I defend AlexK's case. Don't question his personal life, period. And as to why I don't subvocalize... I still do sometimes, it is a old habit, but do "play" with it. The counting outloud is a good way to quit subvocal. I tried that, endup just remembering numbers and some facts. Get into Ideal state of mind, ALS, and then learn things. Get more control over your mind, rather, take more control of your mind. I been doing that for 2 years straight... Image streaming and changing ways things are viewed. If you set the limit on how others can read at 1000wpm and you can't, You can never get above that goal. 1000wpm for me is like Computer stuff, History is more slow if I regular read. I just PR because I have no passion for History textbooks. It may seem that I PRed for a while, tell you the truth, I haven't PRed once thru yet. I used the parts of the system and messed around, but never really used the whole blade, just gazing at the edges..... I fear PR too much to try it. For now, I keep to try all ways of learning.