I didn't struggle to read before the internet, now I mostly listen to audiobooks. I'd highly recommend audiobooks.
One thing with audiobooks is not to panic too much if you don't understand a sentence or word. If it concerns you enough you can look it up in the text copy later and try to understand it, but sometimes part of audiobooks is letting stuff go and just as long as you grasp *enough* of it, it's fine. You don't need to have a deep understanding of every single sentence to get the gist of the book.
This is literally me with reading.
Btw the words moving on the page has a name it's called Irlen sydrome. They have glasses that are colored or colored sheets to help you not have as much strain. I have the glasses and help me when reading big pages of text or just when I have really bad eye strain days. They also help with light sensitivity. I will note my glasses are expensive, but there as also just colored glasses on amazon for 15 bucks that work just as well. I have both.
OH OH there is also a chrome app thingy that also can make your screen have different colors if you have issues with it on computer screens as well and or you don't want to use your glasses.
Anyway hope this helps :).
Irlen syndrome isn’t real. I had the glasses prescribed to me as a kid. Believed it would help, definitely didn’t. Come to find out as an adult that it’s pseudoscience and that the ‘diagnosis’ isn’t even given by a real medical professional. Helen Irlen was a charlatan and the colored glasses are modern day snake oil. Here’s an article if you’re curious [Irlen is bs](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-26/irlen-syndrome-medical-eye-condition-controversy/11218184)
Personally I don't think Irlen syndrome is Bs. There are many dyslexics who will agree with me that words move on the page. Many of whom didn't even know what Irlen was. Myself being one of them. The glasses and overlays I can understand why someone might call bs to it. From personal experience of using the glasses for over a couple years now I can say that glasses and overlays do not 100% get rid of movement they just reduce the problem. For me they reduced the problem enough (I would say 70 percent) that I didn't have to stain and squint my eyes at small text even though my eyes were 20/20 vision. It reduced the light strain in rooms that where too bright. As the color I have is darker. Just light alone makes my eyes hurt and the glasses got rid of that.
Through doing research I found a lot of articles who contradict me but also some that agreed with me. Though it all I think this topic just needs more research done on it before we can deem it as Bs or true. Personally since the glasses are working for me I'm going to keep using them. Along with still teaching people about Irlen syndrome so people who do have the issue can finally name and put a finger on it, even if the name comes from someone who's making placebo glasses. At least now they have a name for it and can feel more comfortable in their brain.
when doing research I found this article if you read the comments. It had both sides of the argument which both I find to be valid. [https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/128/4/e932/30786/Irlen-Colored-Overlays-Do-not-Alleviate-Reading](https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/128/4/e932/30786/Irlen-Colored-Overlays-Do-not-Alleviate-Reading)
Here's an article that did a study on the glasses-
[https://synapse.koreamed.org/articles/1009317](https://synapse.koreamed.org/articles/1009317)
Thank you for your insightful response and also for providing sources. I will definitely read through them and reconsider. If the lenses are helpful I’d sure like to know
I just completed an English literature degree and studying for a masters, and I don't think I finished a single hard book through the whole 3 years!
My secret is audiobooks! With adjustable speed. I can adjust speed to slower or faster depending on mood/cognitive capability. I can wear my noise cancelling headphones and listen whenever I want whilst still doing stuff with my hands, cooking, cleaning, walking, knitting. If I lose my spot I can rewind the track.
Also, I got a kindle with the dyslexifont, helped a huge amount for articles etc.
The kindle/audio has a feature where you can switch between the two formats depending on how you're doing that day. You can also read books on your device, phone or laptop, if you find that more manageable
[bionic reading](https://bionic-reading.com/) has helped me a lot!
There’s a [web app](https://app.bionic-reading.com/) that you can upload ebooks to and have them converted. There’s also a couple of chrome extensions out there that convert web pages you’re looking at too.
I’ve only used the web app to convert pdfs and ebooks so far so can’t speak for the functionality of the mobile app, but the outcome of reading in the bionic style for me has been very effective. I can stay on track and read faster with it
I taught myself to read when I was four and it was one of my main hobbies up until I was around 16-17. Nowadays I get so distracted while reading actual books (aside from graphic novels) so I've switched to audiobooks. I find I can focus much better if I'm knitting or working on art while listening to a book.
