Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten

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    Have you ever sat down to take a math test and immediately felt your heart beat faster and your palms start to sweat? This is called math anxiety, and if it happens to you, you’re not alone: Researchers think about 20 percent of the population suffers from it. So what’s going on? And can it be fixed? Orly Rubinsten explores the current research and suggests ways to increase math performance.
    Lesson by Orly Rubinsten, animation by Adriatic Animation.

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  • @naomimueller9912
    @naomimueller9912 Před 4 lety +6843

    I’ve always felt like I couldn’t keep up with my classmates in math. They could answer equations faster than I could and I felt ashamed and humiliated in front of my peers...

    • @baguettegott3409
      @baguettegott3409 Před 4 lety +818

      It's really sad that it has to feel like a contest. It shouldn't be, everybody should get the chance to solve the problem in their own time, and experience the joy of finally finding the answer.

    • @premanandalaishram1009
      @premanandalaishram1009 Před 4 lety +483

      True that.
      I used to like maths and trying new problems but at my own pace.
      When I got into high school the portion teacher would teach us in one day was overwhelming. I used to prepare in advance for math class since there was this one teacher who loved to humiliate students in front of the whole class and I didn't wanted to get scolded. But at some point I just lost interest in studies.
      Everyone was ahead of me. My classmates and schoolmates were doin well except for me.... even if they were not good in studies they atleast had friends who would support them and had their fun time at recess.
      I felt left out.
      Didn't had any friends cuz of our strict school environment and my lack of social skill (or maybe I just have horrible personality). I would just go home and read comics, play games and sleep any time I get to escape the reality.
      I would skip school n classes acting sick and stuff just to avoid that teacher. My grade sucked.
      I somehow pulled myself together the next year and was able to pass most exams.
      Now I have 0 interest in studying all thanks to that teacher and that high school. I rather pursue fine arts.
      Hope my college is not as traumatising as my high school.

    • @chengzhihe5182
      @chengzhihe5182 Před 4 lety +16

      Naomi Mueller Me too.

    • @okyuji
      @okyuji Před 4 lety +24

      Same here :(

    • @akashshetty2736
      @akashshetty2736 Před 4 lety +165

      And on the other end there are introverts, who solve the equations and zip their mouth fearing if their answer is right or wrong...

  • @user-yp3qf9yh3s
    @user-yp3qf9yh3s Před 4 lety +5743

    *never knew that there was a whole type of anxiety for maths but it makes sense*

    • @silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892
      @silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892 Před 4 lety +14

      Seriously, if you're a soccer player, and somebody invited you for, say, a training session in their ice hockey team, would you have "anxiety" about it, or would you simply be like a fish trying to climb a tree?? Get real, it's not all about anxiety, nope.

    • @17smadonna20
      @17smadonna20 Před 3 lety +17

      the usernames in this comment reply section i cant LOL this is so funny XD

    • @kolewoolsey1980
      @kolewoolsey1980 Před 3 lety +39

      @@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892 ya ok buddy why did u just waste your time commenting that

    • @zipzop8325
      @zipzop8325 Před 3 lety +27

      @@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892 ah you meant to say that you are a goal keeper and someone invites you to play hockey ,you agree but then during the match ,while you are goal keeping you focus too much on the disk that you forget to actually move.
      Bad analogy I know

    • @daroutaren5yearsago443
      @daroutaren5yearsago443 Před 3 lety +3

      It makes me anxious everytime i get to recite. 😟

  • @ermwhattheflipok
    @ermwhattheflipok Před 3 lety +3394

    idk why this comment section actually makes me feel comfortable because I know that I'm not the only one suffering with math anxiety-

    • @carljohn-cena2726
      @carljohn-cena2726 Před 3 lety +35

      😂 same dude many people hate math and even I hate maths too 🤣

    • @crazythingcalledqueen9951
      @crazythingcalledqueen9951 Před 2 lety +4

      same :)

    • @OkIPullUp2915
      @OkIPullUp2915 Před 2 lety +18

      Bro I almost failed my test today, but yes, this comment section made me feel better.

    • @Rabia105
      @Rabia105 Před 2 lety +25

      My teacher scolds me... because I'm weak in maths...I don't know why I don't understand maths

    • @bream5967
      @bream5967 Před 2 lety +3

      Your not alone

  • @User-DrChaos
    @User-DrChaos Před 2 lety +4143

    I usually felt like crying when answering math questions in exams and my heart beats so fast whenever it's math class because I'm afraid the teacher will call me to solve a math problem

    • @hellloooopeopleee
      @hellloooopeopleee Před 2 lety +25

      SAME

    • @MissedDrawzx
      @MissedDrawzx Před 2 lety +11

      IKR Same

    • @rigogen
      @rigogen Před 2 lety +162

      I think a lot of it are due to the fact that some math teachers are brutal and will encourage harassment behavior among the class, when your classmates laughs at you for answering the problem wrong more often than not the teacher will not say anything or worse scold or belittle you for your mistakes creating a traumatic experience that leads to anxiety.
      I had always hated math and would have anxiety/panic attack but once i had a very compassionate math teacher who encourages and didn't rush anyone to solve the problem, things change and i learn to love and not fear Math.

    • @nclow3n
      @nclow3n Před 2 lety +7

      Dude I literally get that all the time

    • @uimyass
      @uimyass Před 2 lety +2

      same

  • @adoor6241
    @adoor6241 Před 4 lety +5959

    I feel like schools just teach math wrong somehow. There's tons of people in all other subjects that love that subject but aren't good at it. I'm like that with english; I love the class but my grades are lackluster. In math, the only people finding joy in it are the ones who find it easy.

    • @baguettegott3409
      @baguettegott3409 Před 4 lety +435

      I feel like that is intrinsic to math itself though. The joy in it comes with understanding - not necessarily with understanding quickly, with solving everything effortlessly. But if you've been sitting on a problem for hours and you finally have an insight, a new approach or idea... it's such an indescribably feeling. I get a rush in my gut when I write the last few lines down, knowing that, in just one moment, I will finally arrive where I wanted to go and it will all fall into place and work. Sometimes I cry with joy in that moment, it's so overwhelming. And if you never have that moment... it's pretty horrible, I admit that.

    • @OlliOtter
      @OlliOtter Před 4 lety +45

      I find it easy and I hate it too.

    • @carolin541
      @carolin541 Před 4 lety +105

      I am not the best or worst in Math, but the feeling of solving is the way it cheers me on. It is also the case in Informatics it awesome to create a conclusion for a problem .

    • @JaneJilli
      @JaneJilli Před 4 lety +1

      So true

    • @rustydollparts
      @rustydollparts Před 4 lety +16

      I don't worry over math test now, I used to though but now that I actually trief to learn it it's fun. You definitely have to try and learn it from other sources and not just your teacher

  • @fahadaameer5618
    @fahadaameer5618 Před 3 lety +1869

    When I was at school, my teacher would keep saying that Math is easy, for some reason, I get anxiety whenever I hear it.

    • @falco5429
      @falco5429 Před 3 lety +99

      Me when my teacher says that: easy for you to say because your smart on maths.

    • @dhivya2k474
      @dhivya2k474 Před 3 lety +83

      me too whenever someone says maths is easy I will get angry.

    • @xexpaguette
      @xexpaguette Před 2 lety +44

      math is easy... when you know the exact things you need to do-

    • @zestytriss5282
      @zestytriss5282 Před 2 lety +20

      math is easy... if you memorized how to compute a long solution

    • @moccha8
      @moccha8 Před 2 lety +14

      @@zestytriss5282 Not if your brain refuses to allow certain bits of information inside

  • @riyo9114
    @riyo9114 Před 4 lety +2391

    When I have exam, I can see the numbers, but can't think about them. I legit can stare at basic problem for 5 minutes and not solving it. Whereas at home, with no time pressure and alone, I can work easily.

    • @aiuramikoto
      @aiuramikoto Před 3 lety +73

      Same is with me. Exactly the same.

    • @irondoggieyt
      @irondoggieyt Před 3 lety +27

      Same here

    • @itsmekitty8174
      @itsmekitty8174 Před 3 lety +44

      omg...let me put it straight..THATS THE EXACT SAME THING I FACE!

    • @lucianacrespo7248
      @lucianacrespo7248 Před 3 lety +41

      Yeah same, school just gives me so much anxiety over all.

    • @kdhd100
      @kdhd100 Před 3 lety +41

      The time test puts the pressure.... And causes silly mistakes

  • @ThaoNguyen-ox6ry
    @ThaoNguyen-ox6ry Před 2 lety +195

    I grew up thinking i was never good at math, i was scared of the subject and my mom often told me i was slow and not being good or quick at coming up with answers for math problems meant i had low IQ and not smart. As i moved to study abroad, i took multivarious calculus in high school and thought it was quite creative and interesting. Fast forward to college, Somehow i decided to do a double major with one major being math. I was growing to become more confident and ended up graduating as a math major with a high GPA, tutored math and graded math homeworks for my peers. I hope anyone who reads this can believe yourself that you can do it, and dont let others decide whether you are smart or not. Some people take it slow to solve things or learn new ideas, but that does not mean you have low IQ!! You can do it and make math a fun subject!!

    • @30S_
      @30S_ Před 2 lety +17

      It's sad how people who are close to us, often pulls us down. But anyways, your story motivated me, I've curently been reviewing basic maths, there are some that I have totally forgotten, and now I'm trynna get that math knowledge back again.. AND now that I'm entering 10th Grade, I hope I will have a greater knowledge on the subject that I always failed at :)

    • @katzea.a7880
      @katzea.a7880 Před 7 měsíci +8

      When I was younger no matter how much I studied the concepts I always felt miserable making mistakes in my homework and in the middle of tests because it meant I was getting lower grades which affected how my parents treated me.
      It wasn't until I got into programming that the mistakes stopped being so permanent, bad code could always be reanalyzed and corrected, I could perceive the code running and doing *something*, the something that was so absent in the paper with the problems that seemed to statically laugh at me.

    • @madihamariyam4417
      @madihamariyam4417 Před 6 měsíci +3

      This made me emotional ! I’d love math topics but I used to feel math hates me cause everytime I got my ans wrong and that cycle gave me phobia …. But here I am trying to face it head on instead of running away ! This is really inspiring! Thank you

    • @Booren
      @Booren Před 2 měsíci

      Thanks, but I give up on myself long time ago.

    • @maihuongho8999
      @maihuongho8999 Před měsícem

      Hi Thao, it's a very late reply but I feel like I can relate to you a lot. I think it's the nature of education system in VN (I assume you're VNmese from your name). Growing up I always felt like Math is intereting however due to peer pressure and competitive environment my love for the subject dies away....

  • @evek5019
    @evek5019 Před 3 lety +12565

    Here’s why I get anxious when I do math:
    1. You’re either right or wrong. There’s no in between.
    2. Your chances of being wrong over right are much higher. There’s only one right answer, but there are infinite wrong answers.

