The only way to completely snap out of it for me sometimes is to start reading out loud or at least move my mouth with the words to reinforce them. Although it doesn’t always work, I do realize quicker if I have no idea what’s coming out of my mouth than if it’s just in my head. It also forces my brain to slow down a bit.
Me reading a poem.
Me rereading a poem.
😡 me giving up on reading the poem.
I’ve accepted at this point that I have to make notes in order to remember things from books. Not just textbooks but theory as well. I think “reading without understanding/memorizing” can still be a nice activity if it’s something unimportant like fiction where the point is just the activity of doing it without necessarily needing to remember any of the detail.
It didn’t work for me in school because of this: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/5000178 💀
Oh my god this perfectly describes it. It’s like the main reason I read so slowly because I don’t realise I’m doing that other weird kind of reading where you process and register the word but no the group of words arranged in to meaning. Suddenly I realise that started happening several pages ago and have to go back and start over.
I can never remember all the shit i have to do until i sit down to do some important reading
