Good points there. The stigma attached to not being able to read is very strong and this problem is almost always concealed very effectively. Likewise, being unable to take in any more information when scared and still unwell is a very real problem. I work in healthcare and yet when my turn came for a scary procedure I stopped the doc and asked him to tell me *afterwards* what he was doing / had done as my anxiety level meant my ears were not connected to my brain! All the same, if neither of the above apply, it must be bloody annoying to be called out to these types of problems.