Discussion Anyone else have trouble reading anymore ?

[mattwitt]

I use to read a 300 page book in 1 - 4 days at the most. Now it takes me a month or longer sometimes to read a book like that..Even when I'm reading through a thread on SS I have to skim and skip through some of it at times. I just don't have the energy or concentration levels I use to anymore when it comes to reading.

 

[Whatshername]

I voted for 4 categories, among the "other" I like auto/biographies, historical fiction, classic lit, thriller, adventure, dystopian, romance, erotica... You name it.

I'm in the same boat as you, I used to read hundreds of pages daily whenever I had the time and chance. I can't anymore. Brain fog, disinterest, apathy, concentration issues.
I often forget and have to reread paragraphs I just read minutes ago :((

 

[JustLosingMyself]

I read to pass the time... Can't remember what I read an hour later
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Nothing matters anymore

 

[Letmego. Please]

Like you i used to read loads, get a good book & get totally lost for a few days, loved it and all was going well till the ex hubby announced he was leaving, that was probably 11yrs ago now but since that day i have struggled to concentrate & take in the info to the point where i read a page, turn over & forgotten whats going on, go back, read last part again, try again, get stressed, throw book at the cat...

Mind you i have to watch prerecorded telly now so i can zip through the adverts & not get distracted & forget the plot whilst i'm losing the plot.

 

[21Neberg]

I can identify with the loss of ability to focus on something for longer than a couple of seconds as well, and I hate it.

 

[Purgatory]

I have always loved to read. I was also advanced for my age. In 3rd grade I saw "The Hobbit". Animated version. Talked my Grandpa into buying me the book, plus Lord of the Rings trilogy. Read all 4 books in 1 weekend.
Been months now since I've read a book. Very unlike me. Just don't have the energy or drive right now. Depression sucks!

 

[therhydler]

I think Charles Dickens should be a category of it's own

 

[Johnnythefox]

I use to read a 300 page book in 1 - 4 days at the most. Now it takes me a month or longer sometimes to read a book like that..Even when I'm reading through a thread on SS I have to skim and skip through some of it at times. I just don't have the energy or concentration levels I use to anymore when it comes to reading.

Tl;dr

 

[Whatshername]

Tl;dr

Way to hit the nail on the head :D

 

[Johnnythefox]

Way to hit the nail on the head :D

I wish it would hit me on the head.

 

[Johnnythefox]

I think Charles Dickens should be a category of it's own

Agreed.

 

[sadsoul]

I used to be such a bookworm but now even reading one page is a big task lol. I need to read so much for school and I just can't keep up

 

[none666]

I used to absolutely love reading as a kid, I always had a book on me and would spend all my free time lost in books. These days I have so much to do and my free time is usually spent doing something that takes less mental focus like video games, and on top of that there's just the general lack of interest that comes with being depressed. It also takes me an absurdly long time to do homework cause i simply cannot focus, no matter what i do i just have no motivation and can only work in short bursts with long breaks between

 

[Exile]

I loved reading. Since a series of anxiety attacks last summer, I haven't been able to read for pleasure for more than a page or two.

 

[Othermind]

Not really.
I've always been a bookworm and never lost my love for literature. Now there's certain subjects I try to avoid because loltriggers but I still read a fair amount.
With how much I drink I'm sure my attention span will melt soon enough, but I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

 

[Thewhowithin69]

Reading is almost all I do....it's been my "drug", my way of escape since I was a child. It's hard now cuz of my brain issues but I still read whatever I can (prefer fiction)....I know I'm loosing this addiction and that reinforces the it's time to ctb feeling because a life without words (for me) is no life I want to even imagine living!

 

[waived]

I used to read tons of fiction mostly fantasy and horror. Now I read spirit destroying political, economic, sociological and psychological 'papers'. I forgot to answer the first question to which my reply is yeah I go through spells where I don't have patience enough to do anything which is when I'll begin slurping up news and journalistic pieces. So I guess no, I don't, but I switch.