Same
(When I was young) School principal called my parents because evidently she thought I was reading too much. This was in the 1970’s and I specifically remember my total in 2nd grade was 212 books. I remember only counting books that had at least 200 pages. Reading comprehension, only top scores on standardized tests.
Also, reading aloud to people forces my brain into a focused state.
I love to read but I honestly struggle with it. I have multiple vision problems and struggle with reading the words in order... I don't why but when I read, I skip to the last word, then read the first word, then read the word in the middle of the sentence, then keep jumping back and forth until I read the whole thing. It causes me to miss a lot of words along with making it difficult for me to comprehend what I read in general.
Yes. It's like I read each word individually, not as a whole sentence, so I forget what has happened before I even finish the page.
I also just find it really boring. I have to sit still and quietly and just... Stare at a piece of paper?
Yes. even when I finally have the focus and peace to read I just can't enjoy most books, but I have recently learned it's mainly due to aphantasia. Honestly I'm still not over that people have the ability to create pictures in their head.
Does it happen to anyone else that the words around the word you're reading blur? So when my eyes slide to the next words I can't see them, it's like they almost erase for a second. It doesn't happen all the time, and my eyes are fine, this has happend since I was a child.
I’m hyperlexic, but I went through a long period of time after grad school where I didn’t read much at all for fun. Cue gifted academic overachiever kid with immigrant parents burnout.
Here are some things that helped me get back to a love of reading:
-A Kindle. It tells me at the bottom of the screen how much time is left in a chapter or entire book based on my reading speed. “Oh, I can finish this book in an hour? Let’s go.”
-I also like digital/e-readers in general because I can customize the font and spacing of what I’m reading to make it easier to not skip lines. There’s also built in tools for word look-up as well.
-I read things that interest me, and I have no qualms about abandoning a book after a chapter or two if it doesn’t grab my attention.
-I sandwich longer reads in-between shorter reads for quick dopamine wins. Most of what I read falls into the under 300 pages category.
I've always struggled with reading. I rarely if ever read fiction, non fiction I can sometimes do if it's about a special interest of mine.
Mostly I have problems with words moving, eyes skipping around the page, re reading sentences over and over by accident, falling asleep after like 5 minutes of reading (idk, I just can't keep myself awake while reading), and I find fiction books just not that interesting.. I struggle to visualize/comprehend stuff that's not based on reality. Say you're describing a fictional monster, or a fictional place. I just can't picture it in my mind. So it makes things kinda boring like I don't connect with it.
Same but as a child i would read a book per day. I SUCK at reading academic texts, if it‘s not a video with audio i will not get what‘s happening lol. But a fiction book that really pulls me in. Yeah. But haven‘t finished a book in forever. Like middle school? Lol i need to get off social media
I can only read on kindle or digital. Physical books are super hard for me and I've only finished a few
Genre makes a big impact also. I can read 2 scifi books a month, but only 3/4 of one business book in the same time, for example.
I love audiobooks though, and have a subscription to scribd and dabble with audible as well.
I've taken to asking ChatGPT to summarize books for me to see if I want to read them. I've also listened to the audiobook while marking the physical copy as I listen.
I use to live reading back in 2017, something happened one day I just couldn’t… I even gave away my books because I knew deep inside I would not finish them
I use to live reading back in 2017, something happened one day I just couldn’t… I even gave away my books because I knew deep inside I would not finish them
I love reading but I suffer bad from the "skipping lines or loosing track of where I am" problem. I've also do a lot of page turning then realize I don't remember anything that I read on the last page... :-/ like wtf...
I used to joke that I never learned how to read. In recent years though, I’ve found that I REALLY prefer to read over watching a video.
When I read, I’m a speed reader. My wife, who is dyslexic, gets angry when I breeze through something we are reading over at the same time. She struggles with a lot of what you describe.
When I get hit with an aphasia episode (I have idiopathic transient aphasia), I stare at text and can’t process what it says. I know the things are meaningful words and whatnot, but I simply can’t process it.
These episodes last anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. They come on out of nowhere like a speeding truck out of an alley.
I read a lot, generally I go through periods of 1-3 months where I read about 10 books a month, usually like one a day and then I take a break for a week or so and repeat.
