I've done this with audio books.
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It’s called ADHD.
Sure. Or it's just tiredness and completely normal to happen.
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.
Thank god this relatable to so many of us, I was wondering if this was a symptom of a larger disorder whenever this happens to me.
The worst is when I'm reciting word for word technical information about chemistry or physics, because I often like to explain how things work to friends and family while I work on stuff, and then I'll get interrupted or distracted and have no memory of wtf I was just saying for the last several minutes straight.
Back when I came into the office every day, it was a 45-minute commute. At least one day every week, I had no active memory of getting from the north side of the beltway to my house (about 20-25 minutes). I'd reach this point, and it was like someone flipped a switch, and I became aware that I existed.
I've done this with Audio Books. I've listened to 2-3 chapters, and they'll mention an assassin; Brain goes, wait, assassin? WHAT ASSASSIN? I start rolling back find out I completely tuned out 20 minutes of the story.
Yeah getting out of your car and realizing you have no idea how you got here is spooky.
This is why I can't listen to audio books. I just get lost in the soothing voice and my mind wonders. Paper books are where it's at.
Podcasts and technology connections on YouTube. I totally enjoy them, but if I'm halfway tired and my mind doesn't want to focus and I put either on, I'm passing out after 10 minutes.
Yea but then you realize that you have now made the audiobook last 30mins longer, so it's a win... especially if it's a good book.
I think it could be argued for a state of hypnosis, like how people drive for miles but just don't remember how they did it entirely.
Difference is, you clearly drove and got there safely. You didn't read the words on the page, you just moved your eyes across ink blots.
I was a professional driver for 20 years. I can attest that autopilot is a real thing.
It’s easy to monitor traffic on either side but end up daydreaming and miss a turn.
I’ve been out of the transport industry for five years now and I still occasionally find myself auto-piloting to places I used to deliver to. It’s so weird.
I drove black cars for a bit, I've definitely just taken the airport exit once when I was out of it. Glad I'm not alone.
Yeah. It’s not a big deal, but how you handle it really matters. (This is advice for anyone else reading; I’m sure you know.)
If you miss your turn because you’re daydreaming or whatever, just keep going. DO NOT swerve three lanes over to an exit or whatever other dumb shit. You fucked up. Deal with it without putting other people in danger.
This was a symptom of ADHD that I discussed with my doctor when I got diagnosed tbh
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.
Yep. It was actually one of my diagnostic questions.
Yes, but many things are symptoms of ADHD, but no single symptom alone is a sign of ADHD.
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
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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
Seems that is the term used for it such as this talk in 2006
https://ies.ed.gov/director/conferences/06ies_conference/posters/readingtq_reichle.asp
Abstract: "Mindless reading" occurs when, during reading, our eyes continue to move across the printed page in spite of the fact that we are busy thinking about things that are often completely unrelated to the text.
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.
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Surely there's a very long German word for it.
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.
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) 🤔
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I'll bet there is - some of my friends call it "Leseschlaf" (reading sleep), which seems fitting.
I like this one!
at least 35 syllables long and you'll forget what your reading halfway through the word.
Lucid Reading?
~~Cruise control.~~
Autopilot, like Szeth said below.
I use the term Autopilot
That's better. I think i mixed it up.
My brain goes into cruisepilot a lot.
I call it “ADHD” because I damn sure was thinking about 3 other things while I was reading-notreading.
Ambien
Motor tasks like eye movement I think would fall under autopilot. I think it increases with age and adhd
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