    • @franzwa3945
      @franzwa3945 Před 3 lety +75

      😭

    • @Antony2618
      @Antony2618 Před 3 lety +870

      3.not all teachers teach math correctly or adapt it for struggling students

    • @dumplinglover8042
      @dumplinglover8042 Před 3 lety +67

      thats false, there are also alooot of right answers that you could write in diff ways.

    • @mavi2643
      @mavi2643 Před 3 lety +324

      @@dumplinglover8042 what you mean is not right answers it's right solutions. You might get to the right answer from different solutions, but the answer is still ony one

    • @pola_behr
      @pola_behr Před 3 lety +51

      @@dumplinglover8042 it's just saying the same thing in different ways. there's 1 right answer but the way you say it can differ. it's like saying an apple can be red and saying an apple can be crimson coloured. it's the same thing

  • @houkuni1331
    @houkuni1331 Před 3 lety +4050

    "So if you experience mathematical anxiety, what can you do?"
    Me: die

    • @adithya9786
      @adithya9786 Před 3 lety +136

      No cure for mathematical anxiety 💀

    • @viole5911
      @viole5911 Před 3 lety +23

      @@adithya9786 there is something called "practice" and dedication of doing it.

    • @amir3508
      @amir3508 Před 3 lety +36

      @@viole5911 practice makes perfect.
      Yep.......

    • @kxjiii
      @kxjiii Před 3 lety +4

      Exactly

    • @imsorryforarguingbut4555
      @imsorryforarguingbut4555 Před 3 lety

      100%

  • @lichichan9425
    @lichichan9425 Před 3 lety +5214

    I was pretty good at math when I was starting school, but over time I developed a huge anxiety towards math. I sometimes look at answers to math equations I had problems with and I think "God, this is so simple, why I couldn't figure it out?". When I'm taking math tests I just can't think at all.

    • @coria6231
      @coria6231 Před 3 lety +91

      My story was completely different.
      I was terrible at math in elementary and middle school, but somehow I developed a love and understanding for math so I passed with an A my calculus classes.

    • @kdramaskimchi2572
      @kdramaskimchi2572 Před 2 lety +47

      Same bro then I got almost zero marks on a really easy quiz

    • @leagamer
      @leagamer Před 2 lety +40

      Omg same, I just freeze at that moment

    • @flirtyryochan
      @flirtyryochan Před 2 lety +37

      Same its like my brain 🧠 just shutdown

    • @yeet8627
      @yeet8627 Před 2 lety +17

      same. the numbers swim in my head. i cant think at all

  • @erinwaters4651
    @erinwaters4651 Před 2 lety +248

    I’m a math teacher and even I get anxious about math, students you are not alone! You can feel anxious about failing, but math is about learning from your mistakes! Your mistakes will only make you stronger ❤

    • @tanvighutke
      @tanvighutke Před 2 lety +24

      My maths teacher always humiliated me in front of the whole class and that's makes me hate the subject and also the teacher..
      Hope you were my maths teacher

    • @user-rw9ev5fz8m
      @user-rw9ev5fz8m Před rokem +6

      Then, i will always be made stronger and stronger 😂😂

    • @vampire_money99
      @vampire_money99 Před rokem +5

      @@tanvighutke same :(

    • @gaeig
      @gaeig Před 7 měsíci +2

      I wish there were teachers this dedicated to their job in India

    • @oceanicalex
      @oceanicalex Před 5 měsíci

      As a high school student, thank you for this.

  • @corbingibson4170
    @corbingibson4170 Před 3 lety +2964

    I remember my math teacher telling someone that they might need a math tutor. You are, you’re the tutor.

    • @Antony2618
      @Antony2618 Před 3 lety +108

      I actually had a virtual tutor but the teacher said you are not following my/book method and fail ur answers right away!

    • @Name-tn1zg
      @Name-tn1zg Před 2 lety +112

      Fr extra classes are bs tbh teachers should do their job

    • @riverbell.4946
      @riverbell.4946 Před 2 lety +11

      My math teacher helped me get out of my math anxiety though

    • @zachanikwano
      @zachanikwano Před 2 lety +54

      I mean a personal tutor may be needed. Assuming this teacher wasn't a a-hole and really cares, they may be assessing that a student may need more help than they have time to provide.

    • @jefferson745
      @jefferson745 Před 2 lety +3

      well i used had a really good teacher who would help solve questions thats supposed to be 2 grades below us that we forgot or dont remember clearly and alot of people still failed math class

  • @wisdombro316
    @wisdombro316 Před 3 lety +1085

    Most Teachers Don't know how to make a child fall in love with math.
    Edit(after 1 year): The problem mentioned above is more prevalent than it might seem, but it can be irrelevant. Students with good fundamentals can learn on their own.

    • @78anurag
      @78anurag Před 3 lety +22

      For me Kurzgesagt In a Nutshell and Time dilation did (mainly relativity).

    • @alexandergracilla1394
      @alexandergracilla1394 Před 3 lety +61

      I had a teacher once that would give time for some smart kid to explain to the other kids how he got it. The teacher would then pick up on how the smart kid explained to the other kids just to improve her teaching skills

    • @wisdombro316
      @wisdombro316 Před 3 lety +12

      @@alexandergracilla1394 Lmao...

    • @A_Skeptic
      @A_Skeptic Před 3 lety +2

      Facts

    • @deadwinds5765
      @deadwinds5765 Před 2 lety +3

      Exactly... Man

  • @meeksiecore8284
    @meeksiecore8284 Před 5 lety +1834

    I get nervous when Math class starts because my teacher teaches too fast for me. Then at the end of every class it's like everyone understood the lesson but me. I'm much more comfortable with my Math tutor and I guess I just prefer one on one sessions but I still get super nervous when Math time rolls around.
    Update: It's been a year since I commented this and now that I'm in 10th grade and am in online classes lemme just say that my new teacher is a huge improvement compared to the last one. My friends are also really good at math and I come to them to teach me alot, here's to hoping yall can improve too :]]]
    Update #2: Yeah nvm JDKAJDKKSKDKS I hate online school. Everything started going downhill after a few months so I'm back to square one ig ://

  • @shaniah109
    @shaniah109 Před 2 lety +987

    I struggle this a lot too, especially this school year. We literally need to learn about 3 topics for a week and I can't even process each one of it, and were learning all this through online class.

    • @Kat-Bat
      @Kat-Bat Před 2 lety +24

      I hear you! I've been doing online learning for one month now and today we had a unit test. I was the absolute last one in the meeting with the instructor doing the 12 question test for over an hour. The minute it started I felt like I forgot anything I knew and I panicked. I felt deeply ashamed being the last one left and I cried after I submitted my answers and logged off. We learn something new everyday in that class and it isn't enough time for me to really understand it, even though I practice and study almost every night.
      Last night I studied with classmates for 3 1/2 hours. I wish I could better understand it and not feel so embarrassed when I don't. The instructor is really nice and I like him, but he's so fast! I can't keep up but I'm not going to give up! HANG IN THERE! we can do it, I know we can! I'm so sorry you feel the way you do and I totally understand, you aren't alone.

    • @lololxd4362
      @lololxd4362 Před 2 lety

      same

    • @Someone345y
      @Someone345y Před 2 lety +2

      Get an average in math and get good grades in others to balance overall result

    • @naruto.edit.2370
      @naruto.edit.2370 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Kat-Bat thx you for this comment you make us feel comfortable

    • @Mr_Jingles111
      @Mr_Jingles111 Před 2 lety

      @@Someone345y basically me

  • @TheSkizzld
    @TheSkizzld Před 4 lety +2877

    As the "smart kid" in my former school, all I can say is the math "teacher" is not actually teaching, but instead doing what the book told her to do.

    • @Sciencedoneright
      @Sciencedoneright Před 3 lety +36

      Lol

    • @adamarisramirez8942
      @adamarisramirez8942 Před 3 lety +132

      That's pretty much what my Math Teachers do ...

    • @imaffyy
      @imaffyy Před 3 lety +52

      Well yeah isn’t every teacher like that

    • @fish-fy5sh
      @fish-fy5sh Před 3 lety +75

      but for math that's really all you can do, teach by the book (and that's not necessarily a bad thing)
      there's really only one answer to a math question (eg. 5*4 = only 20 nothing else)
      but i admit that a teacher can try to make it engaging and interesting somehow

    • @a.ran_blvd
      @a.ran_blvd Před 3 lety +67

      @@imaffyy No. There are plenty of teachers who excel in their craft.

  • @jessie741
    @jessie741 Před 7 lety +867

    After watching this video, I realized that I have math anxiety too. When I'm doing math problems at school, my friends always solved it faster than me and I got really scared and anxious then I don't know how to solve it but when I'm alone and can actually finish the whole set of question.

    • @katvela9578
      @katvela9578 Před 5 lety +54

      it has been finally said! this exact thing happens with me too! whenever im alone doing a math problem/question by myself tht i just learned how to solve, i can easily get the answer. But, when it comes to solving the question on a test or with a bunch of other people, i get super anxious and forget how to solve, when i know i can solve. i just wish i could just relax a bit when it comes to math.

    • @gggamerz3283
      @gggamerz3283 Před 5 lety +6

      Bipperxj SAMEEE!!!!

    • @momiberthasdaughter6034
      @momiberthasdaughter6034 Před 5 lety +2

      SAME T^T

    • @abbieq11
      @abbieq11 Před 5 lety +13

      Well what happens to me is that everyone finishes it faster
      Then I am the only one who gets the problem correct
      Take your time

    • @mosaicbrokenhearts2886
      @mosaicbrokenhearts2886 Před 5 lety +1

      Exactly!!

  • @aqwudi
    @aqwudi Před 4 lety +3232

    i hold back tears when i walk into my math class

  • @Apurva1867
    @Apurva1867 Před 2 lety +19

    I am in tears right now..seriously I just feel so nervous whenever I have to explain or solve any maths equation..and this thing makes my mind totally blank and makes me feel I am useless even though I know that I am more better than my other classmates in other subjects.

  • @juztryinnabehonest99
    @juztryinnabehonest99 Před 7 lety +20637

    You get anxious because when you play the Game of Math, you're either right or you're wrong. There is no middle ground.

    • @TheOnyomiMaster
      @TheOnyomiMaster Před 7 lety +854

      Sometimes you're both right _and_ wrong. Sometimes the problem at hand is undecidable.

    • @user-zc9si7ls9i
      @user-zc9si7ls9i Před 7 lety +822

      Katsutoshi Morinaga Actually, I find it better knowing that I'm right or wrong. It eliminates the worry of the examiner not liking my work on the grounds of personal expectations.

    • @davidb5205
      @davidb5205 Před 7 lety +233

      When the sun rises in the West and sets in the East, when the seas go dry and the mountains blow in the wind like leaves... Then you will be good at math, my pupil, and not before.