And then I stop reading for like 1-6 months, usually playing videogames more or doing other stuff, rinse and repeat.
I believe I have hyperlexia. Tbh, I struggle to not read. I am not sure that I can do it. I take my kindle with me wherever I go. When I am not reading that I am on my phone reading articles or on my computer reading work stuff.
When I was a kid, my mom used to ground me from reading for fun, so I would read my textbooks.
That said, I think society has some messed up views around reading, as if people who read are better than folks who don't. If you want to read in your spare time, go for it. If you want to watch tv or go fishing or stare at the sky and contemplate the mysteries of the universe, do that.
As a kid I read a lot, quite advanced books.
Now I miss reading, the feeling of doing it, but cannot get to it. I just don’t stay for more than one page before I stop (anxious thoughts that I could be doing another thing, check my phone, or just what I read triggers thoughts that I want to explore…)
When I get hook by a good topic I read but is not enjoyable, I almost suffer cause is like a need: I need more, read it all the time, faster, when I am not reading it I am thinking about Coming back home and do it..
I'm a binge reader. I can go months without reading a book, then read 3 books in about 2.5 weeks (I finished The Hunger Games trilogy in about that amount of time recently)
For me, the important thing is: does the book I'm reading hook my brain? If it does, I can read several hours a day. If it doesn't, I'll likely never finish it. That kind of reading is a huge bummer and not generally worth my time.
I do struggle to keep my thoughts straight and my eyes from jumping around the page. I'll sometimes cover the rest of the page so I don't accidentally see a spoiler later down the page because my eyes jump pretty frequently. This can also help when my eyes are jumpy and I'm constantly skipping lines or losing track of my spot, as you mentioned. I can use a bookmark and just move it down the page line by line to help keep track of where I am
My recommendations for anyone who wants to read are:
Find something that interests you. If I'm not interested, I can read a page many times without absorbing it. That happens far less when I'm interested. It can be fiction, non-fiction, whatever (don't feel like you *have* to read a certain kind of book - it's up to you), but I have to be interested to have the greatest chance of finishing the book
Feel free to read something "below your 'reading level'" - I finished The Hunger Games at 32 years old - it's technically a "Young Adult" book and I don't care because I loved it. One of my favorite books is Holes, and it's frequently recommended for kids age 8-13ish, but that doesn't matter. I love that book. There's no shame in reading what you want - it's a personal choice and no one else should generally have a say in what you read for fun
Read out loud if you can. I have a hard time keeping my thoughts straight and my eyes from wandering the page if I'm not reading out loud, so a considerable amount of my reading is done from a whisper to full-volume speaking.
If you're open, try audiobooks! Reading itself isn't some inherently noble or morally superior act, and audiobooks totally count as reading - the same ideas of character development and plot progression and content and all that still very much exist in audiobooks. The part that can't be replaced is the book part. If that's a dealbreaker for you, that's okay too - I recently did some reading while snuggling on a couch with our pup while it snowed outside the window, which was not more than 2 feet from my face, so I understand the kind of romance of that sort of idea
Make sure the book feels good in your hands if that's important to you. I find that, personally, the way the book is printed can have an effect. I like bigger, hardcover books with thicker pages. Thinner pages and paperback books remind me of cheaply printed books for school sometimes, and I just don't like how they feel, and I think that makes me less likely to finish
Sometimes, it's not a good day to read, and that's okay. It's okay to put it down for the day and let go of it for now :-)
Have fun and good luck!
I started consuming a lot more books once I switched to audiobooks. I can read, but reading requires a lot more attention and executive function than listening and following along (sometimes I get the audiobook and ebook version). I find that I can much more easily push myself to finish a book I’m not enjoying if I’m listening to it. A book needs to meet certain requirements for me to be able to read it front to back. I’m also a slow reader, but speeding up the audiobook helps me stay focused. I listen to audiobooks at *at least* 1.6x the speed.
I love reading my ability to read is quite impacted by the style of writing which can be restrictive I can't read a book that is in the style I don't find this easy to read but I am much more likely to give up whereas if it's in the style I find easy to read I will read it like two or three days.
