Thank god this relatable to so many of us, I was wondering if this was a symptom of a larger disorder whenever this happens to me.
The worst is when I’m reciting word for word technical information about chemistry or physics, because I often like to explain how things work to friends and family while I work on stuff, and then I’ll get interrupted or distracted and have no memory of wtf I was just saying for the last several minutes straight.
It’s called ADHD.
Sure. Or it’s just tiredness and completely normal to happen.
I call it “reading with my eyes but not my brain”, but I’m one of those weirdos who doesn’t think you need to turn every god damned niche thing into a new word or initialism just to gatekeep against those who didn’t know the new word just made up.
It’s not that deep bro relax
how exactly do you think jargon happens “bro”?
Because it’s easier to refer to something with a single word or abbreviation than to have to explain the entire concept?
It’s more slang than jargon either way.
This is why studying takes me 4 times longer than the average person. I have to reread so many things to make it sync in. It annoys me how somone can just look or read something once and they have it already
I vary between spacing out, zoning out, or the already mentioned autopilot.
“School”
That’s called “School”.
Disinterest
No I’ve done this when I was interested. This happens to me when I’m stressed about something and my brain goes off to think about it even though my eyes are going through the motions with the words on the page. Then I have to start again.
Good news! It doesn’t matter. Your brain read it anyways.
I would like to unread this, please
I call it “ADHD” because I damn sure was thinking about 3 other things while I was reading-notreading.
Cruise control.
I use the term Autopilot
That’s better. I think i mixed it up.
My brain goes into cruisepilot a lot.
I did find this paper where somebody used the term “mindless reading”
Smallwood, J. (2011). Mind‐wandering while reading: attentional decoupling, mindless reading and the cascade model of inattention. Language and Linguistics Compass, 5(2), 63–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-818x.2010.00263.x
I think we’ve got some drivers around here who drive like that.
I can sometimes do this without my attention even shifting. I’ll mentally read every word individually for a while, but forget to put them together to actually understand them.
I do that stupidly often when reading stories.
This was a symptom of ADHD that I discussed with my doctor when I got diagnosed tbh
Is it an actual ADD symptom? I do this all the time.
It was for me, I’m not sure if it’s universal. Consider talking to a professional if you’re concerned about it.
I’m already middle-aged, so changing the way my mind works at this point would probably cause more harm than good. I’ve already figured out how to live productively with the unique workings of my psyche. Thank you though!
My wife was diagnosed at 42, it’s changed her life for the better. She is still the same person, adhd quirks and all, boy she has a better understanding of her behavior, and more control.
Right on. I’ll think about it.
we know we’re hardwired by a life of struggles and workarounds but our brains have more plasticity than we give ourselves credit for
Yes, but many things are symptoms of ADHD, but no single symptom alone is a sign of ADHD.
Yeap, one of the BIG ones according to multiple doctors I’ve seen
Either that or dyslexia can apparently cause this too, according to my dyslexic friend in HS
I actually thought I had dyslexia for a while because of this, plus if I don’t read correctly (which for me requires memorising each word in a sentence, then interpreting it as a sentence, as opposed to reading each word and interpreting it by itself), I get the order of words mixed up
I think I do have some low-grade dislexia, but not enough for it to cause any significant issues. Just occasionally, especially if I’m tired, I’ll read things completely out of order.
Yep. It was actually one of my diagnostic questions.
If it happens all the time I would say so. This happens to me when I’m tired so I just figured it’s my brain lagging
Is this an indicator or straight up ADHD specific? Because this is me constantly
I could do this, reading out loud even. And not know what the fuck I just read for the last 10 minutes.
And yes, I have ADHD.
Back when I came into the office every day, it was a 45-minute commute. At least one day every week, I had no active memory of getting from the north side of the beltway to my house (about 20-25 minutes). I’d reach this point, and it was like someone flipped a switch, and I became aware that I existed.
I’ve done this with Audio Books. I’ve listened to 2-3 chapters, and they’ll mention an assassin; Brain goes, wait, assassin? WHAT ASSASSIN? I start rolling back find out I completely tuned out 20 minutes of the story.
Yeah getting out of your car and realizing you have no idea how you got here is spooky.
Yea but then you realize that you have now made the audiobook last 30mins longer, so it’s a win… especially if it’s a good book.
This is why I can’t listen to audio books. I just get lost in the soothing voice and my mind wonders. Paper books are where it’s at.
Podcasts and technology connections on YouTube. I totally enjoy them, but if I’m halfway tired and my mind doesn’t want to focus and I put either on, I’m passing out after 10 minutes.
Surely there’s a very long German word for it.
Attentiondefißithyperactivitydißorder
While this is more common for people with ADHD, it can happen to anyone.
True, but I only get so many opportunities to use that silly ß
Justified usage.
Get in the habit of replacing “fuck” with “sheiße” and that problem is solved!*
*People might think you’re weird/a Nazi for this, even if you’re actually learning German, because people are weird
Scheiße*
I think the whole “using German means you’re a Nazi” thing will have to change now since there’s a much bigger country embracing Nazism…
As an ADHD person, sight reading is actually my shitty superpower. I don’t understand it, but my difficulty is just starting the book. But once I’m in it’s pure hyper focus.
More like Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung.
By the way, using the ‘ß’ as you did would force the preceding vowel to have a stretched pronunciation.
And I don’t know about you, but in my opinion defeeßit and deeßorder sounds awful.
at least 35 syllables long and you’ll forget what your reading halfway through the word.
I’ll bet there is - some of my friends call it “Leseschlaf” (reading sleep), which seems fitting.
Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom
It 's not that long, I think it is called “Leselücke” (reading gap).
If you want, you could call it “Lesegedankenwanderungsamnesie” (reading wandering thought amnesia) 🤔
I’ve done this with audio books.