    • @VikasVJois
      @VikasVJois Před 7 lety +24

      Katsutoshi Morinaga My thoughts exactly

    • @aofcrafters
      @aofcrafters Před 7 lety +78

      @Aidan Fitzgerald According to the agreed upon axioms of logic, you can, in fact, never be both right and wrong. A statement is either true or false, never both. Sometimes it is undecideable whether a statement is true or false, but no solution beeing correct does not imply every solution beeing correct.

  • @joshedillon9534
    @joshedillon9534 Před 7 lety +7036

    To this day, I'm still wondering how Bob can carry 52 watermelons and why he would bother to equally divide them among his 4 friends.

  • @thedoubleap
    @thedoubleap Před 4 lety +2540

    when I do too much math, I forget how to count

    • @chantalilungabamona7166
      @chantalilungabamona7166 Před 4 lety +92

      I forget my times tables...

    • @shubhamrathi5531
      @shubhamrathi5531 Před 4 lety +11

      Same here, man 😂

    • @beep___
      @beep___ Před 4 lety +49

      Aaron P I know my multiplication tables by heart but when someone asks me I forgot everything and start to sweat and shake :P

    • @virghoe6179
      @virghoe6179 Před 4 lety +24

      @@beep___ SAME! It's like I think I could reach it deep down in my brain, I'm trying to so hard to remember it but nah it's too far to reach, I can't remember it.

    • @hi-bx5de
      @hi-bx5de Před 4 lety

      Pink Froyo! IKR

  • @Ambush1703
    @Ambush1703 Před 2 lety +70

    I struggled with math a lot when I was younger. For some reason it was like I had a wall preventing me from understanding certain concepts until I was older.
    My parents would often get really frustrated and upset when I wasn't picking up math skills fast enough. It felt like a punishement. Eventually I began shying away from math as much as possible and worked on developing my other skills. I think the difficulty and stress I had with it when first learning caused more stress as I got older.

    • @edreaong581
      @edreaong581 Před 2 lety +7

      OMG this is same as me, i already struggle with math since i was in primary school and relize that i have anxious with math when i was in high school, i cant do basic math even rn i already graduate from high school, its really frustrasing cause i try so many way to learning math and understand it but it was came out to make me cryin, sorry for my bad english :(

  • @pavan923
    @pavan923 Před 3 lety +860

    Whenever I don't understand how a teacher got the question, they just say how they got the answer but slower. That's like if you were to go to a foreign country, say "Hello" and then the other person says "Sorry I don't speak English" in their native language, so you just say "Hello" slower as if that would help.

    • @thetwinklingstar9581
      @thetwinklingstar9581 Před 3 lety +27

      I can relate.

    • @reyphobic
      @reyphobic Před 3 lety +17

      fking true

    • @Antony2618
      @Antony2618 Před 3 lety +32

      Agree. When i asked the "mechanics" for the equating he would just get upset i cant go all the way JUST for YOU! IF no one else asked you just arent paying attention at all and students would make fun of me. Of course u can get math anx like this!

    • @nicholasvalverde1122
      @nicholasvalverde1122 Před 3 lety +9

      I see that with Chemstry and Algebra :c

    • @maximillienrobespierre7262
      @maximillienrobespierre7262 Před 2 lety +14

      I know it’s off topic and that was supposed to be a metaphor but... in Germany they actually do that. I tried to speak english to a german cashier but she responded me in german, when I kindly ask her to switch to english she started repeating the same thing all over again... in german.

  • @milk-gp8cj
    @milk-gp8cj Před 7 lety +714

    One time, my math teacher made me solve a math problem at the board. I was so anxious, I silently cried for 4 minutes while trying to answer the problem. ;-;

    • @curiosityzero2151
      @curiosityzero2151 Před 7 lety +17

      good !!! But it would have been better if you had really spent those four minute giving some thought about the problem rather than just crying helplessly. :(

    • @emilleanthonette
      @emilleanthonette Před 7 lety +116

      curiosity zero some people can't do it man... A lot of times these kind of people would be scared and sometimes think they'd be judged mercilessly for such a thing. Cause nowadays, Maths is a competitive subject in most parts of the world.

    • @BidlaBuh
      @BidlaBuh Před 7 lety +5

      What did you do to overcome this irrational anxiety? These situations are a great opportunity for personal growth.

    • @anp3535
      @anp3535 Před 7 lety +65

      same. Once my teacher picked on me and i just sat there for about 3 mins in silence, the whole class staring, I could feel myself getting red and I got super dizzy and embarrassed. From that day on I hated maths and I got shit grades all throughout my school years, now in uni im regaining confidence and getting better at it but hey, what can we do about shitty experiences/teachers :D

    • @ChrisPPotatoIDC
      @ChrisPPotatoIDC Před 7 lety +6

      Pussy

  • @tbn22
    @tbn22 Před 4 lety +4584

    Human : Is born.
    Math: So, you have chosen death.

    • @ahmedwalid4819
      @ahmedwalid4819 Před 3 lety +139

      More like depression

    • @hasyaamj
      @hasyaamj Před 3 lety +15

      😭

    • @gta4haterhq
      @gta4haterhq Před 3 lety +33

      The meme isnt funny

    • @fish-fy5sh
      @fish-fy5sh Před 3 lety +20

      you see math is basically nature
      but through characters and conventions

    • @tbn22
      @tbn22 Před 3 lety +30

      @@gta4haterhq Ya, it is.

  • @bluedancer03
    @bluedancer03 Před 2 lety +145

    This resonates with me so much. Ever since freshman year of high school I was expecting myself to be smart and get good grades. This went along with my dream to be a vet which requires high marks. Every time I got a bad mark, I felt awful. This lead me to panicking in class when I didn't know how to solve a problem. In grade 12, my calculus and physics teacher would give us hard questions to encourage us to think outside the box. This pressured me even more and I hated those classes even though before I was perfectly fine with them. I have always thought in the back of my mind I could have some sort of anxiety and maybe this is it. I'm not using this to diagnose myself but it has definitely made me think about it, thank you Ted-Ed.

  • @NeutralGuyDoubleZero
    @NeutralGuyDoubleZero Před 6 lety +788

    Its because the educational system crams complex systems into students over a very short term and just assumes everyone can and needs to learn it at an equal pace even if it has nothing to do with what their future career might end up being and pushes students to value arbitrary and rigid test scores. Why do people have math anxiety? Because in schools numbers are often valued over actual intelligence and learning skills.
    I had a moment in my math exam where I had to re use a solving method i learned a few years back. It was something like y=mx+b. I didn't remember how to do any of it because the system that taught me it revolves around undiffering, short term memorization. Ever wonder why your parents say "I don't remember all this when I was taught"? WELL THERE YA GO.

    • @CavCave
      @CavCave Před 5 lety +9

      Very true.

    • @alexngo2709
      @alexngo2709 Před 4 lety +12

      Grades/numbers reflect your intelligence and skills. People that say that grades don’t matter are wrong; if you know the concept, then you will get a good grade. If you don’t, then you will get a bad grade. It’s that simple.

    • @aaryasharma9781
      @aaryasharma9781 Před 4 lety +74

      @@alexngo2709 actually its not, cuz the system focuses on memorization instead of actual understanding. Half the time the teachers themselves dont know what they're explaining; they literally tell us to "learn" a question a day so that we dont have to cram at the last minute, but THAT'S THE SAME THING IF WE STILL GOTTA "LEARN" THINGS...... Also, the things they teach are absolutely pointless!!!!!!!

    • @chess43m
      @chess43m Před 4 lety +23

      It's so true man.. The school education these days are just getting too complex for students, And most of the time parents are also Guilty for this issue, as my dad does really stress me out a lot! he always tells me that if I fail my test he's gonna destroy my mobile phone right in front of me, and my mobile is one of my only hope of being able to revise for the on coming tests.. as if my life wasn't already a misery..

    • @RM-56
      @RM-56 Před 4 lety +4

      y=mx+b is easy at the basic levels bruh. Im just average at math.

  • @scabillis
    @scabillis Před 3 lety +660

    Im so bad at math to the point where i dont care if i get the answer wrong. Whenever im called on i just make a confused face as if im trying to solve it in my head when really im thinking about what i may want for dinner.
    Edit: bro it’s been almost a year why is this getting so many responses now? 🤨

    • @Amby6002
      @Amby6002 Před 3 lety +29

      Mood af

    • @kunt1234
      @kunt1234 Před 3 lety +9

      LMFAOO

    • @iblivs21
      @iblivs21 Před 3 lety +9

      teacher called me today and I didn't know the answer, i feel like dying

    • @ego5652
      @ego5652 Před 2 lety

      That is cute

    • @lluxery
      @lluxery Před 2 lety +5

      “Mmmm should I have chicken for dinner??? No no…”

  • @mollypayton2828
    @mollypayton2828 Před 7 lety +876

    I'm really bad at maths but I'm actually really good at English and History. I get so anxious about maths and because of how good I am at English my teachers often assume I'm good at maths too and it really puts a lot of pressure on me. I'll admit I'm a lazy person and even though I know I have to study to get good at maths I can't be bothered to. At school I always plan to practice my maths when I get home but when I do arrive home I'm so drained of energy from school that I am completely unmotivated to do anything that might require some hard work and effort. I know that it'll only get worse if I don't do anything but it's just so hard to break free from this cycle.

    • @ligarrinzani6710
      @ligarrinzani6710 Před 7 lety +72

      I'm literally experiencing the same thing. I would say I'm pretty good/decent at other subjects (especially English and science) but I'm really suck when it comes to math. which kind of makes me sad because I personally think people who are good at math are actually the coolest. Btw I'm also very lazy and that's probably one of the bad habits that I really should get rid of If I want to be better at math.

    • @riya4400
      @riya4400 Před 5 lety +4

      Oh my god same... for some reason they put me in gifted and talented math

    • @anapaulapedro7025
      @anapaulapedro7025 Před 5 lety +5

      Same... I really want to revise for maths but I just CAN'T. Someone needs to tell me how to actually revise

    • @taetaetata9106
      @taetaetata9106 Před 5 lety +5

      We're totally same!😢😢

    • @briapryor1709
      @briapryor1709 Před 5 lety

      I don’t get that. Math and science are easy. Spelling and grammar are hard! But no one is speaking about it.

  • @PriaSubramanian
    @PriaSubramanian Před 2 lety +71

    She literally explained how to deal with any form of anxiety, good job..

  • @littleowl22778
    @littleowl22778 Před 7 lety +5873

    I cried in math today

    • @emilleanthonette
      @emilleanthonette Před 7 lety +578

      Alex Lucas I'd tear up a bit during my maths lessons sometimes or cry when I do my maths homework. At one point in time I had suicidal thoughts because of maths haha, but now I'm all good and well!