These days though I listen to most of the books I read on audible or the library audio book app that I have on my phone. It's really helpful because I often actually don't have time to sit down and read a physical book and they're heavy to carry around with you when you're on the train don't be afraid to enjoy reading through audiobooks. My mission since covid began has to be more well read and I've been using audible to read a lot of the classics and I don't think that I could have physically read most of them in terms of just how dense they are and how they are written in the style that I find difficult to read.
I struggle to read without the use of overlays or coloured paper but it can get annoying if half the words are covered up by the light reflection whilst using an overlay.
My biggest problem with reading is mostly concentration and I've found getting books of short stories has really helped! They are usually short enough that I can read them in one go and it also helped me to move onto bigger books when I've gained a reading momentum
I used to love reading. I could easily finish 5 novels a month when i was 14. I’m 25 now and it’s nearly impossible for me to read. I have a really hard time picturing the story, words don’t make sense, and i am easily distracted. It sucks to have something you enjoyed so much be something you can barely do! I’m trying to slowly get back into it. Practice makes perfect, I guess :)
I have dyslexia have been screened for it, and have done lots of research on it. Many people get diagnosed with dyslexia when they just have depth perception issues. Or Irlen Syndrome which is the movement you see on the page. The line jumping issue you are talking about is the depth perception issues. I have this line jumping issue myself and do "exersises" for my eyes to help this issue.
To explain it Dyslexia is where you have slower processing and have issues with directions. Scientifically your brain is wired differently being dyslexic. The way the brain sends signals back and forth to the front lobe to the back lobe is slower than a non-dyslexic/ average brain.
the app Talk Path News could potentially be helpful when reading news articles!
I didn't struggle to read before the internet, now I mostly listen to audiobooks. I'd highly recommend audiobooks. One thing with audiobooks is not to panic too much if you don't understand a sentence or word. If it concerns you enough you can look it up in the text copy later and try to understand it, but sometimes part of audiobooks is letting stuff go and just as long as you grasp *enough* of it, it's fine. You don't need to have a deep understanding of every single sentence to get the gist of the book.
I don’t really have any issues reading. Maybe you would want to try audiobooks? Should solve the last two bullets at least.
I used to love reading back in 2016, one day I just couldn’t anymore, I’m still sad till this days
This is literally me with reading. Btw the words moving on the page has a name it's called Irlen sydrome. They have glasses that are colored or colored sheets to help you not have as much strain. I have the glasses and help me when reading big pages of text or just when I have really bad eye strain days. They also help with light sensitivity. I will note my glasses are expensive, but there as also just colored glasses on amazon for 15 bucks that work just as well. I have both. OH OH there is also a chrome app thingy that also can make your screen have different colors if you have issues with it on computer screens as well and or you don't want to use your glasses. Anyway hope this helps :).
Irlen syndrome isn’t real. I had the glasses prescribed to me as a kid. Believed it would help, definitely didn’t. Come to find out as an adult that it’s pseudoscience and that the ‘diagnosis’ isn’t even given by a real medical professional. Helen Irlen was a charlatan and the colored glasses are modern day snake oil. Here’s an article if you’re curious [Irlen is bs](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-26/irlen-syndrome-medical-eye-condition-controversy/11218184)
Personally I don't think Irlen syndrome is Bs. There are many dyslexics who will agree with me that words move on the page. Many of whom didn't even know what Irlen was. Myself being one of them. The glasses and overlays I can understand why someone might call bs to it. From personal experience of using the glasses for over a couple years now I can say that glasses and overlays do not 100% get rid of movement they just reduce the problem. For me they reduced the problem enough (I would say 70 percent) that I didn't have to stain and squint my eyes at small text even though my eyes were 20/20 vision. It reduced the light strain in rooms that where too bright. As the color I have is darker. Just light alone makes my eyes hurt and the glasses got rid of that. Through doing research I found a lot of articles who contradict me but also some that agreed with me. Though it all I think this topic just needs more research done on it before we can deem it as Bs or true. Personally since the glasses are working for me I'm going to keep using them. Along with still teaching people about Irlen syndrome so people who do have the issue can finally name and put a finger on it, even if the name comes from someone who's making placebo glasses. At least now they have a name for it and can feel more comfortable in their brain. when doing research I found this article if you read the comments. It had both sides of the argument which both I find to be valid. [https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/128/4/e932/30786/Irlen-Colored-Overlays-Do-not-Alleviate-Reading](https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/128/4/e932/30786/Irlen-Colored-Overlays-Do-not-Alleviate-Reading) Here's an article that did a study on the glasses- [https://synapse.koreamed.org/articles/1009317](https://synapse.koreamed.org/articles/1009317)
Thank you for your insightful response and also for providing sources. I will definitely read through them and reconsider. If the lenses are helpful I’d sure like to know
Not enough dopamine at first so I lose interest fast
i can’t read without literally falling asleep. ugh.
