/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.6872885]

>try to read
>distracting thoughts get in my head
>have to reread to understand what i just read

[Anonymous No.6872889]

>try to read
>get bored
>quit reading and play vidya

this happens every time I try to read.

[Anonymous No.6872893]

Feel you, frogposter. Here, have an upvote.

[Anonymous No.6872927]

>>6872889
>playing video games
In the year of our Lord and Savior 2015, I beg of you to end your miserable existence.

[Anonymous No.6872930]

>>6872885
I do this as well.

Does anyone know any techniques to stop doing this and focus on the book?

and dont recommend me drugs

[Anonymous No.6872931]

>>6872885
If you don't like what you're reading just don't read it, the same goes if you're tired
If the problem of focus persists, I'm afraid that you may have adhd. Behavioral therapy is usually the first try to fix it, and if it can't be done, talk to a psychiatrist.

[Anonymous No.6872939]

>>6872930
>Does anyone know any techniques to stop doing this and focus on the book?
If it's genuinely adhd (which is extremely over-diagnosed) drugs may be the only solution. I suggest trying vipassana or zen meditation.

[Anonymous No.6872948]

>>6872930
yeah
focus on reading the fucking book

[Anonymous No.6872966]

>try reading /lit/
>approval seeking underagefags everywhere
>they dont even discuss books

[Anonymous No.6873510]

>>6872948
This

Come on guys, If you just keep on reading you'll get past that threshold and become engrossed in the story. Come on.

[Anonymous No.6873518]

>>6872885
that happen to me everytime I want to read something, it's killing me because I really want to concetrate but I really can't

[Anonymous No.6873527]

>try to write
>can't overcome self-criticism long enough to finish even one short story
>constantly re-write first paragraph every time I return to it
>when does scribbling out your dumb little stories become "writing literature"

[Anonymous No.6873540]

>>6872889

this but 4chan instead of vidya. I stopped playing vidya because at least when you're on 4chan or the internet it feels like authentic and honest procrastinatino. I'm inbetween tasks. Vidya is like admitting that I've failed (even though the interent has ruined me more tha anything(

[Anonymous No.6873593]

This happens to me too :/
The only way I can combat it is by imagining everything happening in the book visually like some sort of movie, that plays in my head.
As a consequence my reading speed is total shit though(around 3mpp).

[Anonymous No.6873622]

>>6873527
that feel tho

>try to read
>get tired
>fall asleep