Happens way too often to me.
edit: I had no idea this was such a common issue!
I’m doing it reading these comments right now
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.
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
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
I’ve reread so many pages and chapters because of this, sometimes even restarted books entirely
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?
😳
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.
It’s normal if you have dylsexia/ADHD <3
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.
This is why I have a hard time getting into or even reading books in general. I just… stop processing.
I’ve absolutely read a book, thought it was a bit predictable, got to the end and realised I’ve read it before 🤦
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.
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.
Yup. So many times. I’ve to go back and reread those pages because my mind hasn’t registered what the words said.
Were you watching me yesterday from inside my head?