    • @blobfishchin
      @blobfishchin Před 7 lety +35

      Alex Lucas I did that, but in writing and my teacher was in the air Force.

    • @blobfishchin
      @blobfishchin Před 7 lety +54

      Alex Lucas although I do have stress in math homework, because I don't have a teacher who can help.like, why do they teach me things while I'm doing homework, I need someone to explain and show me.

    • @artsynarci77
      @artsynarci77 Před 7 lety +31

      i feel

    • @gabyfenwick3104
      @gabyfenwick3104 Před 7 lety +66

      Me too high five

  • @siopao8137
    @siopao8137 Před 4 lety +682

    It’s even more stressful when competing

    • @redskullxyt3330
      @redskullxyt3330 Před 3 lety +28

      Yeah dude the only thing that actually makes sense is they want us to suffer and depressed

    • @1person69races8
      @1person69races8 Před 3 lety +1

      It isn't stressing for me if my goal is just to have fun and see how my skills can go far up. Pro tip: dont tell ur parents you're competing for anything cuz it might end up theyll just be disappointed at you JUST KIDDING. i just hope that there are healthy households that will support their children while they are, literally, learning in life and not pressure them because it might end up to a bad relationship.

    • @pavan923
      @pavan923 Před 3 lety +6

      Unpopular opinion: Kahoot is very stressful and I don't like it at all especially with math

    • @Lynn-bc9zi
      @Lynn-bc9zi Před 3 lety +1

      Couldn't have said it better.

  • @Bob-xq9dg
    @Bob-xq9dg Před 6 lety +1920

    I just hate my teacher
    Seriously, I asked her a question on how to answer this equation and she said "For you to answer this equation first you try to answer it" I was like inside "HOW AM I GOING TO ANSWER THIS IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO?!"
    Edit: For those people who are wondering if I should've gave it a go, I couldn't because I didn't know what to do. It was a new lesson and that teacher doesn't take questions whenever she's discussing. I asked her that question when we were doing a seatwork and she still didn't help me and I had no score because of her.

    • @fifiannisa9639
      @fifiannisa9639 Před 5 lety +129

      Similar experience happen to me. My teacher said "I don't want to answer *your* question." with a very lovely voice. I never ask her another question ever since.

    • @PLazz257
      @PLazz257 Před 4 lety +40

      Every professor in every university around the world

    • @nzee.y
      @nzee.y Před 4 lety +92

      mine will say "You should have listened, ask your classmates".
      and when i do she'll say "That's why you don't know you keep on gossiping! "
      gosh i hate her

    • @jjangkyuz
      @jjangkyuz Před 4 lety +59

      Is it just me when i was younger i was really good at math and now im not..? Same i hate one of my math teachers because one time she did her usual thing and after that she said if u have questions come to me dont be shy and i asked a question how do i divide it again? She said u should have listened if u could have not talked with ur classmates. Me in my mind While i did talk but i jist asked a question.. and and ye

    • @shauryaagarwal4556
      @shauryaagarwal4556 Před 4 lety +35

      My teacher said: *We have already learned this*

  • @rhythm851
    @rhythm851 Před 2 lety +33

    Math anxiety really does affect your performance greatly. I usually got pretty good grades due to my quick grasping of concepts. But once, we had a Math test, of Division of Algebra, I may have missed a class or two but I was still pretty confident. Whenever I get nervous, I begin to lose track of the what I’m doing and my heart starts racing making it much harder to concentrate. I wasn’t even able to finish the questions properly. And my score was really bad. The teacher even called me during lunch that day to ask me what happened since I was doing good in class until the test. I tried making excuses but I was too embarrassed. It seems that a few other students couldn’t do it properly cuz the teacher retook the test. I tried calming myself down and slowly going through all the steps, revised more and just overall tried to chill out. I got full marks.

  • @srishtipillai3396
    @srishtipillai3396 Před 3 lety +914

    I really love how everyone in the comment section is talking about their experiences in Math class and the others are leaving tips on how to cope up with math. That's really sweet😊

    • @nothingmuch1039e9
      @nothingmuch1039e9 Před 3 lety +11

      Yess

    • @xijinpig5679
      @xijinpig5679 Před 2 lety +14

      The worst feeling during high school was sitting for math exams, especially yr 11 and 12, when higher level stuff came in
      Its that feeling of bugs crippling down the spine when not knowing more than half of the questions on the exam papers, having nothing to write, while the rest of your mates busy writing

  • @hyacinthermac6529
    @hyacinthermac6529 Před 3 lety +11038

    The constant rule in Math: When it's easy, you're probably wrong.

    • @elitehumpty3603
      @elitehumpty3603 Před 3 lety +123

      OMG yes

    • @GammaFZ
      @GammaFZ Před 3 lety +384

      no lol that’s just negative thinking based on your past experiences

    • @ego5652
      @ego5652 Před 2 lety +90

      @@GammaFZ its true shut up

    • @GammaFZ
      @GammaFZ Před 2 lety +89

      @@ego5652 no wonder your name is as such

    • @deadwinds5765
      @deadwinds5765 Před 2 lety +8

      Oh my goodness... Yes... Yes.... Yes....!

  • @Cococonutt
    @Cococonutt Před 7 lety +652

    My first experience with math we would do timed tests, as many as you can answer in 60 seconds. This explains why I have so much anxiety about math and finishing it quickly.

    • @ye3s146
      @ye3s146 Před 5 lety +48

      I was the same! Its a terrible strategy for teaching young children math!

    • @user-eu8un2cg7r
      @user-eu8un2cg7r Před 5 lety +2

      ;-;

    • @pinklillyflower4387
      @pinklillyflower4387 Před 5 lety +14

      In my school, we have papers called 'sprints'. It is when you have around 40 questions and you have to try to do as many questions as you can. You have 1-2 minutes. It's basically what you where saying here!

    • @briapryor1709
      @briapryor1709 Před 5 lety

      Pickeledcoconut
      I’m glad I toke those. It made me really good with my multiplication. A lot!

    • @amitsadhu8431
      @amitsadhu8431 Před 5 lety +3

      I have faced the same thing a few days ago. I did continuous 4 mathematics period. I was so much shocked at this that I started crying in the last maths period. I also hate my school as they most of the times they send a mathematics teacher or a science teacher for substitution in social science periods. I gives me more heart attackes than any thing else in my life.

  • @sheesh7076
    @sheesh7076 Před 2 lety +32

    My previous math teacher used to choose me for most of the math problems, especially the hard ones. This was not because she wanted me to get better, she only wanted the class to be amused at my failure. Everybody loved her except me. I couldn't be more glad she left the school.

  • @monk3brain632
    @monk3brain632 Před 5 lety +1111

    i get anxious even hearing the word "math" 😩

    • @seeseefok7659
      @seeseefok7659 Před 4 lety +2

      don't get anxious with maths, get anxious with your math classes and homework instead.

    • @bhupalijain1997
      @bhupalijain1997 Před 4 lety +81

      @@seeseefok7659 this doesn't make any sense

    • @andersa222
      @andersa222 Před 4 lety +6

      Panda Person ikr 😂😂

    • @Skyeloise
      @Skyeloise Před 3 lety +17

      @@bhupalijain1997 Same here I really don't like math ; (

    • @luffy3x2y
      @luffy3x2y Před 3 lety +2

      same

  • @TheMarshmelloSquid
    @TheMarshmelloSquid Před 4 lety +1244

    I can do the other subjects, but my brain just stops when im doing math.

    • @nancyannIawrence
      @nancyannIawrence Před 3 lety +30

      same girl same

    • @xq3263
      @xq3263 Před 3 lety +91

      Same same it’s like the teacher is speaking in another language

    • @prismmioouu
      @prismmioouu Před 3 lety +9

      it used , but it works.
      its slower than other subject but i am managing

    • @redngreen922
      @redngreen922 Před 3 lety

      Taught not teached... there is no such word as teached.

    • @prismmioouu
      @prismmioouu Před 3 lety +14

      @@redngreen922 no one even said teached .. shut up

  • @satnamo
    @satnamo Před 7 lety +2971

    Math anxiety is a symptom created by school. Without school math wouldn't have anxiety

    • @MegaMGstudios
      @MegaMGstudios Před 6 lety +195

      satnamo schools really make math seem more imposing and important than it really is

    • @masashing4892
      @masashing4892 Před 6 lety +62

      I'm very sorry to hear that, but we sometimes need to do something even though if we don't want to do it. We can't always do whatever we wanted to do.

    • @briapryor1709
      @briapryor1709 Před 5 lety +9

      satnamo
      I think I agree with that. Since I started math super early in my life, I feel like that’s why I like it so much.

    • @DanielAbrantes20
      @DanielAbrantes20 Před 5 lety +41

      Math anziety is a symptom created by Math. Without Math there wouldn't be math anxiety

    • @danieldavid3766
      @danieldavid3766 Před 5 lety +31

      Math anxiety is a symptom created by the people with math anxiety. Without those people, there wouldn't be math anxiety.

  • @dragonflysalad
    @dragonflysalad Před 2 lety +48

    What she said is so true, I was always afraid of math and dreaded it. After I got a tuition teacher, however, it changed. She always made math to be so easy on constantly reminded me of how easy and fun it is, overall I improved in math SO MUCH. A teacher’s impact on a student is really important.

    • @khodjiabarbaxtiyorvekov9430
      @khodjiabarbaxtiyorvekov9430 Před rokem +2

      Yes, I think most of the people who have math anxiety is because by their parents or by their teachers.

    • @khodjiabarbaxtiyorvekov9430
      @khodjiabarbaxtiyorvekov9430 Před rokem +1

      And even after i realised that math is not as hard as i thought. Even though I was dependent on my parents and teacher's thought about my math .

    • @vanillavania.
      @vanillavania. Před 2 měsíci

      @@khodjiabarbaxtiyorvekov9430 It was both for me.

  • @aldrinmilespartosa1578
    @aldrinmilespartosa1578 Před 3 lety +544

    My math anxiety in a nutshell
    Theres a science question
    Me : ohhh this is interest-
    With math
    Me : imma head out

    • @78anurag
      @78anurag Před 3 lety +12

      Call me a psycho, but opposite for me.

    • @reyphobic
      @reyphobic Před 3 lety +54

      fr science is interesting but had to be ruined with math as well

    • @dhivya2k474
      @dhivya2k474 Před 3 lety +24

      I really love physics but because of maths in physics problems it became tough

    • @aldrinmilespartosa1578
      @aldrinmilespartosa1578 Před 3 lety +4

      @@dhivya2k474 same

    • @dhivya2k474
      @dhivya2k474 Před 2 lety

      @Xaer Hanler yeah

  • @anshpatidar5842
    @anshpatidar5842 Před 3 lety +1633

    A legend said : *"If you hate science and mathematics..you are teached by a wrong teacher"*

    • @ramesh235able
      @ramesh235able Před 3 lety +95

      Thank God you didn't put Albert Einstein as the legend

    • @justanormalartist801
      @justanormalartist801 Před 3 lety

      @ShonenAce ??

