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Definitely, especially if too early in the morning and my mind still churning sorting out stuff for the rest of the day. Or just plain stressed.
It's normal for those with ADHD. I found out I had adhd in my late 30s :>
I have it especially with audiobooks. Get distracted, miss entire chapter.
Yup. So many times. I've to go back and reread those pages because my mind hasn't registered what the words said.
Hey, no need to attack me like this, OP (:
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.
Were you watching me yesterday from inside my head?
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.
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.
Happens to me too even while playing video games. I would feel like I AM paying attention could have sworn I did but then after all said is done I’m like “Wait what did they say?!”
Happens way too many times. The best way is to take a break and continue later!
Yep, I tried reading 'Heart of Darkness' to this exact effect.
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).
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.
I get this too, and I hate it. Is there any way to stop it?
It does happen to me, I normally find it means I'm not enjoying the book.
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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...
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.
I have to go back and reread paragraphs because of this all the time!
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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Lol... this also happens to me
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.
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. :)
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.
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 actually find myself facing this issue ALL THE TIME. Even in books that I am really enjoying.
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