I most definitely have dyscalculia but didn’t know it had an official name until now. However my relationship with math is very strong. I was placed in a “special” math class at a young age because I couldn’t add two numbers together or memorize my multiplication tables (I still can’t to this day). However once I was introduced to abstract math and higher level calculus, I quickly excelled beyond all my peers (and even some of my professors). I have been described as an upside down pyramid when it comes to math.
LOL I hear you. I was floored when one of my friends (university maths teacher) told me I was quite good at maths. Simply because when he told me what he was teaching his masterclass students that semester, I understood. It made perfect sense to me, as long as you keep those pesky numbers far away from it! I am a numbers-idiot!
You have some Goofy Ahh numbers to deal I'm lucky I'm born out of an orgasm but you need to step up your game before you get bitches what if you can't pay clothes? What If you can't pay? And no, we don't trade salt for fish anymore so uhhh GOOD LUCK
Yeah that's the same for me 🤣 I'm way better at abstract concepts than the really mechanical parts of math. I definitely am not a math genius and I haven't done it in university. But my boyfriend used to explain these concepts he was learning and he would talk about them like they were really weird and mystical, but to me they were just like music.
I used to jokingly say I have "number dyslexia" years ago, before I ever heard of dyscalculia. I always seem to switch numbers around in my head when I first read them. I used to have to do calculations, SIMPLE calculations, more than once to ensure I had the correct answer; most of the time I had at least a few answers off. All my math done without a calculator is counting on my fingers, or imagining the question written out in my head and I'm using my finger as an invisible pencil. It's kind of a relief to find out it's not just me, it's actually a recognized condition.
SAME id always joke about it especially when I kept accidentally switching numbers around and people would look at me like I’m crazy. This makes so much sense now 😭
Yes, I feel all of these :( and people always think it's because of the lack of education. Lies. I've studied math all my life and memorized formulas and always seem to forget them always. We are smart in our own ways may we never forget that. In fact, we work twice as hard because of our difference. Thank you for this video its nice to spread awareness about this. I picked myself apart for years until I got recently diagnosed with it this year. I felt so relieved.
im afraid of telling anyone but i think I've had enough ever since since grade math has been difficult and now it's getting more advanced and I barely pass my teachers always tells me they only give a few stuff to do that is true but at the pace im learning and the fact that i forget them this is near hopeless unless i have my notebook to remind me 24/7
I relate. 5th grade we had an ice cream party- and how many toppings we get was dependent on if we could finish these math tests within one minute. Each passed test was another topping. I couldn’t finish any of them within the minute provided and I was literally the only one with no toppings. Idk it might be trivial but like- I cried lmao. I felt so stupid
@@twickersKnist nah that feels exclusive. Although the teacher probably didn't understand your problem. I've got ADHD and anxiety. Math has always been hard for me. I don't know if I'm dyslexic but it still hurts when playing a card game based on the amount of numbers you have at the end and I take longer to count. I've been to tutoring and summer school. I honestly don't know what to do about it now but I always try to remind myself that I am worth it & that my friends aren't judging me they understand. My cat doesn't care nor does my dog if I have trouble sometimes.
Can you make more videos about Dyscalculia? I find it so hard to explain to friends that it's not just about "having difficulties with math" but that it has an effect on how you live your whole life.
12/12. Math, Physics or anything with many numbers makes me go into full panic/anxiety attack because I don't understand it and it makes me feel so anxious. Also, the fact that my family (and people around me in general) are so good at math, they think that I am incredibly stupid or acting like a child because I can't solve even the easiest stuff...please don't tell people that they are worthless, idiotic or "pretending" just because they can't do the same thing as you...
... i skipped school because of this. Even if its just about sitting there and not having to do any tasks, it still triggers my fight or flight response.. so i cant do anything for a few days, it breaks me down mentally..
I'm an engineering student but pretty sure I have this. I always make the dumbest mistakes in my tests. It's like the reasoning part of an exercise for me is easy but the whole arithmetic or algebraing part is extremely hard. I've learned to cope with other methods that my classmates don't.
When I learnt that dance moves were related, I was floored. I got very emotional in a swing dancing class because I was embarrassed I just couldn't make sense of the steps as quickly as everyone else. I'm now realising that all my successes (including academic because I have ADHD, and social because I'm autistic) have come from excessive practice behind the scenes. No wonder I'm burnout.
I love dancing, had ballerina classes, but when I had to do it for my schools exams... I almost tried to injured myself on my feet, so I coudn´t. The pressure was too much and I was so embarrassed for my constant mistakes
Yep! I was diagnosed at an early age. My math teacher noticed that I was struggling when we started learning multiplication and division. He contacted my mother and they had me tested. I have always avoided a job position that involves handling money. It takes a special kind of teacher to get the information across. I've had to create patterns in certain situations to know the right answer. There has never been a doubt in my diagnoses. Despite my dyslexia, I am a decent writer. English is my favorite subject.
You are so lucky you had that teacher and that they got you tested. All I got from teachers was anger and frustration. I have gone all my life avoiding so many types of jobs because I am "bad at math" I never even thought of going to college because I knew I would have more math there. I never knew until 2020 when I found out about dyscalculia that I have a learning disability, and now it all makes sense when I look back. So many things could have probably been different if I had known this about myself when I was a student.
Sigh 😢 I still remember staring at the math problems on chalkboard in grade school in front of the class wishing the floor would swallow me up. Finally a retired teacher in an summer program gave me some tools with math and I finally started to succeed in math. Arithmetic still gets me but for some reason I can do algebra. I got As and Bs in algebra, trig and geometry! I love to read and my English professor loved my papers and told me I should be a writer 😂!
i felt so seen and understood, i cried at the end. I can't explain why, but all of what you said was a big part of my life. Everyone would call me lazy or dumb, but i tried my hardest to understand and memorize everuthing, but just couldn't. Thank you so much for such a great video and test! I got 10/12 :)
I could cry watching this. I’ve struggled (and still do) with a lot of these and although it hasn’t prevented me from getting good grades in school, I have found myself in some awkward situations where I don’t come to an answer quickly as others, and in consequence, become even further paralyzed in my anxiety instead of dedicating my energy through working through the given problem in my mind. I can’t visualize numbers well (let alone memorize them!) as, I suspect, I have no emotional attachment to numbers like I do words. Give me a piece of paper and a pencil and I’m fine. Might even finish the test before many of my peers. Put me on the spot about percentages or multiplication/division of any more than single digit numbers, and watch me flounder! Takes me right back to being eight years old and being asked by my parent, angrily, “whats ____ times ___??!!” over and over again with no space to think and me just shutting down. Now that I’m older I realize the biggest impediment to mental arithmetic is, for me, my anxiety. Although I wouldn’t wish this hurdle on anyone, I do take comfort in that I’m not alone in this and that there is actually a term for what I’ve been struggling over for years!
Oh hell, yes! It IS hell. As a child I slept with a booklet of the multiplication-tables under my pillow for years, reading them every night and sometimes mornings, and they are still not 'there when I need them'. Yes, my parents tried to 'drill them into me' (both teachers then, old school, lots and lots of repetition), and even though my mother worked with extremely dim kids professionally (the lowest levels of higher education), even she gave up ... Finished at near-university-level, but still cannot calculate anything without fingers/paper/computer and will never, never trust the outcome completely. I seem to be very good at maths, as long as there are no actual numbers involved.....so weird! (I have no issues with the concept, I just cannot prove/disprove anything because of the bloody numbers game.) You are not alone, and yes, it sucks!
@@muurrarium9460 thank you so much for this reply. I’m on a life long journey of finding work arounds and techniques that can cater to this challenge. I’m wishing the both of us the best! If you find anything that helps you and you find your way back to this video someday, please share. (As will I) Bless!
Hi, thank you for this short and rich video. I have been struggling with maths, physics etc my whole education. I am actually crying when I think about it - no one ever diagnosed me with a learning difficulty even though - children were diagnosed for dyslexia all the time. I first learned the term 'dyscalculia' about two years ago (im 29 now). Believe me - learning that this thing exists was freeing. I felt like someone finally said 'you were not lazy, you were not stupid, you were not problematic, you were not stubborn, you were not a shame - you are just dyscalculiac'. I felt like someone have taken a big amount of weight off my shoulders. Years and years of terrible school anxiety, facing difficulties that no one else understood, being ashamed for being stupid... I hate my school times - I was the happiest person alive when I graduated from highschool and I knew I wont have to do maths ever again. If a person haven't been through what I ve been through for a great part of my life, they won't understand what it means. I used to be ashamed that I cant tell the time quickly, that I cannot perform easy calculating in my mind, that I have no rhythm, that I don't remember my address, that I don't remember birthdays etc. Now when someone is trying to drag me down when I start to struggle with numbers I proudly and confident say 'I have dyscalculia, I need to take time' and I feel valuable again. I have been through a nightmare and I don't blame my parents. Why would they know about something like dyscalculia? But I do blame all the teachers that I met in my life, who were shaming me, meanwhile they were educated to notice that a child has learning difficulties and they should have been ones to help. I can't believe I have learned term dyscalculia completely accidentally surfing the internet but no educated teacher suggested that during my 13 years of public schooling in primary education.
Question. Why do you call it mathS ? I'm in the US, and I never called it that, nor hear a person I know is from the US say or write that. It is math here..NO S. I hear other people say that, but I've always wondered WHY? Same thing with people saying. I'm going to university. Where here you'd say I'm going to THE university. THE doctor, THE hospital, THE store, THE school, THE car. Just curious, not a criticism.
@@Do-U-Know-me00 Hey, i am not a native speaker of English language so I may do an error here and there. About maths - I think I was taught this way in school but I cannot be sure. Also I believe this might be a broad subject - maths as a science not just math as adding etc
Yes, so much! I was a straight A student except for math in which I got Cs and Ds. Somehow my teachers and parents blamed me for being “lazy” or not caring about my grades, even though in all other subjects I was excelling. I’m 41 now, have a Masters in History and a successful career as an ESL teacher and teacher trainer, but basic math still causes severe anxiety. During COVID I was helping my friend’s 3rd grade son with his online classes and nearly had a breakdown when we got to his math work because it was still stumping me. Having this disorder sucks.
same here. my best friend was so sure she'd be able to help me with math, but as soon as she started asking questions to figure out where my level was I started getting anxious and upset. I'm 32. anything beyond simple addition and subtraction is a struggle.
Saaaaaaame! AP classes left and right, and special ed math. It was a very tough time. I googled my way through all my college math classes and I'm so grateful that I can carry a calculator in my pocket...and that I figured out how to use Excel formulas :)
Same here!!! I was always called lazy and “bad at math”! I just turned 50 this year. I got my bachelor’s degree in nursing in my 20s, only having to take 2 math classes. I would have graduated with a 4.0 if it weren’t for Cs in those 2 classes. (And I only got Cs because I had a tutor 5 days a week in each class!) it’s nice to know that it’s actually a learning disorder and that I’m not stupid.
OMG! My homies! I'm 42. I had the same math instructor for 3 years between 8th and 12th grade and she honestly just thought I didn't care, but I almost never ditched her class. In fact, last year, I'd actually come to her class instead of one of my other classes. Ended up having to get my GED and JUST BARELY passed the math portion, which I had mostly studied months for. English and History or whatever the other part was were high 90s and I barely practiced any of it. Got a BS and failed like Math 85 the first time and the second time around, SAME CLASS I only got a C. My GF at the time and my father both tried to help me and I just wasn't getting it. They thought I was messing around because I didn't want to do the work, but I was acing all my other classes except Speech, and that's a whole other story. Anyway, I'm a programmer and my first test was pencil and paper writing a program to calculate all prime numbers between 0 and 100... I didn't even know what a Prime number was! Thankfully, the guy who was going to be my manager thought it was complete BS and did it for me. Aside from getting one offs in loops a lot, I'm a pretty good programmer and rarely have to deal with math in a meaningful way. Lol, I honestly just thought I was bad at math. I only got to this video, because my Ex is Dyslexic and I was checking if my kid had those problems. I'm definitely not Dyslexic, but probably totally dyscalculic(?)!
I'm honestly terrified of the day my kids come home with any type of math homework and God forbid they need help 😭🤦 I legit I have no idea what I'm going to do.. they're in Pre-K and kindergarten and I'm not kidding y'all, I will not be able to help them past 2md grade!!!
I was diagnosed with dyscalculia earlier this year and it was bittersweet. On one hand I was relieved but on the other hand I was saddened that it wasn't caught sooner. Tests like the one in this video are very useful. Thank you for making it
I really want to help you guys but are you guys willing to learn it back from the basics like grade 1 stuff ? I have seen too many ppl learning this subject on the wrong track . if I can fix a lot of you ... would you guys be interested ? Nelson
@@nelsonfung7642 I sense that you mean well but when you offer to "fix" people it doesn't come off well. Thanks for the offer but I'm already doing the best I can.
@@rahbeeuh it's not easy for you to learn it by yourself...... 😓 this subject is extremely hard to teach and if you are thinking about the same stuff over and over again , you won't be able to improve .... 🤦♂️ you work twice as hard as others but the results are half...... the reason why smart genius dont need to work so hard is because they have different thoughts about the same thing we see.... just like music ..... my friends can hear notes but I cant only hear sounds ....... if i need to learn music i need their help to fix my problems . if you have friends that are great in math you should ask them how to do it as detail as you can . some of them will give you some insights but depending on how they present using what kind of words.... i bet you dunno for addition and subtraction there are many different meanings right ?🥴 and when doing addition , I sometimes use subtraction for them . subtractions I use additions sometimes . same as multiple and division .I use addition and subtraction for them . at the end we fuse everything together cause of the concepts and meaning go through each other .
@@nelsonfung7642 I had my basics taught about 47 years ago. "New math" really sucks goats testicles. ("Old math" also did not help me much ;D ) I am currently learning 'new math' for a stupid exam. If you have another idea...plze let me know!
