That happens when I’m tired. Sometimes my head falls into the book as well, I see it as a subtle hint my body gives me to hit the bed.

This sounds a lot like me. I have ADHD.

Can you stop calling my adhd ass out?

Oh, God yes. And I do it on audiobooks no less. I was reading something a few months ago. “And she still had no idea who the spy was that one of her friends had been killed and replaced with master impersonator”. Wait… WTF? The chapter just started out that way. Well crap, chapter rewind. No I heard how that one starts out, tractor rewind again… No I heard that one too. I moved back through four chapters…nothing. I went and found the ePub downloaded it and text searched it. It happened like seven chapters ago in the middle of a chapter and I missed maybe 15 pages of content.

It also happens when I’m commuting now and then if I’m listening. I’ll realize that I’m not paying good attention and tap 30-second rewind half a dozen times. Listen to it all again and realize that I totally missed everything they said again even though I’m not doing anything else but driving. I just put some music on and go the hell home.

Yeah, then I try an reread the passage and do the same exact thing. I think it happens to me moreso when I’m disinterested or tired.

You keep reading because reading is a reflex. If you can’t get your attention, you’ll keep reading, but you’ll be contemplating in your imagination. This is normal.

Yup. So many times. I’ve to go back and reread those pages because my mind hasn’t registered what the words said.

It’s normal if you have dylsexia/ADHD <3

Yep, some books I just can’t get into and it’s like I’m reading them but not taking in anything? I find this happens a lot with textbooks and documentation and I have to really try hard to focus on what I’m reading

This is why I have a hard time getting into or even reading books in general. I just… stop processing.

Happens way too often to me too… And then, I’ll start reading all over, only to realize I’ve done the same thing again…

Yes, except instead of reading it’s listening, and instead of fiction it’s whatever I was supposed to remember to do after work today.

I used to read a lot more, and I do remember this happening, but it happens a lot for me now with podcasts. I’m a big podcast junkie and I will often find myself going down a rabbit hole of thought and realizing I have no idea what they’re talking about anymore.

Were you watching me yesterday from inside my head?

ADHD aside, you need to ask yourself if you like it, if you’re really interested in the content shown, if maybe your mind is distracted in something, or you’re worried/uncomfortable in the environment you are in and the likes. Have you read How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler? the author explains that we learn to read just on a surface level, leading sometimes to problems like you express. He then teaches how to approach a book in a way that you squeeze the most information and knowledge from it, even if its just a fiction book; and in the process, remember everything that you read even after finishing it. What works for me is: give a conscious effort to concentrate in what you’re reading, but don’t stay in the same page, don’t even read a sentence two times. See if you concentrate better with music; I have ADHD and when I read books I need to listen to three diferent playlists to concentrate. Finally, following the first thing I mentioned, giving a conscious effort is exhausting to the brain so when you realize you can’t concentrate anymore just leave it and start again the next day where you left it, you will notice that your brain will stand more and more all the work out you’re giving it.