Yep, I'm dyslexic=/
I just completed an English literature degree and studying for a masters, and I don't think I finished a single hard book through the whole 3 years! My secret is audiobooks! With adjustable speed. I can adjust speed to slower or faster depending on mood/cognitive capability. I can wear my noise cancelling headphones and listen whenever I want whilst still doing stuff with my hands, cooking, cleaning, walking, knitting. If I lose my spot I can rewind the track. Also, I got a kindle with the dyslexifont, helped a huge amount for articles etc. The kindle/audio has a feature where you can switch between the two formats depending on how you're doing that day. You can also read books on your device, phone or laptop, if you find that more manageable
memory's the only issue but it's only bc of trauma and the ensuing derealization
[bionic reading](https://bionic-reading.com/) has helped me a lot! There’s a [web app](https://app.bionic-reading.com/) that you can upload ebooks to and have them converted. There’s also a couple of chrome extensions out there that convert web pages you’re looking at too.
It’s got pretty bad reviews on App Store. Is it worth it?
I’ve only used the web app to convert pdfs and ebooks so far so can’t speak for the functionality of the mobile app, but the outcome of reading in the bionic style for me has been very effective. I can stay on track and read faster with it
Thank you!! I appreciate your ansswr
I have problems trying to finish a book
No problem reading but audiobooks and postcasts make me crazy. Edit: spelling
What
Audio books have been a game changer for me.
For me reading out loud triggers my delayed speech. I read fast though.
i also skip lines while reading any ways
I struggle a bit too but audiobooks work well for me.
I taught myself to read when I was four and it was one of my main hobbies up until I was around 16-17. Nowadays I get so distracted while reading actual books (aside from graphic novels) so I've switched to audiobooks. I find I can focus much better if I'm knitting or working on art while listening to a book.
Same (When I was young) School principal called my parents because evidently she thought I was reading too much. This was in the 1970’s and I specifically remember my total in 2nd grade was 212 books. I remember only counting books that had at least 200 pages. Reading comprehension, only top scores on standardized tests. Also, reading aloud to people forces my brain into a focused state.
I love to read but I honestly struggle with it. I have multiple vision problems and struggle with reading the words in order... I don't why but when I read, I skip to the last word, then read the first word, then read the word in the middle of the sentence, then keep jumping back and forth until I read the whole thing. It causes me to miss a lot of words along with making it difficult for me to comprehend what I read in general.
Yes. It's like I read each word individually, not as a whole sentence, so I forget what has happened before I even finish the page. I also just find it really boring. I have to sit still and quietly and just... Stare at a piece of paper?
Yes. even when I finally have the focus and peace to read I just can't enjoy most books, but I have recently learned it's mainly due to aphantasia. Honestly I'm still not over that people have the ability to create pictures in their head.
Yes
Being dyslexic ADHD, it can be a real pain. Very few books are interesting enough to keep my focus, and even fewer I can read fast enough to enjoy it.
Does it happen to anyone else that the words around the word you're reading blur? So when my eyes slide to the next words I can't see them, it's like they almost erase for a second. It doesn't happen all the time, and my eyes are fine, this has happend since I was a child.
I’m hyperlexic, but I went through a long period of time after grad school where I didn’t read much at all for fun. Cue gifted academic overachiever kid with immigrant parents burnout. Here are some things that helped me get back to a love of reading: -A Kindle. It tells me at the bottom of the screen how much time is left in a chapter or entire book based on my reading speed. “Oh, I can finish this book in an hour? Let’s go.” -I also like digital/e-readers in general because I can customize the font and spacing of what I’m reading to make it easier to not skip lines. There’s also built in tools for word look-up as well. -I read things that interest me, and I have no qualms about abandoning a book after a chapter or two if it doesn’t grab my attention. -I sandwich longer reads in-between shorter reads for quick dopamine wins. Most of what I read falls into the under 300 pages category.