Yup, we had a game in primary school where the whole class would chant the times table, say “ 6 x 8 is… “ and then the teacher would point to someone and they had to yell out the answer alone. That game struck fear into me like no bully could. I tried flash cards, audio tapes, chanting, visual aides, absolutely nothing worked. I’m 39 and to this day I only know my 2x, 5x, and 10x tables, they just don’t make sense to my brain
I answered "Yes" to 10 of these. Several years ago, my Mom, who was an accountant, called me one day and said she read an article about dyscalculia, and thought I might have it. Now I understand why anything numerical is so hard for me. All those hours of agonizing over math homework as a child. Thanks for this quiz.
Yea same, except my mother wasnt exactly forthcoming about my disorders I spent an incredible amount of time memorizing times tables, and even then it was shoddy and id swap numbers things like 7*8 and 6*7 always swapped and I still don't know which ones 49. Also I was skilled at math, bc my step dad was a math teacher, and drilled it into me, but I'd always lose a letter grade on my tests and hw(when I did it) bc of just making up numbers. Like I'd write something down and mistake a number and as soon as I see the mistake I recognize that yea no it doesn't need explaining what I did wrong I just replaced digits.
I was diagnosed with “mirrored Vision when I was in 2nd grade and later diagnosed with dyslexia. I was in Learning Disabled classes up until my high school years. I have always suspected that I had discalcula . I was always reversing 2+ digit numbers, to this day do know know my multiplication tables and have to use my fingers to count things. I have a bachelor’s degree and am an art teacher. But I had to take the math part of the certification exam 9 times before I passed it. I have great anxiety when it comes to math. But I tell my students my story and I try to encourage them to go for their dreams no matter if they have to work harder then the next person or not. 😊
I've been aware I have dyscalculia for years but this was still incredibly validating, thanks. Everything but birthdays for me, but I think this is where a different part of my brain/neurodivergency takes over: I can pretty much visualise time ahead of me and know there's a pin or hook against certain dates. I won't always remember what it's for, but I will remember I need to remember it! I'm glad to see dyscalculia (and neurodivergency in general) get a lot more attention recently. There's still so much shame attached to not being able to do mental arithmetic. I was lucky that, being very quiet and studious, I could mask it for most of school but in adulthood it's not so easy and people are very quick to point out that I can't have tried hard in school. But I find numbers so heavy! Does anybody else? If I hold them in my head too long (to subtract one from another, or to work out how many coins I need) they just get heavier and heavier until I have to drop one. That's how I perceive it anyway. Thanks for this :)
You’re welcome and I’m glad you liked it! And I definitely agree with you that there seems to be more shame and stigma around dyscalculia. I believe there is still a lot of work to do in that regard. And when it comes to numbers “feeling heavy” I can definitely relate 😊 Even though I personally might have described it a little different.
@infinityrose92 Ah it's so nice to meet others that experience life this way. The internet is a nasty place at times but it can also feel like quite a familiar place :) I was That Millennial in quite a lot of jobs, cashier being the worst. I would have to count up the till (US: register) at night with a supervisor watching me. Still makes me feel cold and sick thinking about it! Thanks for responding 😊
Some of these questions were slightly based on if the person was an adult and lived in a western area. However, most of the questions is generic which helped me understand I might have dyscalculia. I always struggled with math and only now do I understand it. Seriously, thank you so much for this!
Math has always caused me anxiety. I was diagnosed with Dyscalculia when I was younger. Time for me is a problem. I arrive to early to places as I don’t know when I should leave. I also have problems with size like putting left overs away in a container and not knowing what size I should grab.
Thanks so much for this video. One of my most vivid anxiety inducing memories (from my 7th grade year in 1967) is one of being sent to the chalkboard to solve a math problem; the children to my right and left always finished 1st leaving me to feel like the inept one. I hated math class for this reason. However, I loved my 6th grade teacher because she knew i could spell circles around the other kids and so held frequent spelling bees to give me a chance to shine. I will never forget Miss Martin. Also, i've never been good at learning dance steps so never tried out for cheerleading or anything of that sort, but never tied it to dyscalculia. However, one strong indicator that i'm not dyscalculic(?) is that i passed a real estate agent's math exam (some years ago) with flying colors-- and i actually enjoyed it. Especially noteworthy is that there were approximately 20 of us in the class and i was one of only 2 who passed. Yes, some types of math are greek to me, but my brain can see the sense in (and thereby retain) what i can only call practical math. Thanks again for sharing this video.
I recently was diagnosed with ADHD so I’ve been doing a lot of research on learning disabilities, autism, dyslexia etc.. and there’s no doubt in my mind that I have Dyscalculia. I’ve struggled with it my whole life and answered yes to every question. I barely survived passing my math classes and getting enough credits in them to graduate. I’m happy that now as an adult I’ve been able to figure out these things about myself but I’m sad that no one caught on and I wasn’t able to get help sooner.
Wow. I answered a whopping 10 without hesitation, and have always felt disadvantaged by this in school (that is despite my ability to remain in an honors program up until I just couldn’t be motivated to surmount the hardship anymore-in general I think children with learning disabilities were a second thought in these programs). I work around it by utilizing tools now, but back then it made me feel so incredibly stupid. :( And even still!!! People don’t get it. “That’s so simple to calculate, how slow are you?” You end up having to mask it with humor but self deprecating isn’t normal or healthy (not when you’re doing it as a defense mechanism). So bleh to everyone who messed with me. I feel seen and heard by this video. 😢
I was above-average in maths at school but think I have dyscalculia. It explains so much of how I experience the world!!! I related hard to many of these but diverged sharply on a few. I memorize pretty easily if I'm allowed to concentrate, for example, which has helped me fill in the gaps. I seem to understand maths slowly but deeply. My teachers were sometimes surprised by my strong test scores given the many confused questions I asked during class! Seriously, this clarifies so much for me. Thanks for talking about it 🙌
i was gifted in math, i've never had issues with numbers. i told a friend of mine that what they were experiencing might be dyscalculia after they talked about how numbers never worked in their brain no matter how much they tried and variables always made so much more sense. soon afterwards they got formally diagnosed, they have accommodations in school, and they're doing great in the academic math stream. that was still based off of my extremely rudimentary understanding of dyscalculia and I'm grateful for this video so I can better understand what people with dyscalculia are experiencing. it's a shame that most people aren't even aware of this disorder when it sounds like it impacts every corner of a person's life
I switched schools very early on to one with a harder math course and quickly fell behind and had to take remedial math classes after recess. My teacher suggested taking a test to see if I had a disability but I did well enough earlier (in the easier classes) that the school didn’t make me take it. In middle school i failed math for my entire 7th grade year. When I entered Highschool and had to teach myself math I found it anxiety inducing and stressful and suspected I might have Dyscalculia… low and behold this video is suggested to me 2 years after I had a name for what I was experiencing and answered “yes” on every question. If I had been tested as a child maybe I would not have to be here today
I was recently diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago, when I was around 20 years old, and have only recently learned about this learning disorder. I answered yes to every question. If I do have dyscalculia, that would make so much sense regarding my experience with math, charts, and numbers in general. My bullheadedness and desire to learn/understand prevented me from shying away from math as a subject, but it really would put some of my mental breakdowns and crying fits over a math problem into perspective. I can remember a few times on occasion where I felt so worthless because my mind just could not accept a certain piece of information. There are three that really stand out to me looking back on my k-12 experience: understanding the concept of remainders and how to perform longhand division, understanding what the concept of perpendicular meant in prealgebra, and how to calculate the area or volume of oddly shaped 3D figures (like the sloped bottom of a pool). It didn't really help that my main mentor, my dad, was a math whiz and when I wouldn't understand a concept or why he used a certain formula, he would get angry with me for not understanding it. I eventually stopped going to him for help and instead would just pester my teacher with questions about tiny situations that I NEEDED to know in order to understand why something in a problem is done in a certain way. I've gone through multiple semesters of chemistry, physics and calculus and I still struggle with a lot of relatively simple mathematical concepts. When counting my times tables, I still have to use my fingers in order to keep track of which multiple I'm on, I can't seem to keep track of that information in my head. I have to hold my finger up to a point on a graph in order to not lose track of where I'm looking. I can remember counting the steps of the houses I lived at when I was a kid and having to hold my finger up and close one eye, or else I would lose track of which step I was looking at. The same goes for analog clocks too, I have to count the lines every time to add up to the time, or with military time clocks after 12pm, I always have to split the number into easy to understand numbers, such as 21:00 I know there's a 12pm in there with a little more added, so it becomes 12+9=21. And seeing numbers in a row is just a recipe for me to mix them up or lose track of one in the middle. I struggle a ton with dates, and while I love history and learning about historical concepts, I couldn't tell you what happened when. I can never remember birthdays other than for a select few people in my life, but I couldn't tell you how old they are. I often lose track of when my own birthday is, so when it comes around I'm surprised to have lose track of the days so easily. And scantron tests where you fill in the bubble are awful because I have to constantly go back and forth between the question and the scantron to make sure I bubbled the right answer for the correct question. The same happens with numbers I input for tasks at work, I don't trust my eyes to have gotten it right the first time so I have to recheck multiple times to make sure I didn't miss any of the info. Gah, I could go on and on about this because I always thought everyone struggled like this with numbers and chronological stuff.
I have no contact with my dad, but I so badly want to scream from his rooftop with a bullhorn and maybe finally he'll think I'm not a total idiot, and just some lazy moron. Recently undiagnosed bipolar, properly diagnosed ADHD, c-ptsd and talking to my psychiatrist next week about a diagnosis for dyscalculia and spectrum disorder. I'm 37, I still suck my thumb and I'll mess with my hair until my arms feel like they'll fall off.. yea I'm totally normal.
I also said yes to 11/12 questions, I even wrote my answer down each question so I could remember, I didn’t even know this existed before, I came from one of your dislexia tests and now I’m sure I have dyscalculia 😭
12/12 for me. I'm 41 and was diagnosed with ADHD 6 years ago and just recently started researching dyslexia because of your video with the test for that and ended up with 10/12 on that one. I always knew I would get numbers switched around once in a while and always shrugged it off as reading too fast and not paying attention not realizing that it is more than that. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
I got diagnosed with dyscalculia when I was pretty young, but don’t have dyslexia. I do have trouble with reading regular clocks (not digital), left/right, months of the year, and it took me way too long to learn to tie my shoes (which apparently also is normal for people with dyscalculia). Some of those were mentioned in the dyslexia test you had. I literally can’t remember numbers though, I can’t remember what numbers I’m looking at while looking at them.
Thank you for this! I was always brushed off with having a math deficiency in school because I'm above average with words/reading. Recently I received a spree of parking fines because I was entering my plate # wrong on my parking app, this really does touch everyday life even outside of work.
:) parking fines. Not fun at all. One strategy I learnt was to check 3,4 or 5 times that I wrote stuff like a plate number correctly. Then at some point I just have to unwillingly trust that I finally got it right. Preferably I have other people check stuff like that. :). I never had a dyscalculia diag, but after I started hearing about it, I always felt it would be very interesting to get it checked.
Yes, now 48 y/o me wants to go back and re do grades 10,11& 12 with this new knowledge of “I literally suck at math for a reason” & then be allowed to have the help, & extra time to write my math tests & exams. Coz I could do math, but I had to do it all the long way (no mental math for me, plus I needed extra extra time to complete the tests). Great video!
💀 12/12 Also, what's especially interesting is the dance moves aspect. I've ALWAYS accidentally gone stage left when it should have been stage right (or vice-versa) during tap dancing lessons when I was a kid and in theatre later as an adult. The confusion that comes along with it feels almost like vertigo when standing on top of a tall building.
Maybe you shouldn't be dancing at a school where you're forced to dance in one way, how about going to dancehall concerts (my dad is in dancehall dream) and you can dance there in any way you want, no forcing, no disqualifications, no rules. You can basically go to dancehall! I'll show a clip czcams.com/video/x9vqbJ0VVOE/video.html
Oh man... you've got me with the time stuff. When I was a kid, it took me A LOT to figure out how the clocks work (I get confused sometimes nowadays as well lmao). Also the umability of calculating how long would it take me to do something or to go somewhere is a huge problem for me. I always tend to be super late or super early and I always feel so embarrassed and frustrated. Thank you for making this video. I felt understood ❤
I got a 9/10. I haven’t been officially diagnosed but believe I definitely have this. Another thing I struggle with is when writing down a number/phone number or even saying it out loud sometimes I switch the numbers order
I never even knew this had a name. I've spent my life feeling stupid and strange. Now I feel relief as I know that I'm just having dyscalculia. I'm not stupid or weird. Thank you so much for this video.
Yes to all, ugh. When I had trouble with one of my first jobs as a cashier (supposedly a very easy job for most) I felt I was going to definitely fail in life. So, I struggle with reading, writing, AND math. I'm 46, still struggling to find something I can do well that doesn't physically kill me.
This was such a big fear of mine growing up! I tried to avoid the cash register and handling any cash or coins -- especially in front of people. Now ive learned occassionally counting on my fingers or taking out my phone calculator is not a big deal. I just take out my phone and quitely to the basic math and for the most part no one cares. It is a bit embarassing but id rather get the answer right and keep my job.
12/12. this explains a lot oml i always struggled with remembering math concepts and it is a big factor of anxiety for me. when i was younger I'd have mental breakdowns because i couldn't understand anything or remember the material i also have a lot of ADHD symptoms, and dyscalicula is often connected to ADHD.
I said yes to eight of these questions. The math = anxiety thing really summed how I felt when dealing with math. In 6th grade I was brought up to the front of the school room and basically humiliated in front of the whole class by the teacher because I couldn't do simple multiplication in my head and had to use my fingers instead. That has always stuck with me and I hate trying to figure out math in the presence of other people. I have an odd one - I mix up my numbers if I try to write or type them its like i will write 345 and it should be 543 instead.
I feel the same exact way. And .... sadly the anxiety faced when calculating simple arithmatic in front of other people makes it 100 x worse to even try qnd get the answer in the first place.
