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buzzwords an hour ago

Interesting, I struggle to read. I always have. But I genuinely enjoyed it. Few years back I told a colleague that by the time I reach the end of paragraph I forget how it started. He told me sounds like a learning difficulty. So I did a test, thinking I was dyslexic. It turns out I have ADHD with particularly bad short term memory. Anyways my question for everyone here, how do you read with ADHD? How do you over come reading the same passage multiple time?

colechristensen an hour ago | parent [-]

Audiobooks sped up to ~2x or so, but you usually have to build up to that speed.

There are also exercises which help develop short term memory like n-back training for which there are many phone apps.

buzzwords an hour ago | parent [-]

Oh you don't zone out?

confidantlake 15 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Try going for a walk when listening to an audiobook. When I do that I rarely zone out. When I don't I nearly always zone out.

colechristensen an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The speed helps with that.

Also doing something mindless helps. The dishes, the laundry, moderate exercise.

I can't pay attention to most audiobooks at 1x, I get bored between words.