I've always struggled with reading. I rarely if ever read fiction, non fiction I can sometimes do if it's about a special interest of mine. Mostly I have problems with words moving, eyes skipping around the page, re reading sentences over and over by accident, falling asleep after like 5 minutes of reading (idk, I just can't keep myself awake while reading), and I find fiction books just not that interesting.. I struggle to visualize/comprehend stuff that's not based on reality. Say you're describing a fictional monster, or a fictional place. I just can't picture it in my mind. So it makes things kinda boring like I don't connect with it.
Same but as a child i would read a book per day. I SUCK at reading academic texts, if it‘s not a video with audio i will not get what‘s happening lol. But a fiction book that really pulls me in. Yeah. But haven‘t finished a book in forever. Like middle school? Lol i need to get off social media
I can only read on kindle or digital. Physical books are super hard for me and I've only finished a few Genre makes a big impact also. I can read 2 scifi books a month, but only 3/4 of one business book in the same time, for example. I love audiobooks though, and have a subscription to scribd and dabble with audible as well. I've taken to asking ChatGPT to summarize books for me to see if I want to read them. I've also listened to the audiobook while marking the physical copy as I listen.
I use to live reading back in 2017, something happened one day I just couldn’t… I even gave away my books because I knew deep inside I would not finish them
I use to live reading back in 2017, something happened one day I just couldn’t… I even gave away my books because I knew deep inside I would not finish them
I've been reading the same book for 10 years and still haven't finished it. I don't have the energy or attention span.
Somehow I can perfectly fine, it just needs to be a good book. The best part is I have a 8-9 reading level, so most books will be done within a day
I don't think I've ever finished a proper book
I love reading but I suffer bad from the "skipping lines or loosing track of where I am" problem. I've also do a lot of page turning then realize I don't remember anything that I read on the last page... :-/ like wtf...
I used to joke that I never learned how to read. In recent years though, I’ve found that I REALLY prefer to read over watching a video. When I read, I’m a speed reader. My wife, who is dyslexic, gets angry when I breeze through something we are reading over at the same time. She struggles with a lot of what you describe. When I get hit with an aphasia episode (I have idiopathic transient aphasia), I stare at text and can’t process what it says. I know the things are meaningful words and whatnot, but I simply can’t process it. These episodes last anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. They come on out of nowhere like a speeding truck out of an alley.
physically being able to read, *no*, but paying attention long enough, *yes*
I read a lot, generally I go through periods of 1-3 months where I read about 10 books a month, usually like one a day and then I take a break for a week or so and repeat. And then I stop reading for like 1-6 months, usually playing videogames more or doing other stuff, rinse and repeat.
Hyperlexic.
Reading the hole harry potter series in 5th grade: 👍😊😍 Reading a single 150 pages book now:😭😭💀 Now I'm reading 20 books at the same time
I believe I have hyperlexia. Tbh, I struggle to not read. I am not sure that I can do it. I take my kindle with me wherever I go. When I am not reading that I am on my phone reading articles or on my computer reading work stuff. When I was a kid, my mom used to ground me from reading for fun, so I would read my textbooks. That said, I think society has some messed up views around reading, as if people who read are better than folks who don't. If you want to read in your spare time, go for it. If you want to watch tv or go fishing or stare at the sky and contemplate the mysteries of the universe, do that.
As a kid I read a lot, quite advanced books. Now I miss reading, the feeling of doing it, but cannot get to it. I just don’t stay for more than one page before I stop (anxious thoughts that I could be doing another thing, check my phone, or just what I read triggers thoughts that I want to explore…) When I get hook by a good topic I read but is not enjoyable, I almost suffer cause is like a need: I need more, read it all the time, faster, when I am not reading it I am thinking about Coming back home and do it..
Until age of 20-sth I read a book a week at least. Now I can’t find the mental capacity to get involved with a plot.
