possibly having a hypo if I'm having trouble comprehending what I'm trying to read.
Lmao yes. Is like my brain goes into power saving mode. If I really am into it , i carry on until my brain sort of reboots and things click again and if I must I go back to the chunk i glaze over. So totally it happens.
Certainly. Happens to me sometimes. Less so in my mother tongue.
Also in podcasts I listen to, I often realize that I don't really follow the meaning.
Might be a sign that the book is not interesting to you.
Happens way too many times. The best way is to take a break and continue later!
I find this happening a lot when I get bored of a story.
Lol I recommend you don't try reading Malazan.
I've definitely gone on autopilot while reading. Used to happen all of the time with college textbooks. My eyes are clearly scanning the words, but my attention is on some other thought. End up having to circle back and re-read that section.
I have diagnosed ADHD and this is exactly my crux with reading books. I love reading books but this is what happens... Amusingly enough if I find a book that I love I'll crush it but retaining the books plot or many details is really difficult.
I feel like I used to do this a lot. But less so these days, probably because my mind is less racing and distracted. I am more mindful in general.
It's also similar to someone talking to me and I'm nodding my head, and occasionally reply with something semi-coherent, yet I actually barely have an idea what they actually said. Its almost like a kind of shallow "chatGPT mode" of listening where I can reply in shallow ways but I have no comprehension.
These are both very common ADHD symptoms. Not trying to diagnose you, just putting it out there as something you might want to consider researching further if these things cause you difficulties or problems.
@the_itsb No longer causes me problems 🙏. I mainly solved these things by re-arranging my lifestyle and meditating a lot and now my mind is comparatively clear, lucid and focused. People seem pretty trigger happy on the ADHD diagnoses these days. I think it's too easy to develop a distracted mind in todays world, but there are also practices that can un-distract it. If on rare occasion I find myself unable to listen, its pretty obvious that I am in distraction mode or neglected to meditate.
YUP.
Though I’ve learned a couple of things that help me over the years:
L and, especially if it's a book that's a bit dense. Like the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I loved it, but I needed to only read it when I was reasonably awake or I'd have to reread. The best approach for me was to be mindful of this as a possibility and proactively ask myself if I'm absorbing the content adequately, because it's easier to reread a chapter than half a book.
It also happens if it's a book that I feel like I "should" read, like one of the big classic ones that "everyone should read". Air quotes there not because I disagree that those books are worth reading, but because the "should" can add undue pressure and make people read even less than they would. Here
A friend was recently talking to me about this and he realised this sense of guilt about things he "should" be reading meant he never got started on the stuff he did want to read, in particular, some nice graphic novels gifted to him
I read crime and punishment recently. I had to read the first half of the book twice lol. It picked up halfway thru and I couldn't put it down.
Yeah. It happens more often when I'm tired, and I'll only skip over a few paragraphs, but I've definitely been there.
Were you watching me yesterday from inside my head?
Not just with reading, personally I find it happens more with hearing for me. If I'm not actively concentrating, stuff really just goes in one ear and comes out another.
Absolutely!
So many times I will have to go back and reread a page or two because I completely zoned out but kept going through the motions.
It's normal for those with ADHD. I found out I had adhd in my late 30s :>
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But yeah, that's a sign.
Seriously go and do this: https://add.org/...
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
Happens to books I'm not completely invested in, or books with purple prose - just full of filler without any substance. A lot of young adult books are guilty of this! Interestingly, never happened to me with a Joe Abercrombie or Brandon Sanderson book, though. :)
This always happened to me in school with assigned reading. In college I found a classmate that had the same issue and we would read to each other which seemed to help because when you're reading out loud you tend to pay attention more. We would switch readers at the end of each page.
Do this all the time. It's more common with ADHD but everyone experiences it I think
Yeah, sometimes it does happen to me too, and I always get nervous when it happens, makes me feel like I have some sort of attention problem.
You're not alone, friend. This often happens when I'm distracted and need to think about other things.
I often find listening to the audiobook is much better for me and I take in material without having to reread (or relisten).
Yes, totally normal. It can happen for all kinds of reasons, but for me it usually boils down to a) the book is boring and my mind wanders or b) I'm distracted by something (maybe sleepy, or pondering a problem or worried about something) and that takes my focus away. I keep reading the words but I'm thinking about something else. Eventually I realize I have no idea what I've read and have to back track a little.
Business books do this all the time
Yes, I've learned to go back, count how many words there are in a paragraph, and then start reading again. That helps me regain focus.
I've read whole pages and chapters, then realized I need to go back because I have no clue what just happened. I don't even know where my brain goes during those times, lol. It's just gone.
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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?
It does happen to me, I normally find it means I'm not enjoying the book.
Same. I found myself skipping over whole paragraphs as soon as ewgene started pulling her braid in wot
I used to be able to entirely loose myself in reading for hours, whether the book interested me or not, because I was just passionate about reading. Nowadays my ADHD (and partially my anxiety) has become so bad that I can barely get through one page while seriously paying attention.
I also have this issue with movies and tv shows
I have the same problem with audio books. There I am, driving along, and then think "what the hell is going on in this story? Who are all these people?"
Admittedly, that probably says more about life than the story, but hey 🤣
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
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.
Normal for me at least. I think I have adhd. Never got it diagnosed though
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 sometimes find my mind wandering when I'm reading a book out loud to my kid. I also feel bad about it.
I got like 800 pages into Gravity’s Rainbow once before I realized I had no idea what I was reading.
One morning I woke up and realized I read the entirety of Infinite Jest the previous night without even noticing
Depending on the style of writing, when you are reading a book where you are putting yourself into a narrative.
Sometimes that narrative immediately envelopes you and you turn each page pulling you to the end of the story wanting more.
Sometimes it takes a little longer with the cogs of the story being just a bit bigger or smaller than your minds cogs. If the write too specifically without bringing in context that the reader can enmesh then the gears never turn and the book doesn't become a page turner, the reader tunes out.
I think sometimes editors cut content in the opening chapters of books to cut down word count so there is more at the end chapters to end the story well but at the cost of understanding at the outset of the adventure.
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.
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.
I do this all the time, I thought it was just me when I was younger
Constantly for me. I reread or give up
Happens all the time. I have to constantly remind myself that I'm actually interested in the topic. That or just trust the subconscious will absorb some information.
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