... and then try studying for something
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Funny that you mention it, I was reading that book mere minutes ago! Always loved the movie as a kid and only recently got myself the first book. The style is so... odd, wacky, absurd, hilarious, that I just gotta keep reading
wrote last edited by [email protected]When I discovered this book as a teen (on recommendation from another friend on the spectrum), we were all certain Douglas Adams must be One of Us. It's so off the wall and creative, full of observations of odd human behavior much like the observations that those of us on the spectrum tend to make. It's like you can feel how he's been "on the outside, looking in" the same way many of us have felt throughout our lives.
Not that any of us can claim Douglas Adams was on the spectrum for certain, but his relatable perspective certainly shined through in his writing.
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I notice that once I start reading I really enjoy it, but it's always a chore to even bring myself to pick up a book. Even ones I've already started reading and enjoyed, I find difficult to pick back up. I'm not doing anything useful with my time either, my attention keeps getting hogged by YouTube et al
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Yeah I'm that way. My brain tunes out the speaking but if I'm actively engaged in a book I can do it. Depends on the book too.
wrote last edited by [email protected]The nature of these spectrums never ceases to fascinate me. I'm on the other end - unable to filter out speech even when I'm trying to concentrate on something else (yay for AuDHD I guess.) An audiobook and a long drive/ride make perfect companions for me.
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I used to do that but i noticed that i remember almost nothing from audiobooks compared to reading since i'm always doing other stuff while listening and a book locks me in that moment cause i don't have a choice but to give it my full attention. Also i always put a song on repeat for each book or series to really connect the memory of the book to a song and i can listen to it years later and everything comes back
i always put a song on repeat for each book or series to really connect the memory of the book to a song and i can listen to it years later and everything comes back
I love this. When I was a kid, I'd have the TV on while building with Legos. I quickly discovered that when I re-watched those same episodes days, weeks, or even months later, I'd immediately remember the things I built and how I built them.
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the misery of searching for stories that catch your interest, finding a rare nugget of gold, reading the entire fucking 400 chapters in a few days, and being unceremoniously dumped back into reality and faced with the ocean of absolute dogshit that people somehow find amazing.
Yeah you've basically described how I read books I enjoy.
Harry Potter, Red Rising, The Lunar Chronicles, The Hunger Games.......all books I blew through in days and immediately had that "it's all over" funk afterwards where the world feels so much less interesting than the one my head was in for the last glorious 72 hours.
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I'm currently studying for a network certification: 540 pages where I alread know like 70% of the content but am missing some specific (and important) details. Having to go through all of this without loosing focus and thus missing those details is... challenging, to say the least.
Are you me? I've been studying for my AWS Cloud Architect cert for....two years. I'll finish the training material eventually
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When I discovered this book as a teen (on recommendation from another friend on the spectrum), we were all certain Douglas Adams must be One of Us. It's so off the wall and creative, full of observations of odd human behavior much like the observations that those of us on the spectrum tend to make. It's like you can feel how he's been "on the outside, looking in" the same way many of us have felt throughout our lives.
Not that any of us can claim Douglas Adams was on the spectrum for certain, but his relatable perspective certainly shined through in his writing.
Yes! Yes to all of that!
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i loved every second of worm. wasn't as big a fan of ward. time to spend the next few months reading Pale thanks for the recommendation
Pale is the sequel, Pact is the first story in that series.
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i always put a song on repeat for each book or series to really connect the memory of the book to a song and i can listen to it years later and everything comes back
I love this. When I was a kid, I'd have the TV on while building with Legos. I quickly discovered that when I re-watched those same episodes days, weeks, or even months later, I'd immediately remember the things I built and how I built them.
I very often experience this. When i play games while listening to something and then after i re-listen or replay that part of the game the other comes back to me in vivid details.
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i love how it wasnt a catchy book, romance, or whatever that peaked your interest.
It was the National Electric Code.
The national electric fucking code.
this is autism in full effect.
- Someone who is reading "Excuse me, sir, would. you like to buy a kilo of isopropyl bromide?", the biography of a man who started a chemical company. I know, thrilling.
I don't know if I want to buy a kilo of isopropyl bromide mr chemical man, but I am interested, why should I?
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Yeah you've basically described how I read books I enjoy.
Harry Potter, Red Rising, The Lunar Chronicles, The Hunger Games.......all books I blew through in days and immediately had that "it's all over" funk afterwards where the world feels so much less interesting than the one my head was in for the last glorious 72 hours.
And the better it is, the harder the fall. I'm five months into a very long RPG series, but starting to approach the end. The hangover from this one is going to be absolute hell.
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Is there anyone on earth left without self-diagnosed adhd?
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Is there anyone on earth left without self-diagnosed adhd?
Strong assumption it'd be self-diagnosed... the heck?
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My ADHD makes it so I can't read books for shit anymore, even though I would go through several every week as a kid. For anyone else having this problem, one thing that sometimes helps me is to listen to someone read the text while reading along. This could be an audiobook, but there's also an extension for Firefox called "Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader" to get through pdf files.
I think I just have access to social media and YouTube now, so my required stimulation levels to read without getting a compulsion to do something whenever it gets slow are so much higher.
When I'm not at home, I can read for hours (e.g. at my parents' house)
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I mostly listen audiobooks for that reason. Oddly I have friends that are ADHD that can't focus on an audio book but can read without a problem.
I used the audio books when in doing something else.
Walking, laundry etc.
I can't just sit and listen the same way as I would reading it myself.
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the misery of searching for stories that catch your interest, finding a rare nugget of gold, reading the entire fucking 400 chapters in a few days, and being unceremoniously dumped back into reality and faced with the ocean of absolute dogshit that people somehow find amazing.
wrote last edited by [email protected]absolute dogshit that people somehow find amazing
Harry Potter, GOT, Hunger Games etc... ?
Edit: Read the other comment, made me chuckle x)
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absolute dogshit that people somehow find amazing
Harry Potter, GOT, Hunger Games etc... ?
Edit: Read the other comment, made me chuckle x)
no i'm talking about royalroad stories, though to be fair a depressing amount of them are just "what if harry potter but with a litrpg system with 0 fucking explanation, a somehow even more insuffrably inherently special and amazing protagonist, and worse writing?"
like i accept that most stories are going to be garbage because writing is hard and i'm a picky reader, but holy shit i have to trawl through the "most popular" pages to find anything even tolerable
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Is there anyone on earth left without self-diagnosed adhd?
You are aware that you're replying to a post in the ADHD instance, right? Why are you here if it offends you so badly that people share memes they can relate to?
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I notice that once I start reading I really enjoy it, but it's always a chore to even bring myself to pick up a book. Even ones I've already started reading and enjoyed, I find difficult to pick back up. I'm not doing anything useful with my time either, my attention keeps getting hogged by YouTube et al
If you'd like, two strategies:
I always keep a book on the John, and will pick it up any time I'm in the room. Gets me through that "first half is dry build" some books have, even if it's a paragraph at a time.
Other is audiobook+mindless game. I spend a decent chunk of my afternoons when I'm in this mode just playing Peglin or more recently Haste muted while the book goes.
This book on the John I've done since childhood, it's got me through some dense stuff, I'd definitely recommend it. Hope it helps!
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i love how it wasnt a catchy book, romance, or whatever that peaked your interest.
It was the National Electric Code.
The national electric fucking code.
this is autism in full effect.
- Someone who is reading "Excuse me, sir, would. you like to buy a kilo of isopropyl bromide?", the biography of a man who started a chemical company. I know, thrilling.
Piqued your interest, FYI.
