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#1  Edited By richardpole1
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Reading is one of the best things you can do. Besides giving knowledge, it is mentally stimulating, relaxing, and entertaining. It makes your mind active.

I read almost all the time, rather it be online articles, ebooks, paper books, magazines, etc. Of course, I mostly read about subjects that interest me. But due to my constant reading, I come across new subjects often, subjects that I would never have thought about otherwise. It really does take you to other worlds, and exposes you to new ideas, new opinions, new places, etc.

I really love reading. Like I said, it is so mentally stimulating and relaxing. I would say it's better than video games, and definitely better than watching TV.

I've noticed that people who hate reading, often seem to be going off some old stereotype and nothing more. A silly stereotype like "reading is for nerds." Other times, people seem to hate reading simply because it makes them think. Bottomline is, in U.S. culture, reading is often disparaged. I also read that, reading improves memory and concentration. It is the main way to get knowledge. Your mind is active when reading, it basically infinitely benefits the mind.

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Tôi mắc bệnh cao huyết áp cũng khá lâu rồi. Tuy nhiên, uống thuốc thường xuyên thì mới chỉ khoảng 2,3 năm nay. Hiện tại, huyết áp có ổn định. Nhưng tôi không muốn phụ thuộc thuốc tây mãi như vậy. Vì tôi đang phải điều trị 3,4 bệnh cùng lúc.

Tôi không nhớ rõ là lần đầu tiên phát hiện bệnh tăng huyết áp là vào lúc bao nhiêu tuổi. Chỉ nhớ là tầm 30 - 35 tuổi. Lúc đó, đi khám sức khỏe tổng quát định kỳ, thì bác sĩ nói huyết áp của tôi hơi cao. Cần phải lưu ý. Nhưng không cho thuốc uống.

Rồi về nhà, tôi cũng dành ra 1 tháng để chạy bộ buổi sáng và tập gym buổi tối. Sau đó, tôi kiểm tra lại thì thấy huyết áp đã trở về chỉ số an toàn, trên dưới 120/80 mmHg. Nên tôi ngưng.

Công việc thì lúc nào cũng trong trạng thái căng thẳng. Tôi làm việc với code và liên tục ngồi trên máy tính. Hiện tại không còn quá căng thẳng như cách đây 5,6 năm nhưng tôi cũng phải tiếp xúc thường xuyên với máy tính.

Tôi hút thuốc lá đâu đó cũng hơn 15,16 năm. Ngày nào cũng phải tầm 1 gói thuốc. Và sáng 1 ly cà phê, chiều 1 ly cà phê đậm. Thói quen này duy trì đến tận bây giờ. Ngày nghỉ ở nhà thì tôi ít hút thuốc hơn, nhưng cà phê thì cũng vẫn phải 2 ly.

Rượu bia hiện tại tôi đã giảm hẳn. Thỉnh thoảng tiệc tùng hoặc công việc quan trọng mới uống. Vì trước đây, tôi cũng hay nhậu với đồng nghiệp. Một tuần có khi 2,3 lần. Để bàn công việc, liên hoan hoặc giải tỏa căng thẳng.

Một thời gian sau, người tôi nổi dị ứng. Uống chừng 3-4 lon bia là nổi đỏ khắp cả người. Tôi sợ mình bị gan yếu. Nên cũng hạn chế uống đến tận bây giờ.

Cách đây hơn 10 năm, khi bắt đầu thấy hiện tượng đau đầu, nóng mặt diễn ra thường xuyên. Tôi có đi khám bác sĩ để kiểm tra thử. Bác sĩ bảo tôi bị cao huyết áp, có khi đo lên đến 150/90 mmHg. Tôi mới đầu uống 1 tuần, huyết áp ổn hơn thì ngưng. Và cứ như thế, mỗi lần huyết áp lên cao thì uống thuốc tây 1 tuần.

Sau này tôi có dùng thuốc y học cổ truyền, nhưng vì thời gian không cho phép. Và tôi cũng không thích mùi vị của loại thuốc này nên ngưng. Tôi cũng có uống bổ sung thực phẩm chức năng.

Hiện tại, mỗi buổi sáng, tôi đều phải uống 1 viên thuốc tây rồi mới đi làm. Tôi đã từng gặp phải tác dụng phụ khi bác sĩ đổi qua loại thuốc mới. Uống vào ho rất nhiều. Nên tôi cũng ý thức rõ là thuốc tây uống nhiều không tốt cho sức khỏe.

