When I was young, reading was very difficult for me and I hated it. It was worse than math for me, and math has always been the bane of my life. It wasn't until I turned ten or eleven that my Mom happened to hear a speaker that talked about possible "vision problems" that can lead to difficulty with reading comprehension. Well, she took me to a vision specialist, and it turned out that my eyes weren't tracking together, so I'd read a paragraph several times and only barely understand what it was saying. The specialist helped me with several exercises meant to correct my vision problems. Well, to make a long story short, reading has since become my favorite thing in the world. Like a few others here have said, it's gotten me through some trying periods in my life, and I can't imagine how things would be now if I'd never "discovered" reading.
