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i really want to get back into reading, but it makes me so sweet. i get too cozy and comfortable while i read that i end up only lasting a few pages before i want to doze off. any advice?
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Anonymous 7w

Reading isn’t a race. If you can only manage 2-3 pages, so what? Just keep reading. Also make sure you reading something that interests you. Don’t try to tackle hard classics until you are ready.

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Anonymous 7w

I usually try to read in places where I won’t get that comfortable. Like outside at a park, at a cafe, or in public. I’m narcoleptic so I struggle heavily with this problem.

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Anonymous 7w

Unfortunately I am the same way and quickly realized I don’t have the stamina that I used to. So to curb this I started to listen to my books and that’s helped a lot. I sometimes have the hardcover book in front of me but not all the time.

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Anonymous 7w

so sleepy****

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Anonymous 7w

this is so cute lol you’re a sleepy guy. i read mostly horror so this never happens 💀 reading isn’t a race though, if you only read a couple pages before bed and it puts you to sleep then you’re better than half our generation who doomscrolls until they pass out

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

ahh thank you for the reminder!! in all honesty, as much as i want to be a classics girly, they’re not for me. i can read them in small doses but large books are too time consuming for me at this point in my life. but the 2-3 pages thing is definitely something i’ll remember.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

ahhh yeah! i’m constantly fatigued and i don’t really know why. still figuring that out lol

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

Iron deficiency maybe? When I had it I felt tired constantly

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

my bloodwork has all been fine :’)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

You may have sleep apnea! Have you ever had a sleep study done?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

i haven’t, but i don’t believe i have sleep apnea. i don’t make noise when i sleep, according to my friends/family. i’m a deep sleeper. but i do have anxiety-related insomnia

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

That definitely explains it. I also have insomnia.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

maybe it does lol. i also used to take prozac for it but it made me constantly fatigued, even more so than now. it made me stop reading altogether for a while. but since i’m not on it anymore, i’d like to try again.

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