Monitor dimming after less than a minute really starting to annoy me...

Hey!
This is my first post on here... and I'm posting because I've just started getting really fed up with how the display slightly dims after a minute or less of me not typing or moving the cursor... If I need a page open to read, I have to constantly touch the trackpad in order for the light to come on again so I can see what I'm reading...
I have looked ALL OVER the settings, and the only thing I can find to change is how long it takes for the computer to go into sleep mode... and there's is another thing where you can check it to have the display fade before going to sleep.... but even if I uncheck this, then instead of the display fading, it goes completely black after a minute or less...
I just want to adjust the amount of time it takes for the display to dim... Please! Is anyone else annoyed with this? I can't even watch a youtube video without being interrupted about 4 times by the screen fading...
Thank you to anyone that can help me!
Message was edited by: Matthew McGuire

-Plug your MacBook into a power source.
-Click on the Apple menu and select "System Preferences".
-Click on the "Energy Saver" icon.
-Click on the "Options" tab.
-Uncheck the box labeled "Automatically reduce brightness of display before display sleep"
-At the top, next to "Settings for:", select "Battery" from the drop down menu.
-Uncheck the box labeled "Automatically reduce brightness of display before display sleep"

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