I STRUGGLED with math in school. Now I'm a 4th grade math teacher! lol I never knew I could have dyscalculia until right now. This explains a lot. I teach math in an extremely explicit, bit by bit way. Now I know why I do that. Struggling students always thrive in my class and end up loving math because of my teaching style. I'm so intrigued to learn more about this.
Thanks for breaking it down so simply. As a kid I'd do the same math problems over and over and keep getting different answers, with no idea what I did differently each time. In college I had to do remedial algebra (of course) and passed it only by creating my own silly mnemonics, which I memorized instead of the formulas because I couldn't keep those straight. I definitely couldn't do those dance moves in the video, because it feels like I literally don't know how to manipulate my body in a specific order like that. I have trouble with directions and need Google maps even for places I've been countless times. This one isn't addressed often, but I also can't read music -- a sheet of music just looks like dots floating around a page, and I can't figure out how to relate it to the instrument. I am not officially diagnosed because I don't know how to go about that as an adult, but it was such a relief the first time I heard of dyscalculia and saw all the weird things about me -- things my parents used to get upset about because I was "just being stubborn" -- all listed together.
Oh wow!! I didn’t think about it until reading your comment but I am absolutely terrible with directions when it comes to numerical road names, but if they are given an lexical name I do fine! Wow!
Ha ha my whole family calls me directionally challenged. There are many stories that are funny to hear now but not at the time. Thank heavens for google maps. It's the number one reason I got a cell phone originally. I was tired of bawling my eyes out sitting on a dark road completely lost and no idea where to go. Scary. Also if I have an appointment I always think the time of the appointment is when I should leave home for it.
😍 Finally someone with problems in directions even though going there countless times.i thought i was the only one. Often gets bullied by friends for this. Well some relief for me.where are you from?
I’m already diagnosed as autistic and ADHD. I don’t need any more… but I’m pretty sure I fit this too! I have always struggled with maths despite having above average aptitude, things like remembering numbers, writing numbers down, writing numbers wrong, struggling with times tables, tips: I just put what seems like a fair amount for the time we have been there and the number of us, and all sorts… I love spreadsheets but only when they have words or simple things like adding up basic numbers.
I had heard of people saying ‘numbers dyslexia’ before, but I never knew that it was a real learning disability known properly as dyscalculia. I feel relieved to know that it’s not just me, because I’ve been so embarrassed about my issues with numbers forever. Whenever there is even the simplest of mathematical tasks I feel like my brain shuts down. It’s like a tumbleweed rolling through my head. I am beyond terrible at any maths, reading graphs, I can’t use Microsoft Excel to save my life, have difficulty with directions and estimating time, long sequences of numbers are confusing, and the thought of any financial planning gives me anxiety. Glad to know I’m not alone. Thanks for the info.
I know this video is a year old but having discovered it today, figured I'd jot down some thoughts. Probably going to be a far amount of rambling. 🙂 I'm 65 years old and for most of my life believed I wasn't very intelligent because of how inept I am in regard to mathematics, especially algebra. Then a couple of years ago I decided to do a search for 'dyslexia but with numbers.' That day I learned about dyscalculia and it brought tears to my eyes. Knowing about dyscalculia when I was young would've had a major impact on my life in a positive way. I wish more emphasis was put on dyscalculia so other people don't have to spend most of their life believing they are stupid. For me, it didn't matter that I did well in other subjects. In my heart, it always felt as though only those that did well with science and maths were smart. Thanks for your video and helping to increase awareness!
Thank you for this! I come from a family of mathematically gifted people (including my twin!) and it was always so difficult for me growing up. I get panic attacks trying to do basic math beyond simple addition and subtraction and my mom always made me feel like it was because I wasn't trying hard enough. I hope to take this information and be able to finally pass my college level math classes to earn a degree in communication!
As someone who didn't know she was already diagnosed with dyscalculia and who's mom was watching her do this quiz and once she finished told her "I think I might have this" and her mom said "You do have this" and she responds in utter disbelief and amazement "I DO??! NO WAYYYYY", this is relatable
I literally answered yes to everything. I've been thinking for a while now that I might have something like this so tests like these are incredibly helpful for me.
This is something I 100% have. I always struggled in math and never could recite numbers I heard backwards or read numbers correctly. I'm tired of being called lazy or just not trying my best to learn or do math in my head I just have genuine struggle with it.
I struggled with math for my whole school years. I couldn’t pass the tests and I felt stupid. One day, when I was about to start my senior year in high school, my mum was talking with a friend about my situation, and she suggested that I might have dyscalculia. I told my math teacher about it and she told me that she already suspected. Sometimes my friends laugh at me when I make calculus mistakes and I laugh as well, but I actually feel pretty uncomfortable about it.
I know you commented this over a year ago, but I am so sorry your friends make jokes at your expense. No one deserves that, especially for things that are out of their control.
If ya feel uncomfortable just keep a straight face and like continue looking at the paper. I think they'll get the hint. I can't know whether they mean it maliciously or not, but chances are they probably don't mean badly. Even so, whether you're comfortable with it is what's important, so if you're reluctant to say just don't go along with it. My friend's like top 2 in class and super good at maths but even he's stuck scratching his head and we laugh at, but also with each other, so maybe it's a thing of perspective.
I answered yes to 9 out of 11 questions. I’m 47 and I’ve been completely paralyzed by math my entire life. I quit jobs or didn’t take jobs in high school if I had to work the cash register. The thought of counting back change is absolutely haunting. Math is my worst fear and I’ve been terribly embarrassed when put in situations where I need to work word problems, graphs or charts. I’ve been a registered nurse for 11 years and I had to take tons of math classes in order to be accepted into school, but Idid it out of sheer will and determination. I worked in the emergency room, and I was the only person that carried a calculator at all times. For my BSN, I had to take statistics. I ugly cried for at least 8 of the 12 weeks. I studied for hours everyday and I still didn’t understand. I got an 89% in the class, but struggled every second of the day, worrying, obsessing, and fearful of failure because I seriously didn’t understand. I was embarrassed to work in small groups because I was the only one that didn’t get it. The groups would figure out the problem without me and give me the answers. I cried everyday. -jojo
A while ago, I did not know that there was dyscalculia, and I was avoiding dealing with mathematics as much as possible. In my exams at school, I used to count with my fingers, and sometimes I even made a mistake in counting with my fingers, and I went back to counting more than once. I thought this was normal, even when I was studying and stopped at a problem that I was unable to solve. Until my little sister came and solved the question correctly. Just by looking here, I realized that what was happening to me was not normal. I searched on the Internet until I learned about dyscalculia. I was skeptical at first until I entered this video and learned about the symptoms, and 11 of them I actually suffer from. Given my bad history in mathematics, to this day I have not been able to get an excellent grade in mathematics and it has always been the only subject that hinders my grades in school since I was a child.
I have major dyscalculia while not being dyslectic at all. Trying to hold onto a number is my head is like grasping & holding superfine sand or water with my hands. It does not matter if I squeeze as hard as I can or relax...it will just get away from me, no matter what. Solving sudoku puzzles is equally easy / hard if I use numbers (1-9) or other random symbols ... my brain does not care. I have absolutely no issues with memorizing & remembering traffic signs etc.. Numbers just do not seem to have any significant individual meaning for me, while Roman numerals are somehow easier to work with... also very strange.
I answered, "Yes" to nearly all of those. Math had the ability to reduce me to tears when I was at school. I vividly remember the hot sweats when asked to calculate on the blackboard, even now, at 68. And don't ask me to recite my seven times table.
Thank you so for this video! I feel like dyscalculia isn’t talked about as much as dyslexia is or other disorders Having dyscalculia myself I would always have to explain to friends or family what it is and how it’s a real thing. I’m so so grateful for always having support in my classes and an amazing special Ed teacher in middle school (she’s amazing as hell and I miss her) It feels so amazing to know I’m not alone in this :)
I have struggled with math as a child, and still struggle with math today as an adult. I can't add or subtract without using my fingers, I don't know how to leave a tip (I have to use a tip calculator), I can't give correct change using only basic math skills, I can't remember my multiplication table, I have trouble telling the time using an analog clock, and I switch numbers around, etc. I can't even help my kid with their math homework, because I don't understand it. I have always wondered why I am so bad at math, so I decided to google it and came across Dyscalculia. After taking this test, which I got 11/12, I for sure have Dyscalculia. Thank you for making this video. Now my parents have a better understanding on why I struggle so much with math.
11 out of 12 for me 😔 I've never even heard of this before you're video. I've always struggled with math and learning. I never can seem to remember anything I learn. I wish I had gotten help as a child. I'm now 37.
Can you also relate to these questions? I answered "yes" to 11 out of 12, what about you? It is always nice to notice that we are not alone in something like this, and I hope this comment section will reflect that :)
Nu zie ik pas dat je Nederlander bent. Ik ben Belgische. Ik heb hier een commentaar neergezet waarin ik uitleg dat bij mij de discalculie volgens mij komt, omdat wij in het Vlaams, net als jullie in het Nederlands, de getallen omdraaien. Wij zeggen twee-en-vijftig, terwijl men in andere talen fifty-two zal zeggen, wat de schrijf richting logisch volgt en in onze taal niet.
@@LilithsOwn303 en hij heeft ook in Duitsland gestudeerd, waar ze hetzelfde doen. Persoonlijk denk ik overigens dat het niet uitmaakt. In het Engels rekenen wordt niet opeens makkelijker. En stiekem vond ik de Franse manier om 90 uit te spreken een hulpmiddel om te weten waarin je het kunt opdelen😅
I answered yes for 7 out of 12, I got really surprised about the dancing thing bc I really thought that was related to my (diagnosed) dyspraxia But in general I had (and still have) so much anxiety around math... I would generally get some decent grades, but when I got into a depressive episode (I'm bipolar 2, the one with hypomania) in my senior year of high school... I almost failed the entire year bc of math, chemistry and physics Thankfully I was able to overcome this in the end and I graduated
I answered yes to every single question. Whereas I answered only four questions with yes on the dyslexia test that brought me here. I believe there's also a high likelihood that if someone made such a test for reading sheet music, I would score highly on that too, as along with maths it is the largest problem area for me. It's quite validating to know that I'm not an idiot for struggling with it, as I can do the work but it just takes a lot of time and plenty of error checking - which is something you should really always do when it comes to serious calculations anyway!
I went through my school career not even knowing that discalculia exists... I have build a LOT of anxiety around have to calculate something without the aid of a calculator to the point where if someone asks me the simpliest math question I freeze up.
So do I it's horrible, I had 4 break downs the other day while trying to do college algebra. It's not that the math is hard I just freeze up, make silly mistakes and errors. I had a professor make me come up to the board and write answers critize my handwriting and wouldn't let us use calculators so I obviously left to go the bathroom and had a full blown panic attack stopped coming to class. He still gave me a passing grade after I finished the final, and I don't know how I did on it without the use of a calculator.
Whats 1 + 1 Him: Other guy: bro why are you so awkward bro what the hell come on man say something Him: *still frozen* Him: ok f you *Did this ever happen to you*
I HAAAAAATE math with a passion. I struggled massively with algebra and algebra 2 in high school, because like you said, it genuinely felt like a different language I was just incapable of learning. The textbooks might as well have been written in Hungarian. I remember when I first started college algebra I actually burst into tears because I was so overwhelmed by how incredibly complicated the material was in the syllabus. I dropped the class and was able to figure something else out for math, but all my life math has been nothing but a source of massive frustration and tears and anxiousness. The fact that some people pick it up so easily and love doing it astounds me.
Found out my senior year of college. Even tho that was almost 20 years ago, it still angers me that it took that long for me to know. More importantly, that I had to figure it out myself and find the resources to get tested. It saddens me that so many people drop out of college because of undiagnosed learning disabilities like dyscalculia.
I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD when I was seven, and over the years my struggle and downright torment with math was always horrendous. I had a much easier time with words, and writing, but math was always fucking horrible. I remember late nights spent with my mom as we do our best to talk through my math homework, hours spent with me just crying and doing my best to figure it out while counting on my fingers. To this day I simply can't handle numbers, they always feel like they get jumbled up or switched around in my brain, and the worst part is I often times don't recognize they did get switched up until it's too late to fix the mistake. It's extremely hard, and I only learned about dyscalculia recently. I really fucking wish I had been diagnosed/tested for dyscalculia along with dyslexia in the past, knowing that I have this much sooner in life would have made me a lot easier on myself. Thank you for making this video
Even though my mom was a maths teacher, maths was utter hell to me. Languages come way more easily. I always called myself ‘dyslinksisch’ meaning dysleftic, for always mixing op left and right and now through these videos I get to know that there actually is something that’s dysleftic😅 sort of funny and reassuring
I had not heard of dyscalculia till now but listening to the video makes more of my math struggles make sense. I'm Not glad that others have this problem but somehow now I don't feel so alone.
I got a score of 9 and the first notion I’ve ever had of being understood or normal. I honestly always thought I was dumb and generally inadequate, but a lot of things seem to add up and I feel like this is a thing it’d be helpful for me to have diagnosed. I also know that I have a lot of mental health issues and neurodivergent tendencies though, so it’s always really hard for me to ever truly pinpoint something (other than ptsd, anxiety, and some variation of depression, those are incredibly concrete and impossible to write off at this point lol)
I always felt like there was something wrong with me when I couldn't do simple calculations or even do math. Sadly was never able to get myself tested as it wasn't covered by any insurance or school I attended, unlike the dyslexia tests. This video has got me thinking whether I should get myself tested and to perhaps put away the shame for good. Thank you for this video!
I feel the exact same way! I get so stressed when I do homework and I just get to the point where I don't do it and math is the hardest thing because I get it all memorized and then the next day I can't remember a thing and test are honestly the worst I feel like I could cry because honestly feel this is what I have and all these years I've told myself I'm dumb and that I can't learn nothing and now that I kinda have a base to the problem it makes me so much happier I thought I was just the dumbest person ever and no one else in the world felt this way because some days I can spell weird and some times I can't some days 7×6 is an easy solve and the next I have no clue what I'm doing some days the longest words and paragraphs I can read and some days I can't I just feel so happy I've cried so many times from bad grades and left or rights or even why I can't remeber every country in Africa or what a country is ❤
11/12. I never knew I would have so many of these but one of the ones I can especially relate to is counting on my fingers. I still do it no matter if it's smaller numbers as well. In math I'd always make very small mistakes like this for an easy example: 12+14= 26 but I'd probably write 28 which would be a number that I was previously thinking of. In that same sentence I actually calculated the number to be 26, and I even said it in my head yet I still typed 28.
