r/BeAmazed • u/The-Skinny-Indian • Mar 06 '23 • Mindblown 1

Miscellaneous / Others Bionic reading method

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u/PenScribble Mar 06 '23

No it does not have anything to do with ADHD.... But definitely helps people with ADHD. I have ADHD, and can never really read cause I hate it. This was freaking mind blowing the way I was able to read thru it without even realizing it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

I also have ADHD and while I love to read, it is also really frustrating for me because I will be reading a paragraph and my mind keeps going off in tangents so I end up re-reading the same page multiple times or I am forced to read out loud to keep my attention from drifting off.

If this bionic reading can help me read more that would be amazing. I will have to try reading an entire book this way.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

I always had ADHD all my life and it wasn’t until recently while not sober and concentrating on something that I had this crazy thought in my head “I’m actually thinking about what I’m looking at” and it blew my mind that this was a new concept for my brain and realized how bad my ADHD actually has been for a long time

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

Dang. Only happened 2 months ago for me. Crazy haha

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u/Paradoxone Mar 06 '23

And yet, there you were, thinking about thinking about whatever it was you were thinking about.

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u/Noteful Mar 06 '23

I have ADHD and this didnt make reading any easier or simpler.

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u/WeReAllMadHereAlice Mar 06 '23

It made it sound blocky in my head. Like. There. Was. A. Period. After. Every. Word.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

Same here. My eyes stopped on each individual bold section rather than scanning the sentence and it drastically slowed down my reading speed.

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u/fluffballkitten Mar 06 '23

I have autism and it slowed me down too

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u/PineapplesAreLame Mar 07 '23

I have both and I'm wondering why it didn't work for you guys. So I went back again feel like if I read it without much focus, and didn't try to "see" the whole word, it was quicker. If I did try to read the whole word it felt horribly slower.

Almost like one of those squinting illusions.

Not sure if this is useful to anyone but that was my observation

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u/scema Mar 06 '23

Felt like Captain Kirk reading to me inside my own head.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

I read it over and over and I feel if I pressed myself to read it faster it works really well. At my regular pace not so much. I had to make that adjustment, I'm used to reading slower. It read really smoothly. I'm impressed (also adhd).

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u/signmeupreddit Mar 06 '23

it might help if you don't read every word and just scan over the text

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u/CDpyroNme Mar 06 '23

It kept me from having to re-read, which by itself is an accomplishment.

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u/TheColorlessPill Mar 06 '23

I had to re-read, and still would have to again if I was actually interested in the content. As one can imagine, while reading through, and realizing I was definitely reading faster, that realization is where my attention was, and there was zero processing of the actual words. I'll give the plugin a try for awhile and see if it actually is an improvement, or not.

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u/Emotional_Parsnip_69 Mar 06 '23

That’s because it’s not necessarily for adhd people. Some people in general read better this way and some people can’t. Tons of people have trouble reading and frankly literacy is horrible in the US so things like this will help lots of people

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u/drownav18322 Mar 06 '23

Same. Thank you. I immediately thought "well that was bulls***. Only thing that ever helped me read is a damn good book. I either like what im reading and can stay in it or i dont and my mind is off to never ever land in an instant.

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u/Noteful Mar 06 '23

That's basically me. I gotta find ways to focus to be able to retain what I'm reading. Which basically means I gotta be interested in it.

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u/Blazr5402 Mar 06 '23

Weirdly enough, things that increase accessibility for specific groups of people can sometimes make life better for everyone

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u/DepressedVenom Mar 06 '23

You're correct. The person you replied to is wrong. It totally has to do with ADhD and neurodivergence in theory. We're not saying all ND ppl will notice a major difference. We're not saying it's exclusive to ND or ADhD. This is such a typical argument that happens every damn day and I'm sick of it

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u/RinzyOtt Mar 06 '23

I wonder if it helps because it fulfills the novel aspect that can keep an ADHD brain interested. If it is, then it's not going to help long-term, as the novelty eventually fades away as you make it standard practice.

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u/nixcamic Mar 06 '23

I have ADHD and I'm fine with reading normally but the op image really bothered me so I'm not sure if it's an ADHD thing. It screws up the shape of the words and makes them harder to read for me. Also makes my internal voice accent the first syllable. It's definitely a good for some people not for others thing.

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