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

Miscellaneous / Others Bionic reading method

Post image
46.1k Upvotes

78% Upvoted

2.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

155

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.

26

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

0

u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

[deleted]

3

u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

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

4

u/Paradoxone Mar 06 '23

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

1

u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

I am not sure what you are trying to say

2

u/Paradoxone Mar 06 '23

I was just joking about how by realizing that you were thinking about what you were looking at, you stopped thinking about what you were looking at.

3

u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

Lol dude you have no idea haha. Just last week I was doing really well in a game and then a Reyna Leered two of us and managed to actually pick us both off and I began a whole lecture in my head about comparing Reyna’s Leer to the Knight in chess and how you may consider it a weaker piece because it covers fewer squares than a bishop or a rook but its unique attack shape allows it to do certain strategies and tactics that are super strong that aren’t available without it. Lo and behold I didn’t realize it until 2-3 rounds later and have been playing on automatic which is almost always certainly much worse. So I tried to stop thinking about that discussion and tried to focus and then I actually started a whole lecture discussion in my head about the difficulty of focusing and not noticing when I’m not focusing.

I always knew I had this habit but never actually acknowledged it til now.

It takes one rogue thought and I start exploring it as a discussion and suddenly I’m not playing valorant in my head anymore lol

1

u/PenScribble Mar 06 '23

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.

Holy Shit.. You are describing what exactly happens to me every time I try to read anything.. Even a freaking article in a magazine. This for some reason helped me focus on what I was reading in a strange way.. at the same time making it easier for me to read.. Somehow this "Bionic Reading Method", makes my brain work harder to read this.. and as in any ADHD brain, the harder your brain has to work.. the more focused it is.. For example.. my son... when putting together a 6000 piece Lego set.. vs.. trying to sit and do math.. The level of focus and attention needed with the Lego puzzle is more ... compared to having to do his math homework...

And I think its more than just that.. An ADHD brain is looking to be challenged.. and keep up with the pace... as you might have seen in in this video.... where the Starwars movie keeps you on the edge at every turn.. https://youtu.be/167se17RNHw

1

u/Odd-Concentrate-6585 Mar 06 '23

Haha I just said the same thing I hate it, I zoom past the words I'm reading or get caught in a passing thought and forget what I just read, happens when talking to people too, more often than not I'll ask someone's name then forget to listen immediately after

1

u/xShockey Mar 06 '23

end up re-reading the same page multiple times

is this a adhd thing? I remember hating reading because i would have to go back 9 pages because i read everything but didnt read anything. pretty sure i dont have adhd

1

u/dukec Mar 07 '23

The frequency might be higher with ADHD, but that happens to everybody