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[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 10 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I don't understand what this means. Is this like reading and not absorbing it or something? I genuinely can’t relate to that either, just not how things work for me, but reading with your eyes not your brain makes no sense to me either way.

[–] brb@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago

It's just like that. My brain does it so often it's very difficult for me to read books

[–] Kommeavsted@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago

You're looking at each word and recognizing that sentences are there, and you're following through them. Your brain has decided that's sufficient work to absorb the material. So it just discards the information instead of doing the work to process it and convinces itself that it's reading.

Then you realize you did part of the job but didn't finish it. So you need to double the looking at words, paragraphs, or pages work while working actively to make the brain process it and form comprehension.

In some cases it can be demotivating. Otherwise just silly.

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

I can read the words but I'm not following the story instead but I'm thinking of something else.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 8 points 4 days ago

I'm pretty sure it's an ADHD thing.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah. But does only happen with tech stuff & news recently. I need a vacation.