Re:Show HN: Mental State of HN Users Before/After Lockdown
by jlokier on Saturday October 10, 2020 @01:42PM
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Thanks! I learned a new word - "hyperlexia" - which I now think applied to me in some form when I was very young. It's been interesting reading about it. I picked up reading when I was very young, much faster and earlier than people expected, and reading things people thought a young child wouldn't be able to.
I don't remember it being a problem, just unusual.
But now I think about it, as an older adult I don't just enjoy reading, I'm addicted to reading, to the extent it stops me getting as much work or other things done as I'd like. It's strange to admit that, but it's true.
It's intriguing to consider that might have roots in a neurological structure associated with what is now a named disorder, rather than just a habit.
Though I wouldn't say I remember lacking comprehension skills, perhaps I did have some aspect of that when I was very young, it's hard to be sure. I completely lacked the ability to write creatively though (stories etc), until about age 13 when a single insight while stuck transformed that from 0% to 100% in moments.
I don't remember it being a problem, just unusual.
But now I think about it, as an older adult I don't just enjoy reading, I'm addicted to reading, to the extent it stops me getting as much work or other things done as I'd like. It's strange to admit that, but it's true.
It's intriguing to consider that might have roots in a neurological structure associated with what is now a named disorder, rather than just a habit.
Though I wouldn't say I remember lacking comprehension skills, perhaps I did have some aspect of that when I was very young, it's hard to be sure. I completely lacked the ability to write creatively though (stories etc), until about age 13 when a single insight while stuck transformed that from 0% to 100% in moments.