Ytlaya posted:

I have trouble with audio books because I generally have a hard time with briefly losing concentration constantly.

When I read a book, for example, I frequently read sentences/paragraphs multiple times in a row, just because I'll realize that I forgot what I just read. It's hard to explain. Not like ADD, but more like it takes energy to keep my mind active and it's default state is to revert to complete nothingness, so I'll read a sentence on autopilot and realize that I didn't actually process it. With audio I can't easily go over the same passage multiple times like that. (This is also an issue when conversing with people, and I'm just lucky enough to have a job where most important communication can be in writing.)

The same thing actually also happens when writing; I probably looked at every sentence in this post at least three times, because I can't remember exactly what I wrote in the preceding sentences and want to make sure that it's still coherent. It's weird now that I'm typing it out like this, but I'm so used to it that I don't notice and just do it automatically.