Having to re-read the same sentence multiple times until you actually start paying attention to what it says is pain
For me it's never the sentence, it's always after a whole page that i realised that i just looked at words.
And then at the end, you think to yourself, "Ok, no, for real. I'm going pay attention," and repeat the cycle 👌
A few nights ago I was trying to read a book, and there was a dog across the road who wouldn't stop barking. I was reading a single page for 15 minutes until I was finally able to tune him out.
Headphones with white noise when it gets really bad
Haha, I actually had earbuds on with brown noise playing, but I could still hear the barking faintly. My brain just decided to hyper focus on it :/
Samw with videos. Skip back, ok here's the part where my mind drifted away last time, let's focus... why did it happen again?!
I'm looking at you PBS Spacetime...
I am in this message and I don't like it 😅
I've been firmly diagnosed with ADHD, once when I wasn't even being tested for it, but ADHD markers were high enough that they asked if I was seeking treatment for it. That being said, I can read books just fine. I've read tons, and not just fiction. I have several nonfiction books about scientific topics I'm into. I'm currently reading a book about British royalty just because I like David Mitchell's comedy.
I cannot imagine that I'm special. I'm certain that there are other ADHD power readers. It's a way to hyper focus after all. I know sitting to read is a common problem area, but not always.
I read a ton, but this still happens to me. I'll read an interesting line, and then start thinking about the implications, and what I would do if I were the author, and then all the things that you could do with this information, and then I'm at the bottom of the page and realise I didn't pay attention to what I was reading because I got distracted by my own thoughts lol
You guys are reading a whole page? I couldn’t even get through the meme without a re read!
that's not even a joke!
Rip
Copy the assigned reading and paste it into Speechify.
TTS is a fucking godsend for this kind of shit.
lol - yeah only those with ADHD experience this…
Warning for rule 1
I find audiobooks are better for me for this. It still happens, but it bothers me less unless I know something big was happening
The lighter side of ADHD
