Happens way too often to me.
edit: I had no idea this was such a common issue!
I actually find myself facing this issue ALL THE TIME. Even in books that I am really enjoying.
It happens to me whenever I get sleepy.
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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.
Business books do this all the time
Normal for me at least. I think I have adhd. Never got it diagnosed though
Happens more and more… shorter attention span and/or too tired to focus properly.
I read these threads and end up thinking I have ADHD… or a chronic case of Internet Induced Short Attention Span
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.
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!
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 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 do it all the time!
All the time. I end up taking a while to read through a book even though my reading speed is pretty good because I’ll read through 3 pages and realize I wasn’t comprehending anything lol
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
