This is more of a general brain fog I have that invades every part of my life, but what it hurts the most is my love for reading. I only got into reading 2 years ago, before that I did read books for school but didn’t care much as I am highly dyslexic and also recently discovered I have aphasia and most people don’t..this probably made my dislike for reading even more extreme.
But then I found audio books and wow it opened up a new world for me, I read along with audio books and I could really understand what was happening, I didn’t read 3 pages and then realised I was thinking about all the shopping I have to do next week then have to read it over again.
Comming to the point of this post. Last week I give my partner my FAVOURITE BOOK Alice my Christiania Henry, but when they talked me to me about it i literally couldent say anything about it since I DONT REMEMBER THE PLOT like at alll but then why was it my favourite book, i remember loving it so much after i read it but how could i forgot it, its only been 2 years. Day by day i feel i remember less about the things I do in like, am i spending too much time doom scrolling on tiktok ? Am i just dumb ? I mean iv never been the smartest person but not remembering the books i read even the ones i loveeee???
by Limp-Wedding-4134
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Maybe this is a good opportunity for you to go back to those books you forgot and enjoy them again. But if you still wanted to remember them, you could always try taking notes/annotating as you read.
I don’t remember most books until I’ve reread them two or three times. That’s pretty normal. It’s why in college you’re encouraged to study and review material. If you really want to remember specific books, I’d recommend reading it again!
I have a similar experience due to my ADHD. I can read and enjoy it fully, completely understand it at the time, but give it a while and I can’t remember much of anything. I always just take it as a positive, I can reread books I’ve read before happily!
I forget tons of what I read. I like to keep a reading journal with little reminders of what Ive read.
Every time I finish a book, I write a one line summary and a quick summary of my feelings. I find this so helpful when I look back through what I’ve read because it refreshes my memories.
“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me”
I say just enjoy the books for you. I sometimes take pictures of excerpts I like, but there’s some books I look at on my bookshelf like what the hell even happened in that book? Still enjoyed it though.
For the sake of the metaphor, the brain is a muscle. You don’t build muscle by lifting a weight once, right? It takes consistent training to see progress.
It takes time, and variety, and revisiting, so much.