When I read, I lose the trail, and I got to reread the paragraph and then read it again. It has always been like this, since childhood. Some stock trading books I have been reading are pretty involved, and I read like 5-10 pages in the whole day, I lose motivation when I lose track too often, I have to exert myself mentally too hard in order to get the task of reading done. And, how hard it is to initiate when I have to exert myself mentally.
Anyone else feel this way? I am pretty sure I have ADHD.
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I can’t read books anymore but I can listen to audiobooks. Maybe try that.
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Same. I lose the trail, if someone speaks for a long period. I think it is ADHD.
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I find that the subject matter has a significant impact on my attention span and reading speed.
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I can only read a book when I’m very engaged in the content and like the writing style.
I only read 1 book fully this year so far and 1 halfway.
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I can’t read at all…I tried for years…now I listen to audio books.
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I couldn’t read either. It is really bad I feel like I’m losing my mental acuity
Lately though I’ve been having to read technical stuff for TEFL and I’ve been getting through it. It’s partially video but there is a good amount of reading. I skim it sometimes though.
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The ability to read had been gone for many years.
I just recently started enjoying books again.
The trick was to choose shorter books on topics that attract me.
In the past 2 months I read two romance novels, one biblical fiction, three semi-biographic stories and a personal development book.
Reading speed isn’t the same. Depends on writing style, topic, font size and how well rested I am.
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I’m a good reader, but am slow. I have problems starting and finishing 1 book at a time currently…
I tend to read a lot depending on my mood. I may read too much in fact haha lol.
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I read a 2 or 3 pages a day. Takes a long time to get through a book.
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I read about 100 words per minute. I can read like 30 min or an hour at a time, I guess. I can read an average book in a few days to a week.
I heard the average WPM for a healthy adult is around 200-300 WPM.
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Hmm, maybe before schizophrenia and prodromal, I could read 200-300 WPM I don’t know…I can only guess…I think that’s how many words are on one page in the average book.
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Have you read kite runner… that’s the last book I read, very well written!
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I’ve heard about the book. It’s a pretty famous one. But I haven’t read it as I only read non-fiction books.
It’s been many years since I’ve read a fiction book. I think 10+ years.
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Another one I read, which was fictional was painted man… that was good, can count on one hand the books I’ve read in the time after finishing school
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Some fiction books that I liked are ‘The Alchemist’ from Paulo Coelho. It’s a philosophical book, excellently written and quiet short. So perfect if you don’t like reading long books.
The funniest fiction book I remember is Air Babylon. It’s a funny take on the airline industry. It’s a good read if you like some laughs.
And have some dark humor.
So far for the recommendations.
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Hmm I’ve heard about the alchemist, this sort of reminds me of war and peace about how popular it is. But I couldn’t stand the way war and peace was written, sort of like Shakespeare edit: complicated to read
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When I was admitted to the psychiatric hospital they prescribed Haldol. I remember that I couldn’t finish a page of a book, I read very slowly.
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Smells like teen spirit, just got the song on I tunes lol
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