This was heartbreaking for me. I had to fight the lump in my throat after I answered yes to every question after the 1st one. The Question about dance steps, and solving a algebraic equation on the chalk board brought back especially painful and embarrassing memories. Sometimes it would be easier for me to just pay the whole bill at a restaurant. And Math anxiety was just something I couldn't deal with and was the main reason why I just dropped out of college. I can read an analog clock or watch accurately with just a glance. I use the 24 hr clock as a regular method of telling time, but this has not helped me in the measuring of time, or in how long it takes me to do something. (It ALWAYS takes me longer than I plan to do something.) Also, I know that Mr. Aike De Haas didn't speak on in this video, but spelling has always been difficult for me. Despite this however, reading, writing, and the understanding of what large words mean, their etymology, and how to use them in a sentence and in conversation are VERY easy for me though.
10/12 on the dyscalculia test. This really makes sense to me, as I always thought I was super dyslexic, but on that test I scored only 4/9. I noticed my troubles with simple mathematical tasks but had no idea it could also impact on my ability to stick to a budget or schedule (which it GREATLY does). Thank you for your work!!
I always remember my friends reactions when I would ask them for basic subtraction or when they saw me struggling to count on my fingers despite having been consistently top of my math classes. I even did my older siblings homework all throughout elementary school, doing long division while failing third grade for not knowing my times tables😭. (sincerely this was very helpful I have cried a lot over these things thinking i was just dumb)
Yes to every single question! Though I always struggled with math, certain moments stand out-like the time in my thirties when I couldn’t get my checkbook to balance. I never trusted my first attempt and always checked my figures by doing it all again to make sure I came up with the same balance. But that time, through repeated attempts, I came up with two different figures consistently, and only those two. I couldn’t figure out which one was right, and didn’t know where I’d made a mistake. I was being so careful each time and even using a calculator! Finally, I asked someone to watch me do it and let me know if they noticed anything wrong. Sure enough, the mistake was in one particular entry. Every OTHER time I calculated I would enter 32.65 as 35.62. It was then I knew that math was hard for me because I was unknowingly transposing the numbers in some sequences. Now I’m in my sixties and less stressed about it. I still do math, of course, but I have simplified some processes (like tip computations-I’ve learned to estimate and then add some just because I like being generous). Also, I’m not ashamed to ask others to double check my figures.
11/12 (only because I was a dancer I learnt to pick up moves but the counting was always an issue lol) I spent my whole highschool career homeschooling with a tutor helping me with math daily. no matter how hard I tried I worked myself to death, had panic attacks daily and always failed... I still haven't graduated because of it … only recently found out about it and my tutor had suspicions. but because of everything happening in my life I don't have the luxury to deal with it. thank you for the video because it just confirms everything in a way and helps explain to people who doesn't understand what its like
11/12 I am already officially diagnosed with Dyscalculia (as well as Dyslexia), the only one I answered no to is 8, because although I find Maths difficult at times, I love that challenge it gives me and I do enjoy the subject even if it stresses me out sometimes. I don't really see it as a foreign language, just as like a puzzle game I guess lol
I've always been awful at maths, with formulas not sticking, people younger than me getting things i just couldn't seem to understand and maths over the years causing me countless breakdowns and panic attacks. Apparently my dad tried to get me diagnosed when i was younger and the doctor said I didn't have it (without ever asking me anything). To this day I still struggle with maths and cannot visualise numbers if you say them without a visual aid for the life of me. Unsurprisingly, I got an 11/12 and I think enough time has passed for me to try and get tested again because it would be nice to know for sure. :)
I got 9 from 12 questions. I don't really have dyslexia like talking or writing, I even know few languages, but math was always hard for me. Is it possible to have Dyscalculia without having general Dyslexia? Now I know what Dyscalculia is, thank you for the video😊
Thank you for this test. 10/12 here. I learned about dyscalculia recently, and I started to wonder...My high school geometry was so bad that my teacher said I shouldn't even bother with more math. As a young child my mom had to drill times tables into me by recitation. Numbers hop around when I look at them. The only way I can write or put numbers correctly into a calculator is if someone is reading me the digits (NOT the numbers). I can't estimate sizes for leftover containers nor pack a suitcase. I am constantly running out of time, or finding I allotted far too much. I mix up left and right hands constantly. I broke a toe by clipping the door frame because I misjudged space. I went to university thinking I couldn't do math. It was a kind professor (during my retake of advanced algebra and trig) that convinced me I could do this, and I went on to get an engineering degree and later a high school math teaching license. Yes, I understand math and I am good at it, (except anything that relates to space - I'm still hopeless at geometry) but every single math problem I have done over the years I have done at least twice - to make sure I did it right. It's exhausting. And the lack of spatial awareness and the inability to estimate time and space impacts me every single day.
Back in school, I was often confused between add and subtract operation. I have difficulties in recognising the 24-hour clock system and months, but it gradually gets better now. Time tables were the reason why I dislike mathematics, and now watching this made me want to cry and go back and tell the younger me that I'm not stupid and useless like what the teachers told me.
11/12... I've always struggled with math, numbers, physics, chemestry, programming and so on. I never understood why as a kid I was so bad at them and always put myself down and compare to others for being better than me. They were very difficult and I was never good at them and caused me a lot of anxiety for me. In 1 year, I'll be going to the game dev course to get a degree and I'm still anxious about the fact that I need to do a math exam to pass and get accepted, even basic math stuff I still struggle. This video really helped me knowing such thing like Dyscalculia and might gave me the sign that I have that, I'll try to get a diagnosis one of these days to find out if I have or not. Awesome video!
Ok now this is VERY interesting, because I actually did relate to about half of these despite the fact that I major in math and have done very well in all my math classes in college thus far (I've taken algebra, calculus 1, calculus 2, calculus 3, differential equations, and linear algebra)
12/12 for me; it's actually a relief to know that it's not because I wasn't "trying hard enough"! I read somewhere, though for the life of me can't remember where, that it also affects directions such as north, south, east, west, left, and right.
This blew my mind because I am terrible at arithmetic but am able to understand and use Calculus. It's difficult for me to keep things in my working memory, so it's hard for me to put concepts I just learned into practice right away. I have to say things over and over again in my head to keep it there, but if I can picture it in my mind that helps. My mom made me drill my times tables when I was younger so I can do them, but I don't trust my answers and have to double check certain ones. Another thing that I tend to do is switch them around in order to remember them. For example if you say what is 7x9, I don't know it, but my brain automatically switches them and goes 9x7 is 63.
I just stumbled across this. I was diagnosed with dyslexia back in the 70’s. I also have adhd. I answered yes to 11. I have never been able to tell time on an analog clock. The only reason I understand military time is because I was in the service. I also believe I have dysgraphia. This was not a term when I was a kid. But I have trouble holding a pen or pencil for any length of time. I get similar numbers and letters mixed up. E, 3, b, d, etc. as a hair stylist I had to force myself to have good time maintenance. But in all honesty, I have an app that helps. Thank you for the info.
1. Do you have trouble telling the time on an analog or 24-hour clock? 2. If you have a math task in front of you, would you start figuring out the answer without first estimating the result? 3. When you calculate, would you tend to use your fingers? 4. Is financial planning difficult for you? Do you have trouble sticking to a certain budget? 5. Is it hard for you to pick up new dance moves or choreography? (My guess, this also includes musical sight-reading and picking up on other physical rhythm-based tasks.) 6. At school, was it hard for you to memorise the times table? (My guess is that this might include basic additions too.) 7. In a cafe, would you avoid working out the bill or would you unintentionally give a wildly innacurate tip? 8. Do you think that math is like a foreign language? 9. Do you generally make a lot of mistakes when given math tasks? 10. Is keeping track of time an issue for you? Do you underestimate how long sonething takes or do you miss appointments? 11. Is math generally a cause of anxiety for you? 12. Do you tend to forget numerical information that other people seem to remember quite easily? Things like your phone number, your new house number, your friend's birthday.
1-Y (almost no, but then the "you see 18 and don't instantly know that that means 6 at night" got me. i had no idea that wasn't normal...) 2-Y 3-Y (extremely yes. all of the time.) 4-Y (difficult to hold a bunch of different numbers in my head at once....) 5-no idea! (i don't dance and i don't want to, so i have no frame of reference) 6-Y (i never actually... fully memorized them. i have random patches of the times tables that i just don't know because it hasn't worked into my memory from seeing them on questions and stuff.) 7-N 8-Y (one i'm not horrible at, but yeah, it's not english) 9-Y (not insanely often but you know) 10-Y 11-Y (although i credit this more to public school, because i can enjoy learning about it without all the stress of 48 pages of homework packets) 12-Y (i second guess myself every time i type out my phone number even though ive got it down pretty well now...) the estimating time question made me think - I'm also really bad at estimating distances, or how big something is. like, oh, that thing's three miles away? no idea how long it'd take to get there. no idea how far it is. i'm autistic, so some things probably overlap, but. wow! that's a lot.
Omg this makes sense in my life, i’ve always sucked at math, even tho i understood the topics and studied , i’d always get a failing grade. I always have problems reading analog and 24 hrs clocks.
I got about 9/12 i never understood math since middle school, but also in elementary school I remember the anxiety of learning those damned times tables, and in middle school how no matter how hard I worked, I got very low grades (1 or 2 average) even in the easiest of tests, and how in secondary school physics became like another language for me. Now, I associate mathematics and physics only with anxiety, failure, and struggle, for more than 10 years I struggled to grasp anything related to math, my mind simply don't grasp it. This struggle led me to fail graduating several times. I remember learning Biology in less than 1 month and improving so much in it, compared to all those years of trying to learn math, I really think there is something in my mind preventing me from learning math. This video helped me to be aware of what dyscalculia is, though I know I can't seek help.
I have been struggling with math ever since I was a child and still until this day as a 23 year old. I had special teachers that take me out of class to take a test and I still don't understand. I felt so alone with this and since saw this video it solve most of my answers. I had 10 out of 12 which I already know I would have a high score. I struggle with right and left directions, map directions, math problems, dance routine, counting backwards, streets, highways, addresses, telling time (analog and Military clock), forgetting phone numbers, don't know how to divide and subtract and sometimes multiply. I use my fingers or draw pictures to add, subtract, multiply. I don't even know how to divide and also when people say its a quarter to 9 I don't know what they actually meant.
WOW I've always known I struggled with numbers in all formats but to have a word to label it really does help me feel validated, thank you for this it helps me realize I'm not lazy. I answered yes to all 12. I'm 67 and still dealing with the anxiety from childhood traumas in school for being treated lesser for being stupid, yet I have an above average IQ, that was hard to understand until now. THANK YOU
I didn't really know there was a name for this! Ever since I've encountered the term "Dyslexia," I've been really interested in it especially I felt like it's the same how I have difficulties in the way I approach math as well. I always felt mixed feelings seeing my classmates immediately beinf able to calculate simple arithmetic in their head while I'm still trying to imagine the numbers in my head and trying to understand it. I got 12/12 here, and it feels nice to know this is called Dyscalculia. Thank you for this video!
Yeah, I answered yes to all of these. I have dyslexia but I always knew I was struggling even more with numbers. I went so many years thinking and being told I was dumb by teachers because I couldn't grasp "simple" math equations. To this day, I get really emotional and defensive when doing anything mathematical because of how awful and dumb it makes me feel. But I'm starting to come to the realization that I was never dumb. My mind just worked differently. I was extremely naturally talented at music as a child, and I have also gone on to become a best-selling science fiction author! I like to think of this quote by Albert Einstein when I'm being hard on myself. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
Oh wow. I just found you. Thank you for these videos! Although (at 68 years old) I knew I had issues, I had never heard of dyscalculia. Would you believe, I'm really good at logical analysis of data, and have been in charge of billions of dollars in assets in my career. But dear god, don't ask me my times tables! I have particular difficulty with calendars. I triple check dates and still screw it up. The numbers and the days of the week get jumbled. Not the end of the world. - It's nice to understand it better.
I had... no idea. My dad has dyslexia, and I thought I was always just pants at math; learning that I probably have dyslexia, and more specifically dyscalculia is really validating. I don't have much trouble with words, but math... hoo boy. I got 6/9 for the main test and 8/12 for this one. It doesn't affect me too badly, aside from being glued to my calculator, but I'm kind of glad I got curious and clicked on these videos!
My mom is dyslexic, I have never really imagined myself as such until watching your videos. I never struggled with directions nor numbers like my mom did, however I struggled with reading slow. Now I realize I struggle a lot more than my peers. I don't do time tables well unsurprisingly, I use my fingers, calculus is easy but things like discrete math makes my brain hurt. Maybe it's time I see someone, thank you. And for the record I had a ton of spelling mistakes in this message and it took me 3 or 4 times to check. Actually more because I confused then and than again...
I most definitely have dyscalculia but didn’t know it had an official name until now. However my relationship with math is very strong. I was placed in a “special” math class at a young age because I couldn’t add two numbers together or memorize my multiplication tables (I still can’t to this day). However once I was introduced to abstract math and higher level calculus, I quickly excelled beyond all my peers (and even some of my professors). I have been described as an upside down pyramid when it comes to math.
LOL I hear you. I was floored when one of my friends (university maths teacher) told me I was quite good at maths.
Simply because when he told me what he was teaching his masterclass students that semester, I understood. It made perfect sense to me, as long as you keep those pesky numbers far away from it!
I am a numbers-idiot!
You have some Goofy Ahh numbers to deal I'm lucky I'm born out of an orgasm but you need to step up your game before you get bitches what if you can't pay clothes? What If you can't pay?