Thuốc thảo dược của Mỹ tôi vô tình biết cách đây hơn 1 tháng. Và bắt đầu mua dùng cách đây hơn 2 tuần. Hiện tại sức khỏe tốt. Tôi hi vọng trong 3-4 tháng tới, tôi sẽ không còn phải duy trì uống thuốc tây để điều hòa huyết áp nữa…

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Tôi mắc bệnh tăng huyết áp sau khi sinh em bé thứ 2. Lúc đó, không hiểu vì sao, tự nhiên tôi cảm thấy nhức đầu và chóng mặt. Tôi tưởng bị rối loạn tiền đình nên có nghỉ ngơi. Không thấy bớt, chồng tôi chở tôi đi bệnh viện khám. Bác sĩ nói tôi bị cao huyết áp. Yêu cầu tôi uống thuốc tây và tích cực nghỉ ngơi, tránh đầu óc căng thẳng.

Tôi có hỏi bác sĩ uống thuốc tây thì có ảnh hưởng đến em bé đang bú không. Bác sĩ nói thuốc này qua sữa mẹ không nhiều, nên cứ yên tâm uống cho hồi phục sức khỏe trước. Về nhà, vợ chồng tôi có lên mạng tìm hiểu, thì phát hiện ra loại thuốc bác sĩ cho có rất nhiều tác dụng phụ. Tôi không biết uống vào cho con bú có bị sao không. Tôi cũng khá e dè và lo lắng.

Ngày nào uống thuốc thì ngày đó tôi không dám cho con tôi bú. Còn nếu không uống thuốc thì thỉnh thoảng, tôi vẫn lên cơn chóng mặt, đau đầu. Tôi và chồng tôi bắt đầu lên mạng tìm hiểu giải pháp điều trị bệnh cao huyết áp an toàn và hiệu quả hơn.

Sau khi tìm hiểu một lượt, đúng là chỉ có dùng cây thuốc, thảo dược mới mong giải quyết được vấn đề này. Nhưng thuốc nam, thuốc bắc, thuốc y học cổ truyền, rồi bài thuốc dân gian, rất nhiều loại, nên tôi cũng phân vân không biết chọn phương pháp nào để điều trị đầu tiên.

Một phần, từ nhỏ, trong một lần bị bệnh, mẹ tôi có mua thuốc bắc về cho tôi uống. Mùi vị khó chịu đó ám ảnh tôi đến tận bây giờ, nên tôi cũng khá ngại khi chồng tôi nói tôi uống thuốc đông y.

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I love reading Manga

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#3 mandzilla  Moderator
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I love reading too, it's one of my favourite pastimes.

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#6 X_Karen_x
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It maybe a thing where if more people is reading it will have less people as trolling.

Did you know that kid with smartphone lead to more bullying and more cheating on test? Group of kids try to bully so forcefully other children become victimize and committed suicides. I read about this it something happen too often it not should happen even once. It time to read. Parent need to read book on how to be nice not read Entertain Me Weekly or Eclaire magazine.

Maybe I look for the story about boy who kill himself from people who bully him. Is I’m remembering correctly? I think I read he only 12. ?

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#7 Jackamomo
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tldr

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@jackamomo said:

tldr

Damnit, you beat me to it. :P

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Not enough time for reading with all the other things I'd rather do. I find people who complain that other people don't read a little annoying. You don't see me complaining that other people don't watch enough old, foreign, obscure movies and TV shows. I could be very smug about it.

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#10 X_Karen_x
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@ezekiel43:

Huh? It not making sense. Youtube, old movie, old tv show, Hulu, Netflix, even instantgram and social media’s it all the same.

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#11  Edited By Jackamomo
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@Byshop: it's actually true too, my brain just wouldn't let me finish the insane waffling from the tc.

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#12  Edited By KungfuKitten
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I read slowly. It took me 2 years to read the 7 Harry Potter books. I still did it, because I think it is valuable. Even if you only read story books like Harry Potter they can still give you different perspectives on things like relationships, how things could have been different for you, how others experience things. It's not exactly an educational book series but it's surprising to me how much I can still learn from literature like that. Yes, despite it being set in a fantasy world.

Same with that anime... A silent voice? A quiet voice? (Koe no katachi - 2016.) I don't like watching emotional stuff and somebody tricked me into watching this anime movie - I would never have watched it otherwise - and there were a LOT of deep and painfully recognizable things in there. And it made me realize I do something bad to myself because of something that's wrong with me, and that it's probably better if I stop doing that before it's too late. (And some other lessons but I am not going to spoil the anime here.) Which is likely a deeper lesson than anything I've learned from reading a more informative work like Structures - Or Why Things Don't Fall Down. Which I also learn from but it's a different (and maybe less valuable) kind of education in that case. That anime may have changed my life. So I think watching anime can also contain important lessons depending on who you are and where you are at, and is another medium that deserves more recognition for it.

