When I was a child I read a lot of books. I remember how I could really indulge in them, see a movie in my mind and be just so happy about them. I wasn't reading a lot in my youth.
I've been reading more regularly again since the last three years and especially months. I read many pages lately.
But I just realize, how, let's say "irritating" reading is for me and whenever I do I always have thoughts unrelated to what I'm doing. And now, to explain the issue: I can fully process everything I read and remember a lot about the text AND still think about something else while doing it, keeping me from just enjoying a fiction book a lot of the time.
A good comparison might be, watching a movie and hearing a radio in the background and probably even the sounds of a full street.
It's just, I love books so much. I especially love physical books, holding them while reading. But it's very hard for me to switch to a flowing state, where I just indulge in the story, because my background thoughts still pop up most of the time. I also tired audiobooks but they didn't really help either.
There were some times though were I could really get into a book during the last years, but these are very rare and I don't know how to control them.
I just wanted to ask, if anyone else maybe has/had similar experiences?
And any tips or thoughts on this topic?Thanks in advance for any answer.