Reading Difficulties
I'm not sure if this is the right forum but here we go.
I've been experiencing serious reading difficulties of late all of a sudden. The main symptoms I'm experiencing are;
- Going back and re-reading pretty much every sentence I come across.
- Reading but not recognizing the meaning of words, the idea of sentences and the main theme of an article, book, etc
- Forgetting what I read immediately after finishing reading (sometimes I would understand the content while reading in that moment, but forget everything as soon as I finish reading that sentence).
It's gotten to a point where I literally feel like I can't read anything. I want to be able to read smoothly while maintaining comprehension, memory, and recognizing the theme of the reading content. I'm wondering if anyone knows how I should approach this. I should mention that English is my second language, though I did attend a university in Canada for my bachelor's and masters. I was a voracious reader as a child in my native tongue, but reading in English has never been my strong point. The symptoms have occurred pretty much overnight in the last year or so and come and go; for instance, I would have no trouble reading the paper or a book one day and the next day I can't finish reading a single paragraph in the same book or paper.
Thanks in advance.
I've been experiencing serious reading difficulties of late all of a sudden. The main symptoms I'm experiencing are;
- Going back and re-reading pretty much every sentence I come across.
- Reading but not recognizing the meaning of words, the idea of sentences and the main theme of an article, book, etc
- Forgetting what I read immediately after finishing reading (sometimes I would understand the content while reading in that moment, but forget everything as soon as I finish reading that sentence).
It's gotten to a point where I literally feel like I can't read anything. I want to be able to read smoothly while maintaining comprehension, memory, and recognizing the theme of the reading content. I'm wondering if anyone knows how I should approach this. I should mention that English is my second language, though I did attend a university in Canada for my bachelor's and masters. I was a voracious reader as a child in my native tongue, but reading in English has never been my strong point. The symptoms have occurred pretty much overnight in the last year or so and come and go; for instance, I would have no trouble reading the paper or a book one day and the next day I can't finish reading a single paragraph in the same book or paper.
Thanks in advance.