And no, we don't trade salt for fish anymore so uhhh GOOD LUCK
Yeah that's the same for me 🤣 I'm way better at abstract concepts than the really mechanical parts of math. I definitely am not a math genius and I haven't done it in university. But my boyfriend used to explain these concepts he was learning and he would talk about them like they were really weird and mystical, but to me they were just like music.
i had this same thing! Abstracted maths make complete sense, calculus is easy to visualise, but numbers are an enigma to me XD
Same. I never finished a single time test and heavily rely on my calculator for simple math equations. Like 6*8.
I used to jokingly say I have "number dyslexia" years ago, before I ever heard of dyscalculia. I always seem to switch numbers around in my head when I first read them. I used to have to do calculations, SIMPLE calculations, more than once to ensure I had the correct answer; most of the time I had at least a few answers off. All my math done without a calculator is counting on my fingers, or imagining the question written out in my head and I'm using my finger as an invisible pencil. It's kind of a relief to find out it's not just me, it's actually a recognized condition.
DUD THIS HAPPEN TO ME ALL MY LIFE, EVERYTHING YOU SAID OMG
SAME id always joke about it especially when I kept accidentally switching numbers around and people would look at me like I’m crazy. This makes so much sense now 😭
Yes, I feel all of these :( and people always think it's because of the lack of education. Lies. I've studied math all my life and memorized formulas and always seem to forget them always. We are smart in our own ways may we never forget that. In fact, we work twice as hard because of our difference. Thank you for this video its nice to spread awareness about this. I picked myself apart for years until I got recently diagnosed with it this year. I felt so relieved.
You are welcome, and yes, I believe many people tend to pick themself's apart. Glad you are not one of them anymore!
im afraid of telling anyone but i think I've had enough ever since since grade math has been difficult and now it's getting more advanced and I barely pass my teachers always tells me they only give a few stuff to do that is true but at the pace im learning and the fact that i forget them this is near hopeless unless i have my notebook to remind me 24/7
I relate. 5th grade we had an ice cream party- and how many toppings we get was dependent on if we could finish these math tests within one minute. Each passed test was another topping. I couldn’t finish any of them within the minute provided and I was literally the only one with no toppings.
Idk it might be trivial but like- I cried lmao. I felt so stupid
@@twickersKnist nah that feels exclusive. Although the teacher probably didn't understand your problem. I've got ADHD and anxiety. Math has always been hard for me. I don't know if I'm dyslexic but it still hurts when playing a card game based on the amount of numbers you have at the end and I take longer to count. I've been to tutoring and summer school. I honestly don't know what to do about it now but I always try to remind myself that I am worth it & that my friends aren't judging me they understand. My cat doesn't care nor does my dog if I have trouble sometimes.
UR THE FUCKING SHIT TELL UR SELF THAT UR TOP A G
Can you make more videos about Dyscalculia? I find it so hard to explain to friends that it's not just about "having difficulties with math" but that it has an effect on how you live your whole life.
12/12. Math, Physics or anything with many numbers makes me go into full panic/anxiety attack because I don't understand it and it makes me feel so anxious. Also, the fact that my family (and people around me in general) are so good at math, they think that I am incredibly stupid or acting like a child because I can't solve even the easiest stuff...please don't tell people that they are worthless, idiotic or "pretending" just because they can't do the same thing as you...
The worst isn't that you can't do it or don't know how to do it I just shut down and have panic attacks.
@@Name.......... this. the haunting thought that I'll never get better at it. I'm just the dumbest.
... i skipped school because of this. Even if its just about sitting there and not having to do any tasks, it still triggers my fight or flight response.. so i cant do anything for a few days, it breaks me down mentally..
or the more time you take, the harder it becomes to do it and the more you get yelled at.
You're going to have nightmares if you see computer language guaranteed
I'm an engineering student but pretty sure I have this. I always make the dumbest mistakes in my tests. It's like the reasoning part of an exercise for me is easy but the whole arithmetic or algebraing part is extremely hard. I've learned to cope with other methods that my classmates don't.
SAAAME
When I learnt that dance moves were related, I was floored. I got very emotional in a swing dancing class because I was embarrassed I just couldn't make sense of the steps as quickly as everyone else. I'm now realising that all my successes (including academic because I have ADHD, and social because I'm autistic) have come from excessive practice behind the scenes. No wonder I'm burnout.
I was left in tears so many times during my aerobic classes which I absolutely loved.
I take longer than other people to learn dance steps, even though I like dancing! It's amazing to hear it's related to a bunch of other traits
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@@pavlal.4552 I cried in gym class while attempting the electric slide. Probably one of the worst gym classes I can remember
I love dancing, had ballerina classes, but when I had to do it for my schools exams... I almost tried to injured myself on my feet, so I coudn´t. The pressure was too much and I was so embarrassed for my constant mistakes
Yep! I was diagnosed at an early age. My math teacher noticed that I was struggling when we started learning multiplication and division. He contacted my mother and they had me tested. I have always avoided a job position that involves handling money. It takes a special kind of teacher to get the information across. I've had to create patterns in certain situations to know the right answer. There has never been a doubt in my diagnoses. Despite my dyslexia, I am a decent writer. English is my favorite subject.
Wow what a fantastic and observation teacher! That’s so rare and I’m glad you were in his class.
You are so lucky you had that teacher and that they got you tested. All I got from teachers was anger and frustration. I have gone all my life avoiding so many types of jobs because I am "bad at math" I never even thought of going to college because I knew I would have more math there. I never knew until 2020 when I found out about dyscalculia that I have a learning disability, and now it all makes sense when I look back. So many things could have probably been different if I had known this about myself when I was a student.
Sigh 😢 I still remember staring at the math problems on chalkboard in grade school in front of the class wishing the floor would swallow me up. Finally a retired teacher in an summer program gave me some tools with math and I finally started to succeed in math. Arithmetic still gets me but for some reason I can do algebra. I got As and Bs in algebra, trig and geometry! I love to read and my English professor loved my papers and told me I should be a writer 😂!
I got about a 9.5 out of 12.
Another trait of dyscalculia I've heard is getting your Left and Right mixed up, which I do frequently!
Good one!
Same here. " go LEFT!" me: "do you mean your left or my left?"
(your left is left, mine is....maybe the right left?)
one trick I learned a couple days ago is that it goes in the direction you read because we read from L to R
@@darnielladd6131 I've always remembered "I write with my right hand" but I still have to stop and think about it 🙃
@@darnielladd6131 That depends on your place in the world, though... not everyone's reading direction is the same.
idk if this counts but kaliwa and kanan is left and right in my language no matter how many times i ask i never seem to remember
i felt so seen and understood, i cried at the end. I can't explain why, but all of what you said was a big part of my life. Everyone would call me lazy or dumb, but i tried my hardest to understand and memorize everuthing, but just couldn't. Thank you so much for such a great video and test!
I got 10/12 :)
I could cry watching this. I’ve struggled (and still do) with a lot of these and although it hasn’t prevented me from getting good grades in school, I have found myself in some awkward situations where I don’t come to an answer quickly as others, and in consequence, become even further paralyzed in my anxiety instead of dedicating my energy through working through the given problem in my mind. I can’t visualize numbers well (let alone memorize them!) as, I suspect, I have no emotional attachment to numbers like I do words. Give me a piece of paper and a pencil and I’m fine. Might even finish the test before many of my peers. Put me on the spot about percentages or multiplication/division of any more than single digit numbers, and watch me flounder! Takes me right back to being eight years old and being asked by my parent, angrily, “whats ____ times ___??!!” over and over again with no space to think and me just shutting down. Now that I’m older I realize the biggest impediment to mental arithmetic is, for me, my anxiety. Although I wouldn’t wish this hurdle on anyone, I do take comfort in that I’m not alone in this and that there is actually a term for what I’ve been struggling over for years!
I feel the same about mental math
Oh hell, yes! It IS hell.
As a child I slept with a booklet of the multiplication-tables under my pillow for years, reading them every night and sometimes mornings, and they are still not 'there when I need them'.
Yes, my parents tried to 'drill them into me' (both teachers then, old school, lots and lots of repetition), and even though my mother worked with extremely dim kids professionally (the lowest levels of higher education), even she gave up ...
Finished at near-university-level, but still cannot calculate anything without fingers/paper/computer and will never, never trust the outcome completely.
I seem to be very good at maths, as long as there are no actual numbers involved.....so weird!
(I have no issues with the concept, I just cannot prove/disprove anything because of the bloody numbers game.)
You are not alone, and yes, it sucks!
@@muurrarium9460 thank you so much for this reply. I’m on a life long journey of finding work arounds and techniques that can cater to this challenge. I’m wishing the both of us the best! If you find anything that helps you and you find your way back to this video someday, please share. (As will I) Bless!
This is exactly how I feel. You have said exactly what goes on in my head. Thank you!
Same for me!
Hi, thank you for this short and rich video. I have been struggling with maths, physics etc my whole education. I am actually crying when I think about it - no one ever diagnosed me with a learning difficulty even though - children were diagnosed for dyslexia all the time. I first learned the term 'dyscalculia' about two years ago (im 29 now). Believe me - learning that this thing exists was freeing. I felt like someone finally said 'you were not lazy, you were not stupid, you were not problematic, you were not stubborn, you were not a shame - you are just dyscalculiac'. I felt like someone have taken a big amount of weight off my shoulders. Years and years of terrible school anxiety, facing difficulties that no one else understood, being ashamed for being stupid... I hate my school times - I was the happiest person alive when I graduated from highschool and I knew I wont have to do maths ever again. If a person haven't been through what I ve been through for a great part of my life, they won't understand what it means. I used to be ashamed that I cant tell the time quickly, that I cannot perform easy calculating in my mind, that I have no rhythm, that I don't remember my address, that I don't remember birthdays etc. Now when someone is trying to drag me down when I start to struggle with numbers I proudly and confident say 'I have dyscalculia, I need to take time' and I feel valuable again. I have been through a nightmare and I don't blame my parents. Why would they know about something like dyscalculia? But I do blame all the teachers that I met in my life, who were shaming me, meanwhile they were educated to notice that a child has learning difficulties and they should have been ones to help. I can't believe I have learned term dyscalculia completely accidentally surfing the internet but no educated teacher suggested that during my 13 years of public schooling in primary education.
Question. Why do you call it mathS ? I'm in the US, and I never called it that, nor hear a person I know is from the US say or write that.
It is math here..NO S. I hear other people say that, but I've always wondered WHY? Same thing with people saying. I'm going to university. Where here you'd say I'm going to THE university. THE doctor, THE hospital, THE store, THE school, THE car. Just curious, not a criticism.
@@Do-U-Know-me00 Hey, i am not a native speaker of English language so I may do an error here and there. About maths - I think I was taught this way in school but I cannot be sure. Also I believe this might be a broad subject - maths as a science not just math as adding etc
Lots of teachers still don't know this dyscalcula exists. They need to be trained for it.
Yes, so much! I was a straight A student except for math in which I got Cs and Ds. Somehow my teachers and parents blamed me for being “lazy” or not caring about my grades, even though in all other subjects I was excelling. I’m 41 now, have a Masters in History and a successful career as an ESL teacher and teacher trainer, but basic math still causes severe anxiety. During COVID I was helping my friend’s 3rd grade son with his online classes and nearly had a breakdown when we got to his math work because it was still stumping me. Having this disorder sucks.
same here. my best friend was so sure she'd be able to help me with math, but as soon as she started asking questions to figure out where my level was I started getting anxious and upset. I'm 32. anything beyond simple addition and subtraction is a struggle.
Saaaaaaame! AP classes left and right, and special ed math. It was a very tough time. I googled my way through all my college math classes and I'm so grateful that I can carry a calculator in my pocket...and that I figured out how to use Excel formulas :)
Same here!!! I was always called lazy and “bad at math”! I just turned 50 this year. I got my bachelor’s degree in nursing in my 20s, only having to take 2 math classes. I would have graduated with a 4.0 if it weren’t for Cs in those 2 classes. (And I only got Cs because I had a tutor 5 days a week in each class!) it’s nice to know that it’s actually a learning disorder and that I’m not stupid.
OMG! My homies! I'm 42. I had the same math instructor for 3 years between 8th and 12th grade and she honestly just thought I didn't care, but I almost never ditched her class. In fact, last year, I'd actually come to her class instead of one of my other classes.
Ended up having to get my GED and JUST BARELY passed the math portion, which I had mostly studied months for. English and History or whatever the other part was were high 90s and I barely practiced any of it.
Got a BS and failed like Math 85 the first time and the second time around, SAME CLASS I only got a C. My GF at the time and my father both tried to help me and I just wasn't getting it. They thought I was messing around because I didn't want to do the work, but I was acing all my other classes except Speech, and that's a whole other story.
Anyway, I'm a programmer and my first test was pencil and paper writing a program to calculate all prime numbers between 0 and 100... I didn't even know what a Prime number was! Thankfully, the guy who was going to be my manager thought it was complete BS and did it for me. Aside from getting one offs in loops a lot, I'm a pretty good programmer and rarely have to deal with math in a meaningful way.
Lol, I honestly just thought I was bad at math. I only got to this video, because my Ex is Dyslexic and I was checking if my kid had those problems. I'm definitely not Dyslexic, but probably totally dyscalculic(?)!
I'm honestly terrified of the day my kids come home with any type of math homework and God forbid they need help 😭🤦 I legit I have no idea what I'm going to do.. they're in Pre-K and kindergarten and I'm not kidding y'all, I will not be able to help them past 2md grade!!!
10 out of 12 questions. Math was always super difficult for me. It's good to have a name for my struggles with math.
I was diagnosed with dyscalculia earlier this year and it was bittersweet. On one hand I was relieved but on the other hand I was saddened that it wasn't caught sooner. Tests like the one in this video are very useful. Thank you for making it
Exactly, same for me
I really want to help you guys but are you guys willing to learn it back from the basics like grade 1 stuff ?
I have seen too many ppl learning this subject on the wrong track .
if I can fix a lot of you ... would you guys be interested ?