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@x_karen_x said:

@ezekiel43:

Huh? It not making sense. Youtube, old movie, old tv show, Hulu, Netflix, even instantgram and social media’s it all the same.

I don't understand what you're trying to say.

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#14 X_Karen_x
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@ezekiel43:

It ok.

My coworker ex husband put camera in someone house once and watch them. It that not disturbing? Much worse than old movie on tv!?

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I am of the impression that there is a book out there for EVERYBODY. There has been so much written about so many different topics that if you claim to hate reading it's only because you haven't found something for you. In case you can't tell,I am always reading something, usually horror, crime, or fantasy.

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@jackamomo said:

tldr

Anyway, I love reading. Hell, I better since I work for a library. But seriously, I tried to read every day, even if it's only at least 10 pages. Last year was a good year, though. I think I read roughly 120 books last year (some of them were graphic novels, though.

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#17 JustPlainLucas
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@turtlethetaffer said:

I am of the impression that there is a book out there for EVERYBODY. There has been so much written about so many different topics that if you claim to hate reading it's only because you haven't found something for you. In case you can't tell,I am always reading something, usually horror, crime, or fantasy.

Exactly. People who don't like reading just haven't found the right book yet. A lot of people think reading is just old books from school, but the number of different kinds of books is staggering. They just need to open their minds.

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#18  Edited By Jackamomo
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This topic annoys me on a number of levels.

It assumes people are not aware that reading can be a good thing.

Nooooo... Because we are all 4 years old but for some reason manage to find our way onto this forum and dumbest of topics.

It posits that reading is in itself, virtuous. It isn't. You could be reading Mein Kampf, Andy McNabb or Ayn Rand and feeling all intellectual and worthy for it.

The topic serves to create a echo chamber of self congratulatory platitudes and obvious truisms.

I've noticed that people who hate reading

How can you notice someone who hates reading? Do they go to libraries and make angry grunting noises at all the books then swipe a whole shelf of books onto the floor and run off with a guttural roar before a librarian has a chance to politely ask them to leave?

No. Because you are talking sh*t.

People hate reading if it's b*locs and they are being asked to equate reading an accepted 'good literature' as a high minded pursuit which they should be appreciating.

Take Shakespeare. It's rubbish. The prose is so thick and f*cking niambic pentameter? Give me a break.

I know this because my dad is an english teacher and it took me 35 years to figure out he's practically a dunce.

He memorises a really esoteric word and cracks it out at christmas and everyone has to say "what does that word mean" and he will smirk to himself and not tell you.

That is the kind of sh*t that puts people off reading. The idea that simply to read will make you cleverer.

You get cleverer by exploring thoughts you have independently of an alternative perspective and that is what makes people smart. Not assuming that whatever has been put into print is worth your time.

If you cannot process external stimulus, you are medically autistic, but if you cannot filter out when people are attempting to hoist ideas they have uncritically taken on themselves onto you, you are either lazy or gullible.

it's better than video games, and definitely better than watching TV.

Can you explain how? I'm not trying to be mean. Just show you how you gave not put any thought into this topic over and above the idea that reading is 'good'. Maybe I am expanding your mind. You should be thanking me. You might have an original thought...

@JustPlainLucas you make it sound like reading is a chore for you. "I try to read at least..." If you are a book worm you have to make yourself stop reading and it's no effort. Hell. Maybe being a librarian is just about reading the dewey decimal system and an interest in reading is entirely irrelevant.

True story. Went into a library last year. Asked for a copy of 'Dune'. The most famous science fiction book. "Can you spell that?" "D. U. N. E." "And who's that by" "Frank Herbert" "Oh, not heard of him". Ok fine. I'll do it myself. WTF?!

I'm off to Mill's and Boon and chill.

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Theres a lot of misinformation out there, can you blame them

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Yes and no... I tend to be unable to put the book down if I first start reading.

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English was my best class throughout school. I have enjoyed reading magazines and things on the Internet for the better part of three decades.

But for the life of me, I have always found it extremely difficult to get into reading books. I feel like much of it is just outdated entertainment and there are more interesting things I can do with my time, but for some reason society still deems those things as "dumb" compared to reading.

I also feel a little patronized that people think using big words makes them smarter. It doesn't. A lot of words are redundant and exist to describe really specific things, or to make it quicker to say a whole bunch of things. I have heard it said that language was made so complicated primarily for men to woo women, and I kind of think that's true. Women in particular seem to generally love reading, and I think it has something to do with the way their brains and imagination work compared to mens'.

