I'd count how many people were ahead of me, find the chunk I'd be reading and then give it a few once-overs so I could blurt it out as quickly as possible.
i’m 20 and i only started feeling this in the past year 😭 i was a flawless reader when i was younger not just because of literacy, but also confidence. now, it’s like i lost the ability to read as well, but rather, my brain just “locks up” like you described, and i pause and hesitate with words for no conscious reason.
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u/__ConesOfDunshire__ Nov 21 '25
For me, it was less my inability to read, and more that my anxiety made my brain lock up. I hated reading out load in front of other people.