Nelson
@@nelsonfung7642 I sense that you mean well but when you offer to "fix" people it doesn't come off well. Thanks for the offer but I'm already doing the best I can.
@@rahbeeuh it's not easy for you to learn it by yourself...... 😓 this subject is extremely hard to teach and if you are thinking about the same stuff over and over again , you won't be able to improve .... 🤦♂️ you work twice as hard as others but the results are half......
the reason why smart genius dont need to work so hard is because they have different thoughts about the same thing we see.... just like music ..... my friends can hear notes but I cant only hear sounds .......
if i need to learn music i need their help to fix my problems .
if you have friends that are great in math you should ask them how to do it as detail as you can . some of them will give you some insights but depending on how they present using what kind of words.... i bet you dunno for addition and subtraction there are many different meanings right ?🥴 and when doing addition , I sometimes use subtraction for them . subtractions I use additions sometimes . same as multiple and division .I use addition and subtraction for them . at the end we fuse everything together cause of the concepts and meaning go through each other .
@@nelsonfung7642 I had my basics taught about 47 years ago. "New math" really sucks goats testicles.
("Old math" also did not help me much ;D )
I am currently learning 'new math' for a stupid exam.
If you have another idea...plze let me know!
Yup, we had a game in primary school where the whole class would chant the times table, say “ 6 x 8 is… “ and then the teacher would point to someone and they had to yell out the answer alone. That game struck fear into me like no bully could. I tried flash cards, audio tapes, chanting, visual aides, absolutely nothing worked. I’m 39 and to this day I only know my 2x, 5x, and 10x tables, they just don’t make sense to my brain
Literal nightmares
I answered "Yes" to 10 of these. Several years ago, my Mom, who was an accountant, called me one day and said she read an article about dyscalculia, and thought I might have it. Now I understand why anything numerical is so hard for me. All those hours of agonizing over math homework as a child. Thanks for this quiz.
You’re welcome!
Yea same, except my mother wasnt exactly forthcoming about my disorders
I spent an incredible amount of time memorizing times tables, and even then it was shoddy and id swap numbers things like 7*8 and 6*7 always swapped and I still don't know which ones 49.
Also I was skilled at math, bc my step dad was a math teacher, and drilled it into me, but I'd always lose a letter grade on my tests and hw(when I did it) bc of just making up numbers. Like I'd write something down and mistake a number and as soon as I see the mistake I recognize that yea no it doesn't need explaining what I did wrong I just replaced digits.
I was diagnosed with “mirrored Vision when I was in 2nd grade and later diagnosed with dyslexia. I was in Learning Disabled classes up until my high school years. I have always suspected that I had discalcula . I was always reversing 2+ digit numbers, to this day do know know my multiplication tables and have to use my fingers to count things. I have a bachelor’s degree and am an art teacher. But I had to take the math part of the certification exam 9 times before I passed it. I have great anxiety when it comes to math. But I tell my students my story and I try to encourage them to go for their dreams no matter if they have to work harder then the next person or not. 😊
Wow that is perseverance!
@@ebethlouise2201 Thank you!
I've been aware I have dyscalculia for years but this was still incredibly validating, thanks. Everything but birthdays for me, but I think this is where a different part of my brain/neurodivergency takes over: I can pretty much visualise time ahead of me and know there's a pin or hook against certain dates. I won't always remember what it's for, but I will remember I need to remember it!
I'm glad to see dyscalculia (and neurodivergency in general) get a lot more attention recently. There's still so much shame attached to not being able to do mental arithmetic. I was lucky that, being very quiet and studious, I could mask it for most of school but in adulthood it's not so easy and people are very quick to point out that I can't have tried hard in school. But I find numbers so heavy! Does anybody else? If I hold them in my head too long (to subtract one from another, or to work out how many coins I need) they just get heavier and heavier until I have to drop one. That's how I perceive it anyway.
Thanks for this :)
You’re welcome and I’m glad you liked it! And I definitely agree with you that there seems to be more shame and stigma around dyscalculia. I believe there is still a lot of work to do in that regard. And when it comes to numbers “feeling heavy” I can definitely relate 😊 Even though I personally might have described it a little different.
Same. For time, I can visualize the clock and move it.
@infinityrose92 Ah it's so nice to meet others that experience life this way. The internet is a nasty place at times but it can also feel like quite a familiar place :) I was That Millennial in quite a lot of jobs, cashier being the worst. I would have to count up the till (US: register) at night with a supervisor watching me. Still makes me feel cold and sick thinking about it! Thanks for responding 😊
@@lowri.williamsthis is EXACTLY how I explain it to people omg!!!!!
Some of these questions were slightly based on if the person was an adult and lived in a western area. However, most of the questions is generic which helped me understand I might have dyscalculia. I always struggled with math and only now do I understand it. Seriously, thank you so much for this!
Math has always caused me anxiety. I was diagnosed with Dyscalculia when I was younger. Time for me is a problem. I arrive to early to places as I don’t know when I should leave. I also have problems with size like putting left overs away in a container and not knowing what size I should grab.
That leftover thing is toooo real for me.😭🤣 I didn't know that it was linked to this too.
Thanks so much for this video. One of my most vivid anxiety inducing memories (from my 7th grade year in 1967) is one of being sent to the chalkboard to solve a math problem; the children to my right and left always finished 1st leaving me to feel like the inept one. I hated math class for this reason. However, I loved my 6th grade teacher because she knew i could spell circles around the other kids and so held frequent spelling bees to give me a chance to shine. I will never forget Miss Martin. Also, i've never been good at learning dance steps so never tried out for cheerleading or anything of that sort, but never tied it to dyscalculia. However, one strong indicator that i'm not dyscalculic(?) is that i passed a real estate agent's math exam (some years ago) with flying colors-- and i actually enjoyed it. Especially noteworthy is that there were approximately 20 of us in the class and i was one of only 2 who passed. Yes, some types of math are greek to me, but my brain can see the sense in (and thereby retain) what i can only call practical math. Thanks again for sharing this video.
I recently was diagnosed with ADHD so I’ve been doing a lot of research on learning disabilities, autism, dyslexia etc.. and there’s no doubt in my mind that I have Dyscalculia. I’ve struggled with it my whole life and answered yes to every question. I barely survived passing my math classes and getting enough credits in them to graduate. I’m happy that now as an adult I’ve been able to figure out these things about myself but I’m sad that no one caught on and I wasn’t able to get help sooner.
0:04 just came from your dyslexia test and I'm pretty sure I am arithmetic dyslexic...
Wow. I answered a whopping 10 without hesitation, and have always felt disadvantaged by this in school (that is despite my ability to remain in an honors program up until I just couldn’t be motivated to surmount the hardship anymore-in general I think children with learning disabilities were a second thought in these programs).
I work around it by utilizing tools now, but back then it made me feel so incredibly stupid. :( And even still!!! People don’t get it. “That’s so simple to calculate, how slow are you?” You end up having to mask it with humor but self deprecating isn’t normal or healthy (not when you’re doing it as a defense mechanism). So bleh to everyone who messed with me. I feel seen and heard by this video. 😢
I can relate 😢
I was above-average in maths at school but think I have dyscalculia. It explains so much of how I experience the world!!! I related hard to many of these but diverged sharply on a few. I memorize pretty easily if I'm allowed to concentrate, for example, which has helped me fill in the gaps.
I seem to understand maths slowly but deeply. My teachers were sometimes surprised by my strong test scores given the many confused questions I asked during class!
Seriously, this clarifies so much for me. Thanks for talking about it 🙌
i was gifted in math, i've never had issues with numbers. i told a friend of mine that what they were experiencing might be dyscalculia after they talked about how numbers never worked in their brain no matter how much they tried and variables always made so much more sense. soon afterwards they got formally diagnosed, they have accommodations in school, and they're doing great in the academic math stream. that was still based off of my extremely rudimentary understanding of dyscalculia and I'm grateful for this video so I can better understand what people with dyscalculia are experiencing. it's a shame that most people aren't even aware of this disorder when it sounds like it impacts every corner of a person's life
I switched schools very early on to one with a harder math course and quickly fell behind and had to take remedial math classes after recess. My teacher suggested taking a test to see if I had a disability but I did well enough earlier (in the easier classes) that the school didn’t make me take it. In middle school i failed math for my entire 7th grade year. When I entered Highschool and had to teach myself math I found it anxiety inducing and stressful and suspected I might have Dyscalculia… low and behold this video is suggested to me 2 years after I had a name for what I was experiencing and answered “yes” on every question. If I had been tested as a child maybe I would not have to be here today
I was recently diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago, when I was around 20 years old, and have only recently learned about this learning disorder. I answered yes to every question. If I do have dyscalculia, that would make so much sense regarding my experience with math, charts, and numbers in general. My bullheadedness and desire to learn/understand prevented me from shying away from math as a subject, but it really would put some of my mental breakdowns and crying fits over a math problem into perspective. I can remember a few times on occasion where I felt so worthless because my mind just could not accept a certain piece of information. There are three that really stand out to me looking back on my k-12 experience: understanding the concept of remainders and how to perform longhand division, understanding what the concept of perpendicular meant in prealgebra, and how to calculate the area or volume of oddly shaped 3D figures (like the sloped bottom of a pool). It didn't really help that my main mentor, my dad, was a math whiz and when I wouldn't understand a concept or why he used a certain formula, he would get angry with me for not understanding it. I eventually stopped going to him for help and instead would just pester my teacher with questions about tiny situations that I NEEDED to know in order to understand why something in a problem is done in a certain way.
I've gone through multiple semesters of chemistry, physics and calculus and I still struggle with a lot of relatively simple mathematical concepts. When counting my times tables, I still have to use my fingers in order to keep track of which multiple I'm on, I can't seem to keep track of that information in my head. I have to hold my finger up to a point on a graph in order to not lose track of where I'm looking. I can remember counting the steps of the houses I lived at when I was a kid and having to hold my finger up and close one eye, or else I would lose track of which step I was looking at. The same goes for analog clocks too, I have to count the lines every time to add up to the time, or with military time clocks after 12pm, I always have to split the number into easy to understand numbers, such as 21:00 I know there's a 12pm in there with a little more added, so it becomes 12+9=21. And seeing numbers in a row is just a recipe for me to mix them up or lose track of one in the middle. I struggle a ton with dates, and while I love history and learning about historical concepts, I couldn't tell you what happened when. I can never remember birthdays other than for a select few people in my life, but I couldn't tell you how old they are. I often lose track of when my own birthday is, so when it comes around I'm surprised to have lose track of the days so easily.
And scantron tests where you fill in the bubble are awful because I have to constantly go back and forth between the question and the scantron to make sure I bubbled the right answer for the correct question. The same happens with numbers I input for tasks at work, I don't trust my eyes to have gotten it right the first time so I have to recheck multiple times to make sure I didn't miss any of the info.
Gah, I could go on and on about this because I always thought everyone struggled like this with numbers and chronological stuff.
Thank you for sharing your experience!
Can totally relate to everything listed here and has been worded so accurately.
wow i relate to so much of this, like the math whiz dad berating for not understanding, scantrons (which i didn't even consider!), military time
I have no contact with my dad, but I so badly want to scream from his rooftop with a bullhorn and maybe finally he'll think I'm not a total idiot, and just some lazy moron. Recently undiagnosed bipolar, properly diagnosed ADHD, c-ptsd and talking to my psychiatrist next week about a diagnosis for dyscalculia and spectrum disorder. I'm 37, I still suck my thumb and I'll mess with my hair until my arms feel like they'll fall off.. yea I'm totally normal.
I also said yes to 11/12 questions, I even wrote my answer down each question so I could remember, I didn’t even know this existed before, I came from one of your dislexia tests and now I’m sure I have dyscalculia 😭
12/12 for me. I'm 41 and was diagnosed with ADHD 6 years ago and just recently started researching dyslexia because of your video with the test for that and ended up with 10/12 on that one. I always knew I would get numbers switched around once in a while and always shrugged it off as reading too fast and not paying attention not realizing that it is more than that. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
Do you also have aspergers?
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How do you even work or function as an illiterate 41 year old
I got diagnosed with dyscalculia when I was pretty young, but don’t have dyslexia. I do have trouble with reading regular clocks (not digital), left/right, months of the year, and it took me way too long to learn to tie my shoes (which apparently also is normal for people with dyscalculia). Some of those were mentioned in the dyslexia test you had. I literally can’t remember numbers though, I can’t remember what numbers I’m looking at while looking at them.
Thank you for this! I was always brushed off with having a math deficiency in school because I'm above average with words/reading. Recently I received a spree of parking fines because I was entering my plate # wrong on my parking app, this really does touch everyday life even outside of work.
Hey Gracie, thank you for sharing and you’re right it definitely does impact every day life.
:) parking fines. Not fun at all. One strategy I learnt was to check 3,4 or 5 times that I wrote stuff like a plate number correctly. Then at some point I just have to unwillingly trust that I finally got it right. Preferably I have other people check stuff like that. :). I never had a dyscalculia diag, but after I started hearing about it, I always felt it would be very interesting to get it checked.
Isn't that dyslexia
Yes, now 48 y/o me wants to go back and re do grades 10,11& 12 with this new knowledge of “I literally suck at math for a reason” & then be allowed to have the help, & extra time to write my math tests & exams.
Coz I could do math, but I had to do it all the long way (no mental math for me, plus I needed extra extra time to complete the tests). Great video!
💀 12/12 Also, what's especially interesting is the dance moves aspect. I've ALWAYS accidentally gone stage left when it should have been stage right (or vice-versa) during tap dancing lessons when I was a kid and in theatre later as an adult. The confusion that comes along with it feels almost like vertigo when standing on top of a tall building.
*EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!!!!!*
Maybe you shouldn't be dancing at a school where you're forced to dance in one way, how about going to dancehall concerts (my dad is in dancehall dream) and you can dance there in any way you want, no forcing, no disqualifications, no rules. You can basically go to dancehall! I'll show a clip czcams.com/video/x9vqbJ0VVOE/video.html
Oh man... you've got me with the time stuff. When I was a kid, it took me A LOT to figure out how the clocks work (I get confused sometimes nowadays as well lmao). Also the umability of calculating how long would it take me to do something or to go somewhere is a huge problem for me. I always tend to be super late or super early and I always feel so embarrassed and frustrated. Thank you for making this video. I felt understood ❤
I got a 9/10. I haven’t been officially diagnosed but believe I definitely have this. Another thing I struggle with is when writing down a number/phone number or even saying it out loud sometimes I switch the numbers order
You can tell, there were 12 questions not 10
I never even knew this had a name. I've spent my life feeling stupid and strange. Now I feel relief as I know that I'm just having dyscalculia. I'm not stupid or weird. Thank you so much for this video.
Yes to all, ugh. When I had trouble with one of my first jobs as a cashier (supposedly a very easy job for most) I felt I was going to definitely fail in life. So, I struggle with reading, writing, AND math. I'm 46, still struggling to find something I can do well that doesn't physically kill me.
This was such a big fear of mine growing up! I tried to avoid the cash register and handling any cash or coins -- especially in front of people. Now ive learned occassionally counting on my fingers or taking out my phone calculator is not a big deal. I just take out my phone and quitely to the basic math and for the most part no one cares. It is a bit embarassing but id rather get the answer right and keep my job.
12/12. this explains a lot oml
i always struggled with remembering math concepts and it is a big factor of anxiety for me. when i was younger I'd have mental breakdowns because i couldn't understand anything or remember the material
i also have a lot of ADHD symptoms, and dyscalicula is often connected to ADHD.
I said yes to eight of these questions. The math = anxiety thing really summed how I felt when dealing with math. In 6th grade I was brought up to the front of the school room and basically humiliated in front of the whole class by the teacher because I couldn't do simple multiplication in my head and had to use my fingers instead. That has always stuck with me and I hate trying to figure out math in the presence of other people. I have an odd one - I mix up my numbers if I try to write or type them its like i will write 345 and it should be 543 instead.
I feel the same exact way. And .... sadly the anxiety faced when calculating simple arithmatic in front of other people makes it 100 x worse to even try qnd get the answer in the first place.
I STRUGGLED with math in school. Now I'm a 4th grade math teacher! lol I never knew I could have dyscalculia until right now. This explains a lot. I teach math in an extremely explicit, bit by bit way. Now I know why I do that. Struggling students always thrive in my class and end up loving math because of my teaching style. I'm so intrigued to learn more about this.
Happy to help!
Thanks for breaking it down so simply. As a kid I'd do the same math problems over and over and keep getting different answers, with no idea what I did differently each time. In college I had to do remedial algebra (of course) and passed it only by creating my own silly mnemonics, which I memorized instead of the formulas because I couldn't keep those straight. I definitely couldn't do those dance moves in the video, because it feels like I literally don't know how to manipulate my body in a specific order like that. I have trouble with directions and need Google maps even for places I've been countless times. This one isn't addressed often, but I also can't read music -- a sheet of music just looks like dots floating around a page, and I can't figure out how to relate it to the instrument. I am not officially diagnosed because I don't know how to go about that as an adult, but it was such a relief the first time I heard of dyscalculia and saw all the weird things about me -- things my parents used to get upset about because I was "just being stubborn" -- all listed together.
Oh wow!! I didn’t think about it until reading your comment but I am absolutely terrible with directions when it comes to numerical road names, but if they are given an lexical name I do fine! Wow!
Ha ha my whole family calls me directionally challenged. There are many stories that are funny to hear now but not at the time. Thank heavens for google maps. It's the number one reason I got a cell phone originally. I was tired of bawling my eyes out sitting on a dark road completely lost and no idea where to go. Scary. Also if I have an appointment I always think the time of the appointment is when I should leave home for it.
😍 Finally someone with problems in directions even though going there countless times.i thought i was the only one. Often gets bullied by friends for this. Well some relief for me.where are you from?
I’m already diagnosed as autistic and ADHD. I don’t need any more… but I’m pretty sure I fit this too! I have always struggled with maths despite having above average aptitude, things like remembering numbers, writing numbers down, writing numbers wrong, struggling with times tables, tips: I just put what seems like a fair amount for the time we have been there and the number of us, and all sorts… I love spreadsheets but only when they have words or simple things like adding up basic numbers.
I had heard of people saying ‘numbers dyslexia’ before, but I never knew that it was a real learning disability known properly as dyscalculia. I feel relieved to know that it’s not just me, because I’ve been so embarrassed about my issues with numbers forever. Whenever there is even the simplest of mathematical tasks I feel like my brain shuts down. It’s like a tumbleweed rolling through my head. I am beyond terrible at any maths, reading graphs, I can’t use Microsoft Excel to save my life, have difficulty with directions and estimating time, long sequences of numbers are confusing, and the thought of any financial planning gives me anxiety. Glad to know I’m not alone. Thanks for the info.
I know this video is a year old but having discovered it today, figured I'd jot down some thoughts. Probably going to be a far amount of rambling. 🙂 I'm 65 years old and for most of my life believed I wasn't very intelligent because of how inept I am in regard to mathematics, especially algebra. Then a couple of years ago I decided to do a search for 'dyslexia but with numbers.' That day I learned about dyscalculia and it brought tears to my eyes. Knowing about dyscalculia when I was young would've had a major impact on my life in a positive way. I wish more emphasis was put on dyscalculia so other people don't have to spend most of their life believing they are stupid. For me, it didn't matter that I did well in other subjects. In my heart, it always felt as though only those that did well with science and maths were smart. Thanks for your video and helping to increase awareness!
Thank you for this! I come from a family of mathematically gifted people (including my twin!) and it was always so difficult for me growing up. I get panic attacks trying to do basic math beyond simple addition and subtraction and my mom always made me feel like it was because I wasn't trying hard enough. I hope to take this information and be able to finally pass my college level math classes to earn a degree in communication!
I bet you feel disappointed right now
It's okay bro *it's not your fault*
As someone who didn't know she was already diagnosed with dyscalculia and who's mom was watching her do this quiz and once she finished told her "I think I might have this" and her mom said "You do have this" and she responds in utter disbelief and amazement "I DO??! NO WAYYYYY", this is relatable
I literally answered yes to everything. I've been thinking for a while now that I might have something like this so tests like these are incredibly helpful for me.
me too. LOL Now i know why I have a hard time with line dance moves. WOW!
This is something I 100% have. I always struggled in math and never could recite numbers I heard backwards or read numbers correctly. I'm tired of being called lazy or just not trying my best to learn or do math in my head I just have genuine struggle with it.
I struggled with math for my whole school years. I couldn’t pass the tests and I felt stupid. One day, when I was about to start my senior year in high school, my mum was talking with a friend about my situation, and she suggested that I might have dyscalculia. I told my math teacher about it and she told me that she already suspected. Sometimes my friends laugh at me when I make calculus mistakes and I laugh as well, but I actually feel pretty uncomfortable about it.
Don't worry or feel bad, I'm not so good at math. I usually get anxiety writing test and worksheets
I know you commented this over a year ago, but I am so sorry your friends make jokes at your expense. No one deserves that, especially for things that are out of their control.
If ya feel uncomfortable just keep a straight face and like continue looking at the paper. I think they'll get the hint. I can't know whether they mean it maliciously or not, but chances are they probably don't mean badly. Even so, whether you're comfortable with it is what's important, so if you're reluctant to say just don't go along with it.
My friend's like top 2 in class and super good at maths but even he's stuck scratching his head and we laugh at, but also with each other, so maybe it's a thing of perspective.
I finally have the name of a problem I've struggled with my entire life. Time to look into getting an official diagnoses. Thank you for this.
I answered yes to 9 out of 11 questions. I’m 47 and I’ve been completely paralyzed by math my entire life. I quit jobs or didn’t take jobs in high school if I had to work the cash register. The thought of counting back change is absolutely haunting. Math is my worst fear and I’ve been terribly embarrassed when put in situations where I need to work word problems, graphs or charts.
I’ve been a registered nurse for 11 years and I had to take tons of math classes in order to be accepted into school, but Idid it out of sheer will and determination. I worked in the emergency room, and I was the only person that carried a calculator at all times. For my BSN, I had to take statistics. I ugly cried for at least 8 of the 12 weeks. I studied for hours everyday and I still didn’t understand. I got an 89% in the class, but struggled every second of the day, worrying, obsessing, and fearful of failure because I seriously didn’t
understand. I was embarrassed to work in small groups because I was the only one that didn’t get it. The groups would figure out the problem without me and give me the answers. I cried everyday.
-jojo
Your hard work got you through and your story is extremely inspiring.
@@elianaribbe2757 Thank you 💕
Literally me😭😭
A while ago, I did not know that there was dyscalculia, and I was avoiding dealing with mathematics as much as possible. In my exams at school, I used to count with my fingers, and sometimes I even made a mistake in counting with my fingers, and I went back to counting more than once. I thought this was normal, even when I was studying and stopped at a problem that I was unable to solve. Until my little sister came and solved the question correctly. Just by looking here, I realized that what was happening to me was not normal. I searched on the Internet until I learned about dyscalculia. I was skeptical at first until I entered this video and learned about the symptoms, and 11 of them I actually suffer from.
Given my bad history in mathematics, to this day I have not been able to get an excellent grade in mathematics and it has always been the only subject that hinders my grades in school since I was a child.
I have major dyscalculia while not being dyslectic at all.
Trying to hold onto a number is my head is like grasping & holding superfine sand or water with my hands.
It does not matter if I squeeze as hard as I can or relax...it will just get away from me, no matter what.
Solving sudoku puzzles is equally easy / hard if I use numbers (1-9) or other random symbols ... my brain does not care.
I have absolutely no issues with memorizing & remembering traffic signs etc..
Numbers just do not seem to have any significant individual meaning for me, while Roman numerals are somehow easier to work with... also very strange.
I answered, "Yes" to nearly all of those. Math had the ability to reduce me to tears when I was at school. I vividly remember the hot sweats when asked to calculate on the blackboard, even now, at 68. And don't ask me to recite my seven times table.
Thank you so for this video! I feel like dyscalculia isn’t talked about as much as dyslexia is or other disorders
Having dyscalculia myself I would always have to explain to friends or family what it is and how it’s a real thing.
I’m so so grateful for always having support in my classes and an amazing special Ed teacher in middle school (she’s amazing as hell and I miss her)
It feels so amazing to know I’m not alone in this :)
Disorder as opposed to what order?
@@trueelectsupremea.m.mosttr4786 idk bro I think he is talking about how picking numbers is complex and hard for him I guess
I have struggled with math as a child, and still struggle with math today as an adult. I can't add or subtract without using my fingers, I don't know how to leave a tip (I have to use a tip calculator), I can't give correct change using only basic math skills, I can't remember my multiplication table, I have trouble telling the time using an analog clock, and I switch numbers around, etc. I can't even help my kid with their math homework, because I don't understand it. I have always wondered why I am so bad at math, so I decided to google it and came across Dyscalculia. After taking this test, which I got 11/12, I for sure have Dyscalculia. Thank you for making this video. Now my parents have a better understanding on why I struggle so much with math.
11 out of 12 for me 😔 I've never even heard of this before you're video. I've always struggled with math and learning. I never can seem to remember anything I learn. I wish I had gotten help as a child. I'm now 37.
A "yes" to all of them. As an adult, tests scare the hell out of me. Thanks for your input.
Can you also relate to these questions? I answered "yes" to 11 out of 12, what about you? It is always nice to notice that we are not alone in something like this, and I hope this comment section will reflect that :)
Omg i answered yes for 11. Wow. But it's a bit weird because i learn really well when something is logic, but math i hate.
Nu zie ik pas dat je Nederlander bent. Ik ben Belgische. Ik heb hier een commentaar neergezet waarin ik uitleg dat bij mij de discalculie volgens mij komt, omdat wij in het Vlaams, net als jullie in het Nederlands, de getallen omdraaien. Wij zeggen twee-en-vijftig, terwijl men in andere talen fifty-two zal zeggen, wat de schrijf richting logisch volgt en in onze taal niet.
@@LilithsOwn303 en hij heeft ook in Duitsland gestudeerd, waar ze hetzelfde doen. Persoonlijk denk ik overigens dat het niet uitmaakt. In het Engels rekenen wordt niet opeens makkelijker. En stiekem vond ik de Franse manier om 90 uit te spreken een hulpmiddel om te weten waarin je het kunt opdelen😅
I answered yes for 7 out of 12, I got really surprised about the dancing thing bc I really thought that was related to my (diagnosed) dyspraxia
But in general I had (and still have) so much anxiety around math... I would generally get some decent grades, but when I got into a depressive episode (I'm bipolar 2, the one with hypomania) in my senior year of high school... I almost failed the entire year bc of math, chemistry and physics
Thankfully I was able to overcome this in the end and I graduated
I answered yes to every single question. Whereas I answered only four questions with yes on the dyslexia test that brought me here. I believe there's also a high likelihood that if someone made such a test for reading sheet music, I would score highly on that too, as along with maths it is the largest problem area for me. It's quite validating to know that I'm not an idiot for struggling with it, as I can do the work but it just takes a lot of time and plenty of error checking - which is something you should really always do when it comes to serious calculations anyway!
I went through my school career not even knowing that discalculia exists... I have build a LOT of anxiety around have to calculate something without the aid of a calculator to the point where if someone asks me the simpliest math question I freeze up.
I got a feeling dyscalculia is very often overlooked. People very often just don’t know about it…
So do I it's horrible, I had 4 break downs the other day while trying to do college algebra. It's not that the math is hard I just freeze up, make silly mistakes and errors. I had a professor make me come up to the board and write answers critize my handwriting and wouldn't let us use calculators so I obviously left to go the bathroom and had a full blown panic attack stopped coming to class. He still gave me a passing grade after I finished the final, and I don't know how I did on it without the use of a calculator.
It's such a hard cycle--we're anxious we'll do poorly, so we do worse. It takes so much practice to calm that
Whats 1 + 1
Him:
Other guy: bro why are you so awkward bro what the hell come on man say something
Him: *still frozen*
Him: ok f you
*Did this ever happen to you*
Was het 1988 en net zo nat als water?
