Do you have trouble reading when you wake up?

I have trouble reading when I first wake up. I can see the words, but I have trouble comprehending the intention of the sentences, following the sentences, and generally just kinda stare at the words without getting anything out of them... the words just don't 'stick' in my head... until I get more awake. Strangely though, I can write before I can read... like right now. (No claim that I can write well in this state)

I also have the same problem with verbal communication. People can talk to me and I hear what they are saying, but it doesn't 'stick'. However, unlike written communication, I cannot verbalize before I can effectively listen. It's the opposite.

I cannot do math of any kind until well after my communication centers are online.

I don't think my emotional centers are especially active, other than to motivate me into motion. I'm emotionally very blank at this point. However, it seems like my emotions are closer to the surface than my ability to reason, they're just not 'on'. For example, something that would make me angry when I am fully awake will often just cause me to pause blankly while in my waking up state. However, at some point in the waking up process they will come online before my ability to reason, and I can be overly emotional in those moments before my reason has the capacity to talk me out of acting like a caveman.

It usually takes me forcing myself to engage myself in order to fully wake up faster than say 10-15 minutes (like typing this post is finally waking me up).

Do any of you share this 'freshly awake' state? I'm curious if it's related to function preference.

Edit: As proof of this phenomenon, when I tried to read what I wrote to proof my work, I still had a little trouble reading.

 

Are you saying that if you didn't have a system to combat these things, you would do as I described?

Hehe, and also what you're describing is what I do to combat this issue in myself. First thing I do is turn on my computer and check my mail to try to force myself to wake up. I suppose our focus is different because of Fe (I want to see if anyone needs me for anything) vs Te (you want to see if you need to recalibrate how you understand everything in the world relates).

 

This might be the pattern for Ni dominant people. We start in the state described, then as we wake up we add the next function, and so on until all our functions are online. I've read something that implied this once, and wanted to see if this is the case.

(As well as calibrate my own type. I'm going through one of those self questioning phases again, because...)

On the other hand, it might be the case that this is an overall N dominant trait, which could apply to Ni as well as Ne. I'd love to have more Ni dominant people chime in, as well as some Ne dominants - especially ENFPs.

 

Interesting. My first concern is whether or not anyone I care about tried to contact me when I was asleep, unless I know someone is depending on me to do something - at which point I'm on it like an automaton. Or... there is something I'm enthusiastic about doing.

If my feelings are not engaged, it takes me a long time to wake up - like hours.

Now that's harmony right there.

 

+1

 

Now THAT is Se right there.