    • @mdv9831
      @mdv9831 Před 3 lety +56

      @ShonenAce not really. There are only bad teachers. A bad teacher can make a good student feel horrible about himself.

    • @corginzer6139
      @corginzer6139 Před 3 lety +9

      Said by absolutely no one

    • @redngreen922
      @redngreen922 Před 3 lety +38

      It’s taught not teached. There is no such word as teached.

  • @midnightat3am
    @midnightat3am Před 7 lety +2444

    Try living in Singapore. Math and Science is everything here. I'm an arts person. Well.

    • @kurttaysiao371
      @kurttaysiao371 Před 7 lety +72

      Tricia T Fellow Singaporean here, and my Math sucks big time. I failed all my Math test in P6 except PSLE.

    • @keziaphua5162
      @keziaphua5162 Před 7 lety +56

      I am a singaporean too, I took my math psle several days ago but it was so hard for me cos I'm a language person😦

    • @siddgaming3322
      @siddgaming3322 Před 7 lety +33

      PSLE math is quite easy bu upper secondary math is extremely difficult.

    • @ze8545
      @ze8545 Před 6 lety +21

      Tricia T Ey I’m singaporean too! I love maths, I got 94/100 for math -_-
      Because careless

    • @jasminli5894
      @jasminli5894 Před 6 lety +26

      Especially when you take national exam and the bell curve is so high in maths that it's almost impossible to score an A1

  • @maddyG7414
    @maddyG7414 Před rokem +10

    I am 26 and completing a science degree after transferring from the arts. I love biology so much, but math nearly crushed my dream. I know I can learn math but I am slower at learning it than any other subject. I’ve realized it’s my mindset and the lack of support I got as a child and teen learning math.

  • @churchgir1
    @churchgir1 Před 3 lety +284

    today i didn’t attend my first math tutoring because i chickened out 😞. i don’t know math just makes me so nervous and stressed and under pressure. literally can’t do the easiest math problem in front of a teacher without being put under so much pressure like literally my stomach always feels like it’s eating itself when that happens..
    edit: finally some people i can actually relate to 😫

    • @carljohn-cena2726
      @carljohn-cena2726 Před 3 lety +7

      Yeah that's why I too hate maths.

    • @imdumbbut8915
      @imdumbbut8915 Před 3 lety +3

      1+1=?

    • @AdithyaM-cw5ul
      @AdithyaM-cw5ul Před 3 lety +5

      @@imdumbbut8915 2

    • @malusplaylists
      @malusplaylists Před 3 lety +13

      I know it has been months since you commented this, but you can do this :) I can relate to you so much trust me. I am seriously scared of math classes. On school I would always get nervous as my teacher walked in because I was scared to be called in front to solve a problem and be yelled at if I wasn't able to solve it. I wasn't good on math and needed a tutor, but I didn't want to because I was so scared thinking that my tutor would lose patience with me if I didn't answer fastly or correctly. One day I decided to go to a tutor session and man, I felt completely relieved. She was patient and clear in her explanations I felt so comfortable with her. She tutored me from 11th to 12th grade and everything was great :) she helped me a lot, so give it a try to a nice tutor. Mine was an ex alumni of my school and she knew the methods of the teachers and was able to give me tips according to them. I wish you the best, God bless you❤️

    • @Antony2618
      @Antony2618 Před 3 lety +1

      @@imdumbbut8915 =Potato

  • @aesthetewithoutacause3981
    @aesthetewithoutacause3981 Před 4 lety +398

    Doing math literally makes me cry and gives me a painful headache. I love logical reasoning in other areas like philosophy and would say I'm a logically oriented person, but math makes just robs me of my will to live. Maybe I have that condition.

    • @saramuresan9305
      @saramuresan9305 Před 3 lety +17

      Couldn’t agree more

    • @LearnKeralaMaths
      @LearnKeralaMaths Před 3 lety +41

      Yeah same, math always makes me dizzy and gives me a head ache, my parents think it's an excuse to not do math, but it isn't, I genuinely have difficulty in it. However as you said, for subjects like philosophy I do pretty well, but just not math.

    • @stealthhh8521
      @stealthhh8521 Před 3 lety +5

      You don't have that condition school is making you stressed out and having suicidal thoughts, thats why I don't go for 90's instead I only go for 80's. Most of the "Math" you learn in school is useless and you won't ever use in your life.

    • @78anurag
      @78anurag Před 3 lety +18

      @Praful J But schools don't like it when you use different logic than theirs. Like everyone hates math because of trauma from school.

    • @emberhermin52
      @emberhermin52 Před 3 lety +1

      @Praful J not really, none of the rules come from anywhere

  • @memelord2136
    @memelord2136 Před 3 lety +724

    I believe math is the most stressful because that's the main subject that parents care about on your report card, you don't get stressed on things like art class or music because your parents don't care about them, but for most people the main thing their parents want them to get good grades on is math

    • @carljohn-cena2726
      @carljohn-cena2726 Před 3 lety +50

      That's really sad. Don't know why parents care for fuckin maths more than other subjects.

    • @memelord2136
      @memelord2136 Před 3 lety +78

      @@carljohn-cena2726 well to be fair getting good grades in math can lead to a lot of succesful job opportunities, and parent's just want the best for their child so they try to encourage them to do more math. Yet they don't know it actually causes them more problems

    • @carljohn-cena2726
      @carljohn-cena2726 Před 3 lety +19

      @@memelord2136 yeah it can cause serious problems

    • @maria-melek
      @maria-melek Před 2 lety +5

      @@carljohn-cena2726 Because in the real world you're always surrounded by math, for bills,taxes, groceries, rent...etc

    • @carljohn-cena2726
      @carljohn-cena2726 Před 2 lety +13

      @@maria-melek no I'm taking about useless algebra 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @nerdgeekcosplay909
    @nerdgeekcosplay909 Před 2 lety +15

    For me no matter how many times the teacher or professor walks me through it. Even if it’s on a one to one tutoring session or showing me slowly step by step . The second I have to do it alone my brain gets confused . I’ve learned ways to cope with my struggles with math. Daily tutoring sessions in a quiet room with someone who’s patient with me has helped tremendously. Also before tests Im allowed to have extra sheets of paper so I can solve my problems , the use of a calculator, extended time and I’m also permitted to use a formula chart that shows me step by step how to solve the problems

  • @jup1txr
    @jup1txr Před 3 lety +130

    not me crying while i watch this because im supposed to be doinf math homework and i have been doing it for 30 minutes and still have no idea whats happening

    • @xq3263
      @xq3263 Před 3 lety +10

      Aheh math is a language but we don’t understand that language

    • @carljohn-cena2726
      @carljohn-cena2726 Před 3 lety +13

      @@xq3263 it is a alien language and that's why we cannot understand it😂.

    • @carljohn-cena2726
      @carljohn-cena2726 Před 3 lety +6

      Who cares for maths just copy in the exam and chill out dude 🤘🏿.

    • @passionatecraftartist3744
      @passionatecraftartist3744 Před 3 lety +16

      it takes me almost 3 hours to complete my my math homework

    • @popular12345-p
      @popular12345-p Před 2 lety +2

      pls same 😩

  • @TAB00
    @TAB00 Před 4 lety +89

    I love how this video popped up in my recommendations 10 minutes after I was just stressing and having a breakdown over my Math homework.

    • @ellen0511
      @ellen0511 Před 2 lety

      ikr sometimes it feels like they can read my mind

    • @AquosFrost
      @AquosFrost Před 2 lety

      maybe you should do your homework.

    • @ellen0511
      @ellen0511 Před 2 lety

      @@AquosFrost trust me we try lol

  • @katiapopova5626
    @katiapopova5626 Před 5 lety +197

    Imagine being called terrible at maths by a middle school teacher only to win the highest award in it lmaoo

  • @emersonprice8130
    @emersonprice8130 Před 2 lety +21

    I was homeschooled since elementary school, and when I was homeschooled I started to develop a huge love for mathematics. Even teaching myself calculus (with the help of a family member) in my 7th grade year of middle school. As soon as I got into my freshman year of high school I skipped about 4 years of mathematics. But as I went to school I very much developed a anxiety and a “hatred” towards math. And it’s honestly quite disappointing.

  • @hamnashaikh9992
    @hamnashaikh9992 Před 3 lety +412

    Ever since 6th grade I've had maths anxiety I never got above C in maths until 10th grade where my tution teacher was the most patience person. The way he taught us was amazing he even taught us basic maths. I can't describe how greatful I'm of him. I got an A in tenth grade and I never feel maths anxiety anymore! I like maths and I got to know that I'm good at maths tooo

    • @aryandass610
      @aryandass610 Před 2 lety +5

      How's ur maths is going?

    • @omegasound5295
      @omegasound5295 Před 2 lety

      shut up

    • @rossweises
      @rossweises Před 2 lety +5

      i just started studying in a new school, i feel like my grades are falling off the bridge already LMFAO, guess this is a downfall for me and my parents will try and shape me perfectly😎

    • @nunofthem
      @nunofthem Před 2 lety +4

      Good, i started my biggest math anxiety in 5th grade... I left a comment explaining wtf happened so im so sad that i can't do anything... :'(

    • @car.rotten
      @car.rotten Před 2 lety

      for me its been the opposite I was really good at math up until highschool, and now my math anxiety is the worst it's ever been :(

  • @youllneverknow2779
    @youllneverknow2779 Před 3 lety +451

    It's not math that gave me anxiety during my school days, it was my math teacher. I could comfortably do calculus at home but not at school. Nails were specifically grown longer for pinching and yes it was never about understanding the concept rather it was about getting good marks.

    • @sangeethameenav2291
      @sangeethameenav2291 Před 2 lety +6

      Yes! They would pinch us with that nail on that pinky😖, here in India deep down if you understand it's all about good grades and not totally about understanding the concept like they would start revising two days before the exam adding up to our anxiety and while explaining our reports arghhh!!!

    • @youwantmyname9208
      @youwantmyname9208 Před 2 lety +1

      The Reason is that math class is limited unlike learning at home, you don't have to worry time to ran out. Also the teacher of course

    • @lovelymarysia1580
      @lovelymarysia1580 Před 2 lety +4

      same my teacher is horrible, beacuse of her Im sitting in math class shaking and feeling very anxious. ugh i wish i had a nicer teacher who would explain math properly and who just would be a nice person from a character.

    • @tracey8121
      @tracey8121 Před 2 lety

      My teacher was horrible,they changed him to other one who was great but,it was way too late because it only happened when i was about to leave the school.

