I can't read books anymore. I want to read but i simply cannot. Because i can't keep reading the book after 2 pages. I try really hard to focus but i always fail
i used to read tons of books 5 years ago. now i can't even read a paragraph longer than 140 words. How can i fix this? Should i buy reading glasses? Will that help me to focus more?
I can't read books anymore. I want to read but i simply cannot. Because i can't keep reading the book after 2 pages...
Aaron Baker
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James Scott
Hi Muke
Blake Allen
i'm not underage
Xavier Johnson
audiobooks
try painting or doing exercise while listening to them
Asher Rogers
also, put yourself in a position where you have to read, like a subway or a bus
Elijah Martin
Assuming in good faith you're actually serious… saging just in case
It's well established that the advent of the internet has diminished our focus due to it's distractive nature. Really the only thing you can do is try to re-discipline yourself by reading every day.
Don't pick a life of ignorance.
Julian Powell
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Ian Sanchez
how can people even read on a bus or subway
Zachary Brown
Low attention span is caused by frequent internet and video game use.
You're luck: There's a cure.
What you do is when you find yourself becoming bored after two pages, keep going. Keep going until you've read at least four pages. Those extra pages will feel pretty boring, but keep at it. Keep doing this until you find those extra pages no longer so difficult. Then add two to four more.
This is exactly the same logic behind building muscle by lifting weights. I speak as somebody who was at one time addicted to MMOs and found it destroying my ability to concentrate on reading, which was once my favorite activity. Eventually you will be back to your old self.
You may also want to change your environment, because if the temptation of a computer is near at hand you'll find it harder to exercise self-discipline.
Charles Sanchez
go on a 6 hour trip, you will have to read
James Walker
stop saging my thread
i'll try this. thank you.
John Phillips
What helps me is turning off my computer and reading in a different room if possible.
Tyler Barnes
btfo muke
Hudson Foster
Kill yourself you unfunny cunt.
Ryan Ross
You leave me with no other choice.
i'm gonna destroy you
Jonathan Russell
meanie ;-;
i actually go to the library to read, it's easier to concentrate there. I can read 50 pages/day on average if I'm there.
I was able to read "The Stranger" in my bedroom pretty easily. Start with easy books.
Matthew Gomez
This. Being in a library does wonders. And turn off your phone.
Luke Ortiz
I have a similar problem to OP except instead of losing focus I get sleepy. Even if I'm not tired at all, reading text on a page is almost hypnotic. I can start just fine but after the first dozen pages or so, I start nodding off partway through a paragraph and then have to find my place again. A dozen or so pages later and I start really feeling like I'm about to fall over and when I find my place, everything i just read feels like a distant memory. It's to the point that I can use reading to make myself sleep if I need to. But I want to be able to read for more than a few minutes at a time.
Nolan Parker
Kill yourself, leddit. You don't read books because you're a fucking retard.
Wyatt Cox
why so salty
Juan Sanchez
Not him, but newfags that don't understand the proper use of sage are very annoying.
Ryan Ortiz
To mutch internet resets your attention span to multitask focussing instead of solo focus needed to read books in long duration. You got a short attention span now champ, its back to consetration training.
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Aiden Collins
You might have some kind of attention deficit, I take amphetamines for ADHD.
Elijah Bailey
But literally everyone has a computer in their pocket now
Xavier Turner
Yup and thats why nobody reads anymore, well books atleast! We read messages and short stuff in mass.
Jose Mitchell
Youre me.
Btw, its because when youre reading you dont have some screen in your face or anything else to distract you from how tired you actually are all the time. Sleep more. Im on nightshift so I Have no choice but to go without
Adam Fisher
Until I hit age 20 I lived in a deep rural area where you couldn't get internet or cell service even if you wanted to
I read so many books
Now that im able to play games online for the first time in my life, books have talen a massive back burner. Now you guys got me worried that the internet has fucked me
Cameron King
This has happened to me before, and sometimes has been hard to fix. The only consistent method for me has been to eliminate most or all info-processing tasks for a while (restricted reading, watching, talking, etc., but thinking is OK) and to go to a place which does not demand attention, usually nature, for a week or so. Sometimes it takes longer.
Avoiding excessive internet and video game use is always a good idea.
Also, forcing myself to read has generally been unproductive.
You sound sleep deprived. If not, walk away from the book and come back later; reading is a waste of time if you can't remember anything. You could also try walking while you read, it will at least prevent you from falling asleep.
Jaxon Taylor
What. How much time do you spend there?
Michael Cook
from 13:30 to 19:00 with a break to eat foodies
i also drink 1-2 cups of the small southern european coffee (espresso i guess) and i don't use tablets or a pc to read. PC distracts me and i just end up wasting time on memes
You must imagine sisyphus happy :^)
Kayden Reed
This makes me read even more, because I can fit many books into my little cheapo phone, and use fbreader.
Mobi, Epub type formats, resize easy. I've quadrupled my mobile reading.