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Reading books makes me sleepy within a few pages and I'll be out like a light. I can read page articles online plus the backlight of my laptop helps but reading walls of text, no.

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#25  Edited By KungfuKitten
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@Ovirew said:

English was my best class throughout school. I have enjoyed reading magazines and things on the Internet for the better part of three decades.

But for the life of me, I have always found it extremely difficult to get into reading books. I feel like much of it is just outdated entertainment and there are more interesting things I can do with my time, but for some reason society still deems those things as "dumb" compared to reading.

I also feel a little patronized that people think using big words makes them smarter. It doesn't. A lot of words are redundant and exist to describe really specific things, or to make it quicker to say a whole bunch of things. I have heard it said that language was made so complicated primarily for men to woo women, and I kind of think that's true. Women in particular seem to generally love reading, and I think it has something to do with the way their brains and imagination work compared to mens'.

Well, I suspect it has more to do with a sense of superiority and upper class, and as a result maybe it became alluring to certain people who are not the two of us. Just like it became alluring for people to be fat for a while because they apparently had plenty of food.

(The Romans (AFAIK, I know very little of our history) rarely took something from other cultures without 'Romanizing' it. But they did popularize the Greek language of all things, to the point that it became their dominant language in like half their empire. Roman masters would speak the Greek language to each other, unless addressing their slaves, so that the slaves did not understand a word spoken between their masters. I wonder if it's a direct result of that (and the popular Greek philosophers), that speaking Greek was considered to be a sign of sophistication/high standing and probably allure.)

I don't like it either when people seem to go out of their way to appear smart by using niche or overly complex terms. I consider a typical discussion to be like a lesson for everyone involved, and I view them as bad teachers.

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#26  Edited By turtlethetaffer
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@JustPlainLucas said:
@turtlethetaffer said:

I am of the impression that there is a book out there for EVERYBODY. There has been so much written about so many different topics that if you claim to hate reading it's only because you haven't found something for you. In case you can't tell,I am always reading something, usually horror, crime, or fantasy.

Exactly. People who don't like reading just haven't found the right book yet. A lot of people think reading is just old books from school, but the number of different kinds of books is staggering. They just need to open their minds.

Well, the problem is the way the education system is set up, it teaches them to hate reading at a young age. I'm sorry, 90%of teenagers aren't going to want to read Shakespeare or any of the other "canon" books that are widely taught in schools. There needs to be more freedom given to teenagers for them to seek out what they want to read, not have something of no interest to them forced down their throats. All it does is set them up for a lifetime of hatred for the medium, which is entirely counter productive, because, and I don't care what ANYONE says, reading helps your critical thinking and language abilities. I was a writing tutor during my time at college and I simply cannot tell you the amount of times I would have a student, who speaks English as their first language, mind you, come in with a paper that feels like it was written by a first grader. Then they would ask me what they needed to do to fix it and I would tell them to rewrite it because they did not actually follow the outline the professor gave them, which was written in plain English. And now that I'm out of college and in the work place, I've found that people like that are the kinds that lean too heavily on others who are able to think beyond simply what they are told because they can't think critically about a given situation (and not only that, but the amount of times I've read emails with blatant typos that are easily fixed is simply jaw dropping).

It's a ripple effect and unfortunately the way things are in America, at least, most people are set up for failure.

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#27 LJS9502_basic
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Lots of people read.

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#28  Edited By deactivated-63d1ad7651984
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I love reading trivial things don't care if it's not sophisticated enough.

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#29 DaVillain  Moderator
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I read all the time in Video games when it involves reading books like those in Skyrim books that is.

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#30  Edited By MirkoS77
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I read time to time (now that I've downloaded the Kindle app to my phone much more due to convenience and the ability to get samples before buying the whole book), but many books I find exceptionally dull. It all depends on how the author writes, and God knows I've tried to digest some of the so called "great works" from notable writers of history, and many absolutely bore me to tears. They are on topics I'd like to better understand, such as economics, philosophy, and religion, yet many of these are written in very academic and sterile prose, or in relation to concepts that seem to require a PhD to understand all on their own.

The books I literally struggle to put down are personal testimonies. I'm utterly fascinated by military history, the War Of The Atlantic and WWII primarily. I just finished "Steel Boat Iron Hearts: A U-Boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505" by Hans Goebeller and "Unit 731: Testimony" by Hal Gold, fascinating reads but ones I suspect won't really broaden my horizons all that much as the so-called greats and necessary-read literal works would. Well, the truth is, the latter are oftentimes So. Fucking. Boring.

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#31 o_Sky_o
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Why in the world would anyone read when you can game?