    • @xaziiee
      @xaziiee Před 2 lety

      me rn w my math teacher

  • @tarniabook3076
    @tarniabook3076 Před 6 lety +224

    A teacher yelled at me because I couldn't do divisions. She made me cry in front of the whole class and kept yelling because I cried. I kept that to myself until highschool because I felt humilliated, but my mom realized there was something wrong. Now crying in public is something easy and embarassing for me when I fail at sciencie stuff.
    If I ever see her tombstone, I think I would leave a letter explaning her some stuff.

    • @jme4567
      @jme4567 Před 4 lety +7

      awe I was the same, except with plotting co-ordinates. Every time the teacher explained I was too stressed about not getting it and couldn't understand. Thankfully I don't have that teacher or class anymore.

    • @apoorvapatwardhan
      @apoorvapatwardhan Před 4 lety +11

      This happened with me as well! But it was my parents that yelled at me for not knowing a problem. My mom used to hit me everytime I was stuck at a problem and my muscle memory took over so I slowly started associating Math with pain. So in the end, her hitting didn't help me find the solution but it did create a huge fear of the problem itself.

    • @floive7648
      @floive7648 Před 4 lety +5

      @@apoorvapatwardhan i am so sorry this has happened to you

    • @apoorvapatwardhan
      @apoorvapatwardhan Před 4 lety +1

      @@floive7648 thankyou so much! :)

    • @savedutch
      @savedutch Před 4 lety +1

      Apoorva Patwardhan woah that’s harsh😔

  • @cyborgbob1017
    @cyborgbob1017 Před 2 lety +142

    Ironically enough, the teachers who were the most passionate about math gave me the most anxiety my making feel bad when I didn't share the same passion.

  • @salmagique
    @salmagique Před 6 lety +505

    i have a huge maths anxiety...
    for example yesterday, i had two hours of math classes and i litteraly CRIED and had an anxiety attack and i was just like : "i WANT to get out of here I NEED to get oit of here" but i couldn't tell the teacher
    today i skipped the math classes, like i have a massive fear of maths
    espacially when i got in the first exam 1/20 and the second 4/20, I JUST HATE MATHS

    • @rikhilgoel6672
      @rikhilgoel6672 Před 6 lety +1

      salma سلمى dont hate it love it play it

    • @salmagique
      @salmagique Před 6 lety +37

      Revealing Science
      yeah that's very easy to say

    • @tc0336
      @tc0336 Před 6 lety

      salma سلمى That happens to me too... It feels horrible

    • @salmagique
      @salmagique Před 6 lety

      Keokeyokae
      😢😢😭😭😭

    • @cisbetterthanj8738
      @cisbetterthanj8738 Před 6 lety +2

      salma سلمى Teach me da wae to skip class I need it for geography and history

  • @rwitabina
    @rwitabina Před 5 lety +450

    I love Mathematics. Schools just have to teach it in a more interesting way. Plus don't make your students write the answers on the board in front of the whole class if they're not comfortable doing so.

    • @srivatsajoshi4028
      @srivatsajoshi4028 Před 4 lety +27

      why do you think you're weird if you love math? there are entire communities of people who love them. I'm sure you know that

    • @Isaiah53_John3.16_ChangeUrLife
      @Isaiah53_John3.16_ChangeUrLife Před 4 lety +19

      I love math as well🤗. But I dont think I am weird because of that

    • @alejandroojeda1572
      @alejandroojeda1572 Před 4 lety +7

      I LOVE math and i'm pretty weird. In fact most of my classmates are pretty weird and some of the BEST people i've ever known.

    • @cryptical1210
      @cryptical1210 Před 4 lety +12

      Yeah I also love math! Is the way is taught, I used to be bad at math but then I had a sweet and caring teacher and she helped me! I went from a 5/20 to a 19/20.

    • @rwitabina
      @rwitabina Před 4 lety +6

      @@srivatsajoshi4028 honestly i wrote that comment more than a year ago so I dunno what was going on in my mind. Yeah Mathematics is an amazing language and its totally fine to like it.

  • @herpsenderpsen
    @herpsenderpsen Před 7 lety +2125

    i used to love math but my teachers made me hate it

    • @vishwas425
      @vishwas425 Před 7 lety +8

      herpsenderpsen true

    • @emilleanthonette
      @emilleanthonette Před 7 lety +50

      herpsenderpsen Dude I'm opposite now. I used to absolutely hate maths and now I'm starting to love it. Though I'm hating it a bit again.

    • @ervinpajazetovic9834
      @ervinpajazetovic9834 Před 7 lety +37

      Same bro, had a teacher in high school that made half of the students fail the semester, me included. When i say half, i mean literally half lol

    • @MultiSciGeek
      @MultiSciGeek Před 7 lety +13

      Exactly the same here. In fact I used to hate it, then one teacher made it interesting and the next one ruined everything.

    • @Harley411
      @Harley411 Před 7 lety +1

      payback or redemption

  • @learningpeace9788
    @learningpeace9788 Před 2 lety +12

    "QUICKLY, QUICKLY!" My dad would constantly yell at me when I was 5 years old doing flashcards in the living room, trying to figure out addition and subtraction. I'm still trying to release this anxiety almost 30 years later.

  • @solo_fxiry403
    @solo_fxiry403 Před 3 lety +279

    In my school, they teach some math that we don’t even need to learn. I have math tomorrow, and im so nervous, im crying and overthinking. My Math teacher thinks that we know everything and that we only need to learn the topic for 10 minutes then time to force students to answer questions and scold them when they get it wrong. Only the smart kids in class find it easy and fun. I see no fun.

    • @user-rd6lb1ov6n
      @user-rd6lb1ov6n Před 2 lety +8

      The mathematics you are taught are the minimum. They improve cognitive skills, like creativity, flexibility, use of knowledge, critical thinking, analytical thinking, and connecting the dots.

    • @lorettal7157
      @lorettal7157 Před 2 lety +1

      So how is it going now? Did times got better?

    • @countblack406
      @countblack406 Před 2 lety +8

      Me too I’m not good at math I was good at math when I was Younger

    • @0taku349
      @0taku349 Před 2 lety

      Same

    • @EzequielMartin55vf
      @EzequielMartin55vf Před 2 lety +1

      @@countblack406 Omg same bro l thought it was just me :(

  • @itsmekitty8174
    @itsmekitty8174 Před 3 lety +477

    the biggest problem in our educational system is giving deadline for the students to complete a task like exams.. which rather than proving efficiency increases anxiety... papers are not set according to the capabilities of the below average students instead they r set according to the above average ones.. i myself suffer this math anxiety thingy... its so diffiicult to cope with the exam hall pressure when the time feeds off u and seeing others solve it adds to the anxiety almost driving me crazy and making me panic... but i've noticed that repetitive practice helps..not only in solving problems faster but also makes me confident by telling by brain that ''hey wait, ik this!'' but this hasnt eradicated the problem tho... maybe it will take time

    • @kehana2908
      @kehana2908 Před 2 lety +14

      this
      this so much
      school also teaches math in a very algorithmic way in comparison to the creative problem solving of real math. for example, i haven't considered myself someone who likes math (even though i'm apparently really good at it), but then a question struck me during math class about whether i could approximate functions with other functions and i voluntarily spent a few hours daily over the next few days trying to derive the taylor series (which is what this approximation thing is).

    • @pragyasingh7591
      @pragyasingh7591 Před 2 lety +1

      so true

    • @_Chxco_
      @_Chxco_ Před 2 lety +3

      I *CAN* do math my math is good but whenever i'm doing exam and remember that there's a deadline my anxiety punch my head but luckily I got a perfect score...

  • @_.soymilk
    @_.soymilk Před 4 lety +79

    The person teaching is such a big factor when determining how well people learn and enjoy any certain subject. A good teacher can really make all the difference

    • @78anurag
      @78anurag Před 3 lety +5

      In conclusion self learning and understanding is the best.

  • @petragrubisic8992
    @petragrubisic8992 Před 2 lety +11

    I really love math and I have a lot of experience in math competitions and a lot of times math anxiety is something that kinda blocked my brain and stopped me from achieving better results until I REALLY screwed up one contest. It made me realise what was my fear doing to me and i could easily solve problems from this contest at home but when there was time limit and pressure i was so stressed that I could not think properly. So I decided to relax before competition, do something really relaxing like watch a movie or something day before, try not to think about the worst outcome and little by little i got rid of math anxiety. Few months later I became national champion. Never give up!!

  • @user-qu2yf4yz8d
    @user-qu2yf4yz8d Před 3 lety +113

    Anxiety is NOT a reflection of your ability, but it is something you can conquer with time and awareness.

  • @raai6888
    @raai6888 Před 7 lety +3235

    Most people get anxiety because of the teachers.They're always like.....
    Match teacher:(Walks in class)TODAY YOU ALL HAVE TO LEARN A NEW ADDITION METHOD AND I WILL GIVE 851 QUESTIONS AND YOU HAVE TO ANSWER IT CORRECTLY in 1.25 SECONDS OR YOU WILL NOT GRADUATE!!!
    Students: *starts crying inside*

    • @MegaMGstudios
      @MegaMGstudios Před 7 lety +27

      True

    • @lilac9346
      @lilac9346 Před 6 lety +49

      My current math teacher is the best math teacher I’ve had since 6th grade. My 6th grade teacher was too strict and my 7th grade math teacher wasn’t all there.

    • @crediblewrestlings7681
      @crediblewrestlings7681 Před 6 lety +4

      Haahaa

    • @brey2712
      @brey2712 Před 6 lety +13

      That’s why I want to do home school because of the teacher

    • @masashing4892
      @masashing4892 Před 6 lety +6

      Life is unpredictable, so you can't really tell whether there'll be mean teachers or not. Wherever school you study, there might be some mean teachers.

  • @serrano0.l63
    @serrano0.l63 Před 4 lety +385

    My second grade teacher would roll her eyes at me for asking "simple questions." English wasn't my native language like the other kids so I was confused with some of the words she used. I remember her face twist in annoyance, especially when the class was learning math. However, I'm much more better in the subject now.

    • @savedutch
      @savedutch Před 4 lety +46

      Sometimes teachers are🤦🏼😔...........

    • @WorriedtheCircusDemon
      @WorriedtheCircusDemon Před 4 lety +45

      @@savedutch Some teachers shouldn't even be teaching with the way they act out. Seriously :(

    • @redcesspool5045
      @redcesspool5045 Před 4 lety +15

      They let their attitude get in the way

    • @shimpiyaa
      @shimpiyaa Před 3 lety +7

      That's what my elder sister does when I ask her a question

    • @gabbylaureckyte3719
      @gabbylaureckyte3719 Před 3 lety +5

      im so sorry i hope your doing great

  • @dreamfield92
    @dreamfield92 Před 2 lety +10

    Math anxiety is a fun irony. I was brought up to believe I was bad at math. So I worked on math twice as hard than anything else at school, and my math scores were always top of class wherever I go. From anyone else’s POV, I was pretty good at it. Yet after 20 years, I still firmly believe I am bad at math.

