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fandomsecrets2010-09-19 05:01 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2010-09-19 05:01 pm
[ SECRET POST #1355 ]
⌈ Secret Post #1355 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Secrets Left to Post: 12 pages, 295 secrets from Secret Submission Post #194.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 1 2 - repeat ], [ 1 - take it to comments ], [ 1 - personal attack ], [ 1 - unreadable ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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1. GET YOUR EYES CHECKED! Even if your vision is fine in the sense that you don't need glasses, you can have other problems with your eyes that will make reading physically more difficult (and therefore tiring and un-enjoyable over time). Even if you don't understand WHY it is tiring and therefore blame it on either the book or some flaw in yourself.
For example, I have something called "convergence insufficiency." Which basically means that when stuff gets too close to my face (that's about a ruler's length away, personally), the muscles around my eyes aren't strong enough to hold focus, and one of my eyes will "drift" outward. This can cause eyestrain, tiredness and headaches while doing "close work" like reading. (Other symptoms also include blurry or double vision.) You can have something like convergence insufficiency for years and not know it. It can be treated, though.
2. As suggested above, have you considered dyslexia or ADHD? Dyslexia has different subtypes - it's not just about mixing up letters, and if you have a subtype where the effect on "output" is more subtle, it's possible you got missed for a diagnosis as a kid. Ditto ADHD; which is a complex, multi-faceted disorder that is especially missed in girls and the non-hyperactive type in both genders.
If either one of these is applicable, LD/ADHD communities online can probably give a few suggestions on how to make reading easier.
As someone with ADHD, I've personally found that it helps A LOT to just give myself permission to struggle with reading something. I'm allowed to have a difficult time reading some days, I'm allowed to read a book very slowly, I'm allowed to simply give up on a book I can't finish. I find that I approach books with more joy if I give myself lots of wiggle room to "succeed," e.g. reading at all is success!
If I think of reading as a test I must pass to prove I'm not "stupid," I poison the experience from the start. If I'm focused on how "well" I'm reading when I'm reading, I'm not going to get much from the actual book...but I WILL be upset and disappointed if I get distracted or struggle at all.
Journey. Not destination.
3. Were you not taught to read with phonics? Because the method used in, I think, the majority of North American schools right now ("whole language") is thought not to work nearly as well as phonics and makes reading seem more like a chore in the long run because comprehension suffers. If you weren't, I don't know...you might try studying a little phonics on your own. I honestly don't know how much this would help someone who'd already learned to read, though.
4. Finally...do you visualize what you're reading? I mean, if you're reading a novel, do you mentally picture all the action happening as you read it? I've read several times that people who dislike reading and consider it a chore often never learned to visualize while they read, or just visualize less than others. If that's the case, you might try doing this (http://www.ehow.com/how_5142303_teach-visualizing.html) with yourself?
Of course, maybe the reason you don't like reading is none of the above. But that's all I can think of, so I hope some of it helps.