When you read

[barracuda]

I was wondering if anyone out there has trouble reading for very long before you start to get sleepy?

My father in-law doesn't read books because he says anything he reads puts him to sleep. Granted, I had a few textbooks in college that did this to me, but does anyone have a similar problem (if you will)?

Just curious.

I wonder if it says something about a person if they can't read for very long before falling asleep? Any studies done on something like this?

[Guest Called]

Nope I never fall asleep when I am reading! I loooooove to read. Check out the reading thread in the fellowship hall!

I don't know about any studies done on this. Sorry!

[chancer]

Hey Barracuda,

Well it is according to when I am reading.If I am reading late at night I usually do get really tired but tht may just be because it is late and I am tired.When I read during the day I usually do not get tired.God Bless!

ur sis in Christ

Chancer

[other one]

It depends on what I'm reading. If it is interesting I don't get sleepy, however if what ever I am reading is not interesting I do go into a shutdown.

When I was younger I did get sleepy anytime I read anything. It drove me nuts in school and made it much harder to do well.

I am left eyed and right handed which makes it much harder to read and much slower until you develop skills that normal people don't have to deal with. It is not possible for me to learn to speed read.

With the main visual part of the brain developing on the opposite side as general motor skills and tinking parts, all that visual information has to go through that small connection between the different halves. This makes us read and remember much different than people who are right eyed and right handed. I don't know if this had anything to do with it. I did not read well until I was in my late 20's and hated reading until then.

I still get sleepy when I read the Bible. It is most likely because I have read it so many times.

Sam

[electric lemon]

i also love to read so i dont fall asleep, but i do read to help me calm down. normally, before i go to bed i read for a while so then i can fall asleep

[Shelby]

It usually makes me sleepy, but in another sense, I can't go to sleep because I have to finish the book. It is hard for me to read a book, because I like to start and finish projects in the same day, especially if it is something I like. I have read alot of books and finished them in a day or so.

[traveller]

I've always been a voracious reader until this year. Now I get sleepy. I figure it's because of eye strain. I have to wear reading glasses and it's not a good fit yet. I too and left eyed. :suspect: I never thought about it slowing me down any, as I'm pretty fast. At least i used to be. Now I just :sleep:

[Adstar]

I find that sometimes when i am reading from a computer screen i will get sleepy. But i have come to understand that i am getting tired because of the bad sitting position i sometimes get into when sitting for a long time in front of a computer. The longer i am in front of a computer the more i tend to let my chest drop and therefore i tend to take shallow breaths. I do not get enough air and so i start to feel sleepy. once i get myself back into a proper position i soon regain my alert state.

Of course when i have been reading for a long time my eyes begin to get tired but this is different to the tiredness i feel from sitting in a bad way.

All Praise The Ancient Of Days

[Guest PENSIVE]

I FALL ASLEEP SOMETIMES READING THE BIBLE, BUT THATS ONLY BECAUSE I WAIT TO LONG TO READ. SO I END UP HAVING TO REPENT FOR WAITING TO LONG AND TRY TO READ AGAIN. OR SOMETIMES I RECOGNIZE ITS SATAN TRYING TO GET ME TO SLEEP SO THAT I WONT READ, AND I WILL REBUKE HIM AND FIGHT THE SLEEP AND CONTINUE TO READ. IT HELPS ME IF I SIT AT A KITCHEN TABLE AND READ INSTEAD OF LAYING DOWN AND SITTING ON A SOFT COUCH.

Edited June 5, 2004 by PENSIVE

[Guest The_Prayer_Warrior]

Nope. I just get tired!