  • @tiamai5892
    @tiamai5892 Před 7 lety +227

    Math in my class:
    Multiply pi by the tilt of Earth's axis, then add the mass of the sun, then show your work on the board so I can laugh at you

    • @idogtv
      @idogtv Před 7 lety +11

      @SomeGuy: I'm not sure I see the usefulness of that calculation... lol.

    • @viciously.vishii
      @viciously.vishii Před 7 lety +5

      Tiffany 109 I know that feel, that's f*#ked up. 😕

    • @lillow671
      @lillow671 Před 7 lety +1

      Tiffany 109 that’s science grade 9 and up, just a ton of math.

    • @jaylbee1099
      @jaylbee1099 Před 6 lety

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @matthewgeary1811
      @matthewgeary1811 Před 6 lety +15

      x = 23.5π + (1.989 x 10³⁰)
      x ≅ 73.8274273594 + (1.989 x 10³⁰)
      x ≅ 1,989,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,073.8

  • @tariqsamaien6215
    @tariqsamaien6215 Před 7 lety +298

    i got that too i am really good at math but whenever is sit down to solve the exam i break down

    • @BidlaBuh
      @BidlaBuh Před 7 lety +3

      The only way to overcome anxiety is by confronting it. Try to simulate exams at home; maybe you can get some old ones. Recreate a similar situation. It even helps simply to visualize the situation. Combine it with relaxation techniques like PMR and/or meditation.

    • @keysersoze9651
      @keysersoze9651 Před 7 lety +1

      Tariq Samaien Same here mate.I wrote the wrong date and school code on my answer sheet and was not able to complete an easy exam in time .I also did a lot of silly mistakes.I bet if i was solving the papaer in comfort of my home I would have solved it with 30 minutes to spare

    • @tariqsamaien6215
      @tariqsamaien6215 Před 7 lety

      Gagandeep Singh exactly if i just did it a t home

    • @tariqsamaien6215
      @tariqsamaien6215 Před 7 lety

      BidlaBuh thanks for the tips :)

    • @keysersoze9651
      @keysersoze9651 Před 7 lety

      I have a very imp exam on 9th of April.I will try your tips and see how it goes

  • @Fetteremo
    @Fetteremo Před 7 lety +286

    if every teacher would be like micheal from vsauce this world would be a better place

    • @spirou2012
      @spirou2012 Před 5 lety +10

      To be fair I don't think so. Micheal is very good to popularize some big subjects in math or physics, but if you really want to completely understand the question, a math teacher is mort usefull.

    • @UdaySingh-rs8ox
      @UdaySingh-rs8ox Před 5 lety +11

      @@spirou2012 maths teacher may know the basics of math and how to solve them but they dont give a context of how this happened and why it is necessary to study math in the first place. While miachel may not be good at teaching math he is definitely able to build up intrest in that subject which,unfortunately, no maths teacher does

    • @terrilee5163
      @terrilee5163 Před 5 lety +7

      if micheal from vsauce were to teach math the students would never make it through the curriculum in time😂

    • @koolkat-hq5xc
      @koolkat-hq5xc Před 5 lety +3

      @@spirou2012 but Micheal is someone I can actually listen to. He's not intimidating and he manages to keep everyone interested.

    • @serraramayfield9230
      @serraramayfield9230 Před 4 lety +1

      your creepy emo cousin Because he has good social skills and has the correct intonation for lectures. Most teachers don't, or don't understand the relationship between presentation and reflection.

  • @mariaacosta8920
    @mariaacosta8920 Před 2 lety +214

    I needed this video… and looking at these comments I feel better about myself, knowing I’m not the only one, just as the video says.
    I need more videos like this to help me get through my day!!

  • @getrekm8993
    @getrekm8993 Před 7 lety +2209

    Math was one of my favorite subjects in school, but then I lost interest when the alphabet got involved.

    • @jahanvisinghhh
      @jahanvisinghhh Před 6 lety +38

      LMAO SAME

    • @minhthaonguyen1741
      @minhthaonguyen1741 Před 6 lety +15

      That's... not how it went in my place

    • @jns8212
      @jns8212 Před 6 lety +34

      getrekm8 you mean variables right? Yeah then! Me too!!!

    • @fawaznawab3455
      @fawaznawab3455 Před 6 lety +9

      correct

    • @based_dragon_0110
      @based_dragon_0110 Před 6 lety +48

      Circumference and variables and exponents are a complete joke lol try learning standard deviation and anti derivatives then come back to me

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek Před 7 lety +50

    That's the problem with our education where teachers can't explain things properly, have no patience and where you look like a total failure if you didn't understand what they explained. The competitive aspect also makes you feel like a looser where once you loose once you will keep on loosing. Students need to feel comfortable and find passion in math.

    • @claudiaitzaclaurdz1113
      @claudiaitzaclaurdz1113 Před 7 lety +14

      MultiSciGeek unfortunately the government doesn't give a shit.

    • @MultiSciGeek
      @MultiSciGeek Před 7 lety +2

      Yes sadly

    • @briapryor1709
      @briapryor1709 Před 5 lety

      Yeah. At my school we have a math teacher that knows what she’s talking about, and it helps the other students a lot.

  • @aliensinmyass7867
    @aliensinmyass7867 Před 3 lety +105

    My year 11 maths teacher told me I had a "wooden skull" and would shout at me for getting questions wrong. I ended up getting the highest grade in the class after studying every day for weeks, and a while later she congratulated me, and I said "no thanks to you" then walked away as quickly as I possible could

    • @78anurag
      @78anurag Před 3 lety +24

      r/badass

    • @duaa7576
      @duaa7576 Před 2 lety +4

      she deserved that. I also struggle with my current y11 maths teacher. If you get a question wrong, you literally have to discuss your mistakes with her in front of the entire class. And then she assumes that if you aren't asking her a question per lesson, than you don't understand the work and you're "hiding behind other students".
      And she's made her fair share of patronising comments too "how do you guys not understand this?!" somehow expecting everyone to magically understand every maths problem out there.

    • @georgiana1147
      @georgiana1147 Před 2 lety +1

      as u should

  • @MochiyaRandom
    @MochiyaRandom Před 2 lety +94

    In my opinion, kids in Asia ( especially at East, and Southeastern Asia ) have more chance to have this syndrome as almost all my classmates tell each other that the semester math test is very hard, even though the teacher tell us the questions were similar to what he have given. It's like as if my friends lost their memories about the lesson my teacher has given. Also, that makes us more anxious when the teacher who teachs us math told us that only two of 46 students only passed the test. Also, pretty much all Cindo ( Chinese Indonesian ) parents force their children to have a good math score.

    • @thatguywhois
      @thatguywhois Před 2 lety +3

      true bro.. Cindo kids have it hard.

    • @marionetteproject508
      @marionetteproject508 Před rokem

      What happens if you're from polynesia?

    • @MochiyaRandom
      @MochiyaRandom Před rokem

      @@marionetteproject508 I have no idea about it as I'm from Indonesia...

    • @hikaryagravity
      @hikaryagravity Před 6 měsíci

      No it's everywhere in the world and indeed Asia dealt with it better

  • @hyporally
    @hyporally Před 2 lety +1762

    Most problems looked like:
    John has 2 apples;Calculate the mass of the Sun

    • @ludociel7553
      @ludociel7553 Před 2 lety +183

      @Scarlet Velvet 梦 Then, multiply it with the quantity of the stars in the sky

    • @youwantmyname9208
      @youwantmyname9208 Před 2 lety +228

      Mine was
      Rose want to measure a water bottle length, instead of taking a god damn ruler, she wanted to use one of the most complex solution possible

    • @jeanityjeanity87
      @jeanityjeanity87 Před 2 lety +12

      OMG LMFAO

    • @snow_princess756
      @snow_princess756 Před 2 lety +9

      😂😂😂

    • @angeliquemcauliffe9211
      @angeliquemcauliffe9211 Před 2 lety +77

      @@youwantmyname9208 also: why the heck would you measure a water bottle. No one knows.

  • @sreelakshmisuresh1790
    @sreelakshmisuresh1790 Před 3 lety +162

    No matter how hard I've studied I'll still do silly mistake and lose my marks in maths
    Have to improve it

  • @kasperbennetsen6302
    @kasperbennetsen6302 Před 7 lety +30

    I get anxiety attacks in nearly every math class, I my heart beats faster, I get cold sweat and can't concentrate. I once fainted walking up to the teacher because he had a problem for me I had to solve in front of the class.
    But when I sit alone, I do a lot better.

  • @5thjuly
    @5thjuly Před 2 lety +32

    i never knew people actually felt this way. ive always loved math despite being exceedingly better at english....i find math to be very calming. i hope everyone dealing with this receives the courage and support they need when it comes to math

    • @maoachao
      @maoachao Před 2 lety +1

      tysm

    • @sadiedisenchantment2334
      @sadiedisenchantment2334 Před 2 lety +8

      calming? oh.. haha ok....
      HOW-

    • @frostgamer8702
      @frostgamer8702 Před 2 lety +7

      CALMING!?! CALMING!?! DID YOU JUST SAY MATH AND CALMING BOTH IN THE SAME SENTENCE!?!

    • @ezzatisaid
      @ezzatisaid Před 2 lety +3

      OMG FINALLY!! Most of the 20% are here whining about math and while I'm not top tier math fan I've always thought that it is just what it is. Very happy to see that there are others who don't find math soOOoOOo scary 💯

  • @hybridhd7436
    @hybridhd7436 Před 4 lety +107

    Then you got me with severe dyscalculia so math is almost impossible. Literally everything but addition and subtraction stumps me, it's like I hit a wall that will never be broken. I can tell the time, but always confuse my right and left. I also have horrendous reaction time and terrible memory. I remember just absolutely crumbling in tears whenever I was asked to go to the board back in elementary and high school because I literally just couldn't do the math and was always extremely far behind everybody else. My sister always helped me though because me and her are the same age and inseparable.

    • @wafflelexus6281
      @wafflelexus6281 Před 3 lety +10

      I can't understand anything or solve them i almost tear up when the teacher told me to stand up and answer

    • @voldemortthenoselessfreak2126
      @voldemortthenoselessfreak2126 Před 3 lety +7

      Yes Dyscalculia! I sometimes wish I had Math anxiety rather than Dyscalculia. especially having Dyscalculia is not only means you're very slow to learn maths, it's also inability to read maps and memorize the person's name right after you met them. heck, until now I tend to forgot my family's birthday's (except my mom's because we share same birthdate) and my phone number despite I would ask them quite a few times. and whats more; I remember I tend to easily learn the formula/equation of a basic math. but just 1 or 2 days passed, guess what? MY MIND WOULD FORGET IT. it's like my mind had a sudden Dementia. which is frustrating because I remember actually enjoyed learning those.

