I vary between spacing out, zoning out, or the already mentioned autopilot.
This was a symptom of ADHD that I discussed with my doctor when I got diagnosed tbh
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
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.
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.
Yep. It was actually one of my diagnostic questions.
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.
Is this an indicator or straight up ADHD specific? Because this is me constantly
I’ve done this with audio books.
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
Motor tasks like eye movement I think would fall under autopilot. I think it increases with age and adhd
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.
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.
I call it “ADHD” because I damn sure was thinking about 3 other things while I was reading-notreading.
Surely there’s a very long German word for it.
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) 🤔
Attentiondefißithyperactivitydißorder
While this is more common for people with ADHD, it can happen to anyone.
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.
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
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…
Scheiße*
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.
“School”
That’s called “School”.
Dissociation, of course.
It’s called “looking at memes”.
Adhd
Linking an obscure community that I made. You’re my favourite lemmite
Wait? XD You did? I didn’t realize it was you…
I really love your concept by the way.Thanks. I’ve started quite a few. Infact you’ve probably seen a few of em. !aneurysmposting@sopuli.xyz for example
Actually no or maybe I forgot. But !nameit@sopuli.xyz stuck out because it resonate so much with me.
I call it “five too many coffee cups today”. When I cut off from coffee, I become able to follow a text much better.
I can drink as many tea cups that I can without throwing up without getting the same jitter-effect so it doesn’t seem to be just caffeine.