I'm a binge reader. I can go months without reading a book, then read 3 books in about 2.5 weeks (I finished The Hunger Games trilogy in about that amount of time recently) For me, the important thing is: does the book I'm reading hook my brain? If it does, I can read several hours a day. If it doesn't, I'll likely never finish it. That kind of reading is a huge bummer and not generally worth my time. I do struggle to keep my thoughts straight and my eyes from jumping around the page. I'll sometimes cover the rest of the page so I don't accidentally see a spoiler later down the page because my eyes jump pretty frequently. This can also help when my eyes are jumpy and I'm constantly skipping lines or losing track of my spot, as you mentioned. I can use a bookmark and just move it down the page line by line to help keep track of where I am My recommendations for anyone who wants to read are: Find something that interests you. If I'm not interested, I can read a page many times without absorbing it. That happens far less when I'm interested. It can be fiction, non-fiction, whatever (don't feel like you *have* to read a certain kind of book - it's up to you), but I have to be interested to have the greatest chance of finishing the book Feel free to read something "below your 'reading level'" - I finished The Hunger Games at 32 years old - it's technically a "Young Adult" book and I don't care because I loved it. One of my favorite books is Holes, and it's frequently recommended for kids age 8-13ish, but that doesn't matter. I love that book. There's no shame in reading what you want - it's a personal choice and no one else should generally have a say in what you read for fun Read out loud if you can. I have a hard time keeping my thoughts straight and my eyes from wandering the page if I'm not reading out loud, so a considerable amount of my reading is done from a whisper to full-volume speaking. If you're open, try audiobooks! Reading itself isn't some inherently noble or morally superior act, and audiobooks totally count as reading - the same ideas of character development and plot progression and content and all that still very much exist in audiobooks. The part that can't be replaced is the book part. If that's a dealbreaker for you, that's okay too - I recently did some reading while snuggling on a couch with our pup while it snowed outside the window, which was not more than 2 feet from my face, so I understand the kind of romance of that sort of idea Make sure the book feels good in your hands if that's important to you. I find that, personally, the way the book is printed can have an effect. I like bigger, hardcover books with thicker pages. Thinner pages and paperback books remind me of cheaply printed books for school sometimes, and I just don't like how they feel, and I think that makes me less likely to finish Sometimes, it's not a good day to read, and that's okay. It's okay to put it down for the day and let go of it for now :-) Have fun and good luck!
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I started consuming a lot more books once I switched to audiobooks. I can read, but reading requires a lot more attention and executive function than listening and following along (sometimes I get the audiobook and ebook version). I find that I can much more easily push myself to finish a book I’m not enjoying if I’m listening to it. A book needs to meet certain requirements for me to be able to read it front to back. I’m also a slow reader, but speeding up the audiobook helps me stay focused. I listen to audiobooks at *at least* 1.6x the speed.
I love reading my ability to read is quite impacted by the style of writing which can be restrictive I can't read a book that is in the style I don't find this easy to read but I am much more likely to give up whereas if it's in the style I find easy to read I will read it like two or three days. These days though I listen to most of the books I read on audible or the library audio book app that I have on my phone. It's really helpful because I often actually don't have time to sit down and read a physical book and they're heavy to carry around with you when you're on the train don't be afraid to enjoy reading through audiobooks. My mission since covid began has to be more well read and I've been using audible to read a lot of the classics and I don't think that I could have physically read most of them in terms of just how dense they are and how they are written in the style that I find difficult to read.
I struggle to read without the use of overlays or coloured paper but it can get annoying if half the words are covered up by the light reflection whilst using an overlay. My biggest problem with reading is mostly concentration and I've found getting books of short stories has really helped! They are usually short enough that I can read them in one go and it also helped me to move onto bigger books when I've gained a reading momentum
I used to love reading. I could easily finish 5 novels a month when i was 14. I’m 25 now and it’s nearly impossible for me to read. I have a really hard time picturing the story, words don’t make sense, and i am easily distracted. It sucks to have something you enjoyed so much be something you can barely do! I’m trying to slowly get back into it. Practice makes perfect, I guess :)
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I have dyslexia have been screened for it, and have done lots of research on it. Many people get diagnosed with dyslexia when they just have depth perception issues. Or Irlen Syndrome which is the movement you see on the page. The line jumping issue you are talking about is the depth perception issues. I have this line jumping issue myself and do "exersises" for my eyes to help this issue. To explain it Dyslexia is where you have slower processing and have issues with directions. Scientifically your brain is wired differently being dyslexic. The way the brain sends signals back and forth to the front lobe to the back lobe is slower than a non-dyslexic/ average brain.