    • @rumblefish9
      @rumblefish9 Před 2 lety +2

      Im the same way, but mine is stemmed from abuse as a child. I often struggled with math as a young child and my mother would make it worse by berating me because in her words, "i got smarter when I was crying". What a terrible person, right? At university, I finally conquered my fear and got a 1.8 average in algebra which I deeply hated.

    • @elenam.sogoba9045
      @elenam.sogoba9045 Před 2 lety +4

      I wanna get tested for dyscalculia cause maths is super super hard for me

    • @heidik670
      @heidik670 Před 2 lety +4

      @@elenam.sogoba9045 if you can get tested, then please do. Most learning disability centers have reasonable-ish test rates for dyscalculia. When I got my diagnosis, it really changed my life for the better

  • @mirandaeira7309
    @mirandaeira7309 Před 7 lety +17

    I realized that my confidence in maths highly affects my results.After always getting it wrong, you can't believe you got it right.I had to rely on peeking on answers because I was so scared.

  • @sakuranovaryan9261
    @sakuranovaryan9261 Před 2 lety +10

    How my math teacher thought I was autistic and my mother hit me for the first time all cause of math anxiety💀
    But I'm glad to have been able to make them understand that I had anxiety attacks and after a while they did understand. Cooperated with me which helped me overcome my anxiety. Now I can finally say with confidence i love math ^.^

  • @fatherlouiswilliamssugaada3073

    I'm going to watch this video before every math test I have

    • @ze8545
      @ze8545 Před 6 lety +2

      Father Louis Williams Suga Adams Junior the third ey armyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

    • @tc0336
      @tc0336 Před 6 lety

      Father Louis Williams Suga Adams Junior the third lmao army is everywhere 😂❤️

  • @higurashikai09
    @higurashikai09 Před 7 lety +58

    Math needs to be taught with more flexibility. I've had experiences where another approach worked but I wasn't allowed or told of that method:
    Learning math problems with variable was easier to understand with multiple variable assigned to different parts of the question first before narrowing down to one variable. I learned this method from my mother, but was not allowed to use it in class because that was too "difficult" and would be used in the following year.
    The same with Sine and Cosine (is that how to spell it? I can't remember...). The teacher had us all memorize what Sin1 and Cosine1 etc was, but then later showed us a graph which showed exactly what the answers were. I found these graphs incredibly useful in memorizing the answers but the teacher made everyone do it the hard way first with no visual references.
    I don't understand why they pick and choose methods of learning. I need to have options and the ability to use what I know works for me. If Both methods receive the same results then let students stick to what works for them.

    • @sergiolozavillarroel3784
      @sergiolozavillarroel3784 Před 7 lety +4

      FluteGeek09 You are right, maths are like a tool, you will only use the best to do a job.

    • @a13xlaircey666
      @a13xlaircey666 Před 6 lety

      I was lucky. I had teachers who made us do the same problem 4 different ways, and use them to check each other. If all the answers didn't match, that meant we did one of the methods wrong. And that's just part of the reason I love math!

    • @mohsinhussain4086
      @mohsinhussain4086 Před 6 lety

      wth are u speaking

  • @Psrj-ad
    @Psrj-ad Před 7 lety +889

    I get the anxioty part of math because at school its like ANSWER IT CORRECTLY IN 1min OR FUCKING DIE.

    • @emilleanthonette
      @emilleanthonette Před 7 lety +6

      Exotic Butters Exactly. I'm in that situation too!

    • @blmn564
      @blmn564 Před 7 lety +2

      I am replying to the smartest person ever!!! Do YOU watch Markiplier?

    • @AnjulaChanel
      @AnjulaChanel Před 7 lety +3

      Yee... you're just overreacting. The worst thing that can happen if you dont solve it is you getting bad grade. You don't die, grades are meaningless and you can have a fulfilled life even if you drop out of school (not sayin u should)

    • @jessrosehyde6835
      @jessrosehyde6835 Před 7 lety +6

      when I was 8 I was getting private math tutoring, she would literally scream at me if I didn't answer quick enough. I'm 24 now, still have horrible anxiety about math and just anxiety in general.

    • @rashasalim1259
      @rashasalim1259 Před 7 lety +1

      when I was at second grade my teacher slapped my for not doing my homework...I think there was when my anxiety starts even though I love math :(

  • @allison6612
    @allison6612 Před 2 lety +5

    I was always ahead in math when I was younger up until 5th grade I began to struggle and fall behind. In my 7th grade year I completely gave up, I never turned in homework, never passed tests due to all the stress. In my 9th grade year, I had realized I didn't know as much as my other classmates but I had put in the effort and was passing all my tests. I am now a sophomore taking Algebra 3 and I actually enjoy math now!

  • @johngodfreymalig2328
    @johngodfreymalig2328 Před 5 lety +27

    I just learned to become masochistic with it. My brain hurts so bad, but the feeling of accomplishment feels SO GOOD.

  • @darkness5562
    @darkness5562 Před 5 lety +212

    Math is easy until sin, cos, tan and cot. A ton of things to remember and you always wonder what method to use for each question in such a short time

    • @alaaaziz3565
      @alaaaziz3565 Před 4 lety +1

      Wait can someone explain what those are

    • @baguettegott3409
      @baguettegott3409 Před 4 lety +22

      ​@@alaaaziz3565 They are a lot of things... most importantly they are certain relations between angles and side lengths in a right triangle, and they're functions that look like waves. They are very useful and, once you get used to them, they become very friendly :)

    • @alaaaziz3565
      @alaaaziz3565 Před 4 lety

      @@baguettegott3409 thanks

    • @dddancer1992
      @dddancer1992 Před 4 lety +4

      Agreed, trig identities and unit circle are the worst 🤢🤢

    • @marvinfung2050
      @marvinfung2050 Před 4 lety +7

      DD dancer I do think explaining where they come is like a necessity for trig identities. There's just way too many. If you like to know, at 3blue1brown CZcams, they have a good video recently about a certain trig identity which helps you explain the rest.
      The general idea is complex numbers and multiply them is like rotating the complex plane. So if you multiply by a complex number it like adding an amount of degrees.

  • @tharukaherath3335
    @tharukaherath3335 Před 7 lety +363

    Nowaday Math Teachers:
    DO OR DO NOT, THERE IS NO TRY

    • @based_dragon_0110
      @based_dragon_0110 Před 6 lety +20

      That was math the entire time

    • @harinirajesh3838
      @harinirajesh3838 Před 5 lety +4

      It should actually be try, we should be encouraged to experiment.. The system is broken I swear.

    • @Priyajit_Ghosh
      @Priyajit_Ghosh Před 5 lety +2

      Heisenberg : I am NOT CERTAIN about this.

    • @eira6844
      @eira6844 Před 5 lety +2

      Or else you will not graduate

    • @Skrogur
      @Skrogur Před 4 lety +2

      i understood that reference XD

  • @pondishy
    @pondishy Před 2 lety +19

    This video makes me feel way better about that time i cried in the middle of a math test in senior year of highschool, I was so scared of failing that I couldn't concentrate and that stress made me burst into tears :( I felt so embarrassed of myself after that (still do, but less) And that made me really scared that I wasn't going to be good enough to study the university career that I wanted because I was "mediocre" at math. But I really really wanted to get into this career, so I forced myself to understand and eat up my fear of asking for help and if all payed up! Cause at the end of the year my teacher warmed up to me and treated me way nicer than years prior, he said that he was proud of me that I had changed for the better, it was really nice! That gave me the confidence to pursue the career I really wanted, which is medical technology, and I'm really glad I didn't give up bc it's such a fun and interesting career, I'm always excited to know what's the next thing I can learn and it's so refreshing compared to school. Like- I had never been so excited to go to class until I started uni! But uh anyways... going back to math, im in my 3rd year of university, and even tough I'm still not the best at math and still takes me a while to catch up to what the professors teach, im way better than how I was in highschool, and that encourages me a lot! There's obviously moments where I get the anxiety again, but taking deep breaths and reassuring myself that even if i fail I can learn from this, is really calming.
    Remember that you're not born knowing how to do things, and that that's why you're learning/studying/practicing! failing is just, y'know, a part of the learning process :))
    You'll end up being good at something eventually! but you have to allow yourself to understand that failing is not a bad thing bc it allows you to learn from your mistakes so in the future you can recognize them and be able to fix them! :))
    (Sidenote: this definitely has a lot of grammar mistakes jajsja I'm really sorry about that, english is my second language jajsja)

    • @funkyjunky845
      @funkyjunky845 Před 2 lety +2

      Your life experience almost correlates with mine ;) I too had maths anxiety in high school and got F many times. I used to think that maths is not made for me, but I started to train my mind by focusing on logic, concepts and problem solving. After 2 years, got 1520 in SAT and 34/36 in ACT, got into CSE and we have to apply advanced Mathematics and Coding skills in Machine learning programme. I am in a stage where I find Maths addictive. Anyone can learn this, if they change their mindset, literally.

    • @funkyjunky845
      @funkyjunky845 Před 2 lety +1

      From that stage when I was almost failed in 11grade to now, can't be forgot, by me :D My friends still don't get to believe how I did this lol

  • @yeeeek7278
    @yeeeek7278 Před 3 lety +172

    the reason math gives me anxiety is because some people who can do it faster think it's easy for everyone else
    "oh you can't even do that?" they simply assume that everyone should be able to solve equations as fast as them

    • @luisoncpp
      @luisoncpp Před 2 lety +8

      Solving equations faster is not "being good at math", they just don't know what are they talking about.

    • @iloveexo5287
      @iloveexo5287 Před rokem

      Yes.

    • @khodjiabarbaxtiyorvekov9430
      @khodjiabarbaxtiyorvekov9430 Před rokem +1

      I think this comment best suits to my state, because when my dad asked me to sum up,I couldn't solve it and my dad and my family stared at me and saying you are not even able to solve this simple thing, why are going to math,and after that I felt even depressed, anxious.

    • @chongliyang4044
      @chongliyang4044 Před rokem

      @@luisoncpp elaborate? i'm pretty sure being able to solve maths quicker is one aspect of being good in maths, although not the most important

  • @zainaba.9127
    @zainaba.9127 Před 3 lety +137

    I finally found a name for my feelings when I have a math test

  • @neilcastaneda612
    @neilcastaneda612 Před 5 lety +62

    When my teacher calling us one by one i my heart beat fast because in my mind if I answer the question /problem I think that my classmate should laugh at me😪so when my teacher written a problem I not look at him.

  • @sienna8342
    @sienna8342 Před 2 lety +7

    One c in math made me anxious about school entirely! The next time I went to that class, I was shaking and shivering 😍😍Oh and this happened in other subjects too. Even the ones I was good at. This anxious feeling still lingers and its been a year :) Thank you math!

  • @Laura-ij5yh
    @Laura-ij5yh Před 7 lety +45

    I think i have that. Sometimes, in Math, i feel like i have to cry...