I HAAAAAATE math with a passion. I struggled massively with algebra and algebra 2 in high school, because like you said, it genuinely felt like a different language I was just incapable of learning. The textbooks might as well have been written in Hungarian. I remember when I first started college algebra I actually burst into tears because I was so overwhelmed by how incredibly complicated the material was in the syllabus. I dropped the class and was able to figure something else out for math, but all my life math has been nothing but a source of massive frustration and tears and anxiousness. The fact that some people pick it up so easily and love doing it astounds me.
Found out my senior year of college. Even tho that was almost 20 years ago, it still angers me that it took that long for me to know. More importantly, that I had to figure it out myself and find the resources to get tested. It saddens me that so many people drop out of college because of undiagnosed learning disabilities like dyscalculia.
I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD when I was seven, and over the years my struggle and downright torment with math was always horrendous. I had a much easier time with words, and writing, but math was always fucking horrible. I remember late nights spent with my mom as we do our best to talk through my math homework, hours spent with me just crying and doing my best to figure it out while counting on my fingers. To this day I simply can't handle numbers, they always feel like they get jumbled up or switched around in my brain, and the worst part is I often times don't recognize they did get switched up until it's too late to fix the mistake. It's extremely hard, and I only learned about dyscalculia recently. I really fucking wish I had been diagnosed/tested for dyscalculia along with dyslexia in the past, knowing that I have this much sooner in life would have made me a lot easier on myself. Thank you for making this video
Even though my mom was a maths teacher, maths was utter hell to me. Languages come way more easily.
I always called myself ‘dyslinksisch’ meaning dysleftic, for always mixing op left and right and now through these videos I get to know that there actually is something that’s dysleftic😅 sort of funny and reassuring
I had not heard of dyscalculia till now but listening to the video makes more of my math struggles make sense.
I'm Not glad that others have this problem but somehow now I don't feel so alone.
I got a score of 9 and the first notion I’ve ever had of being understood or normal. I honestly always thought I was dumb and generally inadequate, but a lot of things seem to add up and I feel like this is a thing it’d be helpful for me to have diagnosed. I also know that I have a lot of mental health issues and neurodivergent tendencies though, so it’s always really hard for me to ever truly pinpoint something (other than ptsd, anxiety, and some variation of depression, those are incredibly concrete and impossible to write off at this point lol)
Literally answered yes to every question, uh oh
I guess I should have seen that coming considering all the times I broke down crying in math class.
I always felt like there was something wrong with me when I couldn't do simple calculations or even do math. Sadly was never able to get myself tested as it wasn't covered by any insurance or school I attended, unlike the dyslexia tests. This video has got me thinking whether I should get myself tested and to perhaps put away the shame for good. Thank you for this video!
I feel the exact same way! I get so stressed when I do homework and I just get to the point where I don't do it and math is the hardest thing because I get it all memorized and then the next day I can't remember a thing and test are honestly the worst I feel like I could cry because honestly feel this is what I have and all these years I've told myself I'm dumb and that I can't learn nothing and now that I kinda have a base to the problem it makes me so much happier I thought I was just the dumbest person ever and no one else in the world felt this way because some days I can spell weird and some times I can't some days 7×6 is an easy solve and the next I have no clue what I'm doing some days the longest words and paragraphs I can read and some days I can't I just feel so happy I've cried so many times from bad grades and left or rights or even why I can't remeber every country in Africa or what a country is ❤
Yes! Please put the shame away
11/12. I never knew I would have so many of these but one of the ones I can especially relate to is counting on my fingers. I still do it no matter if it's smaller numbers as well. In math I'd always make very small mistakes like this for an easy example: 12+14= 26 but I'd probably write 28 which would be a number that I was previously thinking of. In that same sentence I actually calculated the number to be 26, and I even said it in my head yet I still typed 28.
This was heartbreaking for me. I had to fight the lump in my throat after I answered yes to every question after the 1st one. The Question about dance steps, and solving a algebraic equation on the chalk board brought back especially painful and embarrassing memories. Sometimes it would be easier for me to just pay the whole bill at a restaurant. And Math anxiety was just something I couldn't deal with and was the main reason why I just dropped out of college. I can read an analog clock or watch accurately with just a glance. I use the 24 hr clock as a regular method of telling time, but this has not helped me in the measuring of time, or in how long it takes me to do something. (It ALWAYS takes me longer than I plan to do something.) Also, I know that Mr. Aike De Haas didn't speak on in this video, but spelling has always been difficult for me. Despite this however, reading, writing, and the understanding of what large words mean, their etymology, and how to use them in a sentence and in conversation are VERY easy for me though.
10/12 on the dyscalculia test. This really makes sense to me, as I always thought I was super dyslexic, but on that test I scored only 4/9. I noticed my troubles with simple mathematical tasks but had no idea it could also impact on my ability to stick to a budget or schedule (which it GREATLY does).
Thank you for your work!!
I always remember my friends reactions when I would ask them for basic subtraction or when they saw me struggling to count on my fingers despite having been consistently top of my math classes. I even did my older siblings homework all throughout elementary school, doing long division while failing third grade for not knowing my times tables😭. (sincerely this was very helpful I have cried a lot over these things thinking i was just dumb)
Yes to every single question! Though I always struggled with math, certain moments stand out-like the time in my thirties when I couldn’t get my checkbook to balance. I never trusted my first attempt and always checked my figures by doing it all again to make sure I came up with the same balance. But that time, through repeated attempts, I came up with two different figures consistently, and only those two. I couldn’t figure out which one was right, and didn’t know where I’d made a mistake. I was being so careful each time and even using a calculator! Finally, I asked someone to watch me do it and let me know if they noticed anything wrong. Sure enough, the mistake was in one particular entry. Every OTHER time I calculated I would enter 32.65 as 35.62. It was then I knew that math was hard for me because I was unknowingly transposing the numbers in some sequences. Now I’m in my sixties and less stressed about it. I still do math, of course, but I have simplified some processes (like tip computations-I’ve learned to estimate and then add some just because I like being generous). Also, I’m not ashamed to ask others to double check my figures.
Same here ❤
11/12 (only because I was a dancer I learnt to pick up moves but the counting was always an issue lol) I spent my whole highschool career homeschooling with a tutor helping me with math daily. no matter how hard I tried I worked myself to death, had panic attacks daily and always failed... I still haven't graduated because of it … only recently found out about it and my tutor had suspicions. but because of everything happening in my life I don't have the luxury to deal with it. thank you for the video because it just confirms everything in a way and helps explain to people who doesn't understand what its like
11/12
I am already officially diagnosed with Dyscalculia (as well as Dyslexia), the only one I answered no to is 8, because although I find Maths difficult at times, I love that challenge it gives me and I do enjoy the subject even if it stresses me out sometimes. I don't really see it as a foreign language, just as like a puzzle game I guess lol
I've always been awful at maths, with formulas not sticking, people younger than me getting things i just couldn't seem to understand and maths over the years causing me countless breakdowns and panic attacks. Apparently my dad tried to get me diagnosed when i was younger and the doctor said I didn't have it (without ever asking me anything). To this day I still struggle with maths and cannot visualise numbers if you say them without a visual aid for the life of me. Unsurprisingly, I got an 11/12 and I think enough time has passed for me to try and get tested again because it would be nice to know for sure. :)
I got 9 from 12 questions. I don't really have dyslexia like talking or writing, I even know few languages, but math was always hard for me. Is it possible to have Dyscalculia without having general Dyslexia? Now I know what Dyscalculia is, thank you for the video😊
Thank you for this test. 10/12 here. I learned about dyscalculia recently, and I started to wonder...My high school geometry was so bad that my teacher said I shouldn't even bother with more math. As a young child my mom had to drill times tables into me by recitation. Numbers hop around when I look at them. The only way I can write or put numbers correctly into a calculator is if someone is reading me the digits (NOT the numbers). I can't estimate sizes for leftover containers nor pack a suitcase. I am constantly running out of time, or finding I allotted far too much. I mix up left and right hands constantly. I broke a toe by clipping the door frame because I misjudged space.
I went to university thinking I couldn't do math. It was a kind professor (during my retake of advanced algebra and trig) that convinced me I could do this, and I went on to get an engineering degree and later a high school math teaching license. Yes, I understand math and I am good at it, (except anything that relates to space - I'm still hopeless at geometry) but every single math problem I have done over the years I have done at least twice - to make sure I did it right. It's exhausting. And the lack of spatial awareness and the inability to estimate time and space impacts me every single day.
Incredible life story!
Back in school, I was often confused between add and subtract operation. I have difficulties in recognising the 24-hour clock system and months, but it gradually gets better now. Time tables were the reason why I dislike mathematics, and now watching this made me want to cry and go back and tell the younger me that I'm not stupid and useless like what the teachers told me.
11/12...
I've always struggled with math, numbers, physics, chemestry, programming and so on. I never understood why as a kid I was so bad at them and always put myself down and compare to others for being better than me. They were very difficult and I was never good at them and caused me a lot of anxiety for me. In 1 year, I'll be going to the game dev course to get a degree and I'm still anxious about the fact that I need to do a math exam to pass and get accepted, even basic math stuff I still struggle. This video really helped me knowing such thing like Dyscalculia and might gave me the sign that I have that, I'll try to get a diagnosis one of these days to find out if I have or not. Awesome video!
Ok now this is VERY interesting, because I actually did relate to about half of these despite the fact that I major in math and have done very well in all my math classes in college thus far (I've taken algebra, calculus 1, calculus 2, calculus 3, differential equations, and linear algebra)
12/12 for me; it's actually a relief to know that it's not because I wasn't "trying hard enough"! I read somewhere, though for the life of me can't remember where, that it also affects directions such as north, south, east, west, left, and right.
Thank you for this. I have been told (and believed) that I was just plain stupid. Very valuable information.
This blew my mind because I am terrible at arithmetic but am able to understand and use Calculus. It's difficult for me to keep things in my working memory, so it's hard for me to put concepts I just learned into practice right away. I have to say things over and over again in my head to keep it there, but if I can picture it in my mind that helps. My mom made me drill my times tables when I was younger so I can do them, but I don't trust my answers and have to double check certain ones. Another thing that I tend to do is switch them around in order to remember them. For example if you say what is 7x9, I don't know it, but my brain automatically switches them and goes 9x7 is 63.
I just stumbled across this. I was diagnosed with dyslexia back in the 70’s. I also have adhd. I answered yes to 11. I have never been able to tell time on an analog clock. The only reason I understand military time is because I was in the service. I also believe I have dysgraphia. This was not a term when I was a kid. But I have trouble holding a pen or pencil for any length of time. I get similar numbers and letters mixed up. E, 3, b, d, etc. as a hair stylist I had to force myself to have good time maintenance. But in all honesty, I have an app that helps. Thank you for the info.
1. Do you have trouble telling the time on an analog or 24-hour clock?
2. If you have a math task in front of you, would you start figuring out the answer without first estimating the result?
3. When you calculate, would you tend to use your fingers?
4. Is financial planning difficult for you? Do you have trouble sticking to a certain budget?
5. Is it hard for you to pick up new dance moves or choreography?
(My guess, this also includes musical sight-reading and picking up on other physical rhythm-based tasks.)
6. At school, was it hard for you to memorise the times table?
(My guess is that this might include basic additions too.)
7. In a cafe, would you avoid working out the bill or would you unintentionally give a wildly innacurate tip?
8. Do you think that math is like a foreign language?
9. Do you generally make a lot of mistakes when given math tasks?
10. Is keeping track of time an issue for you? Do you underestimate how long sonething takes or do you miss appointments?
11. Is math generally a cause of anxiety for you?
12. Do you tend to forget numerical information that other people seem to remember quite easily?
Things like your phone number, your new house number, your friend's birthday.
1-Y (almost no, but then the "you see 18 and don't instantly know that that means 6 at night" got me. i had no idea that wasn't normal...)
2-Y
3-Y (extremely yes. all of the time.)
4-Y (difficult to hold a bunch of different numbers in my head at once....)
5-no idea! (i don't dance and i don't want to, so i have no frame of reference)
6-Y (i never actually... fully memorized them. i have random patches of the times tables that i just don't know because it hasn't worked into my memory from seeing them on questions and stuff.)
7-N
8-Y (one i'm not horrible at, but yeah, it's not english)
9-Y (not insanely often but you know)
10-Y
11-Y (although i credit this more to public school, because i can enjoy learning about it without all the stress of 48 pages of homework packets)
12-Y (i second guess myself every time i type out my phone number even though ive got it down pretty well now...)
the estimating time question made me think - I'm also really bad at estimating distances, or how big something is. like, oh, that thing's three miles away? no idea how long it'd take to get there. no idea how far it is.
i'm autistic, so some things probably overlap, but. wow! that's a lot.
Omg this makes sense in my life, i’ve always sucked at math, even tho i understood the topics and studied , i’d always get a failing grade. I always have problems reading analog and 24 hrs clocks.
Thank goodness for the calculator on my phone! I’d be lost without it… I was lost without it.
I got about 9/12
i never understood math since middle school, but also in elementary school I remember the anxiety of learning those damned times tables, and in middle school how no matter how hard I worked, I got very low grades (1 or 2 average) even in the easiest of tests, and how in secondary school physics became like another language for me.
Now, I associate mathematics and physics only with anxiety, failure, and struggle, for more than 10 years I struggled to grasp anything related to math, my mind simply don't grasp it. This struggle led me to fail graduating several times.
I remember learning Biology in less than 1 month and improving so much in it, compared to all those years of trying to learn math, I really think there is something in my mind preventing me from learning math.
This video helped me to be aware of what dyscalculia is, though I know I can't seek help.
I have been struggling with math ever since I was a child and still until this day as a 23 year old. I had special teachers that take me out of class to take a test and I still don't understand. I felt so alone with this and since saw this video it solve most of my answers. I had 10 out of 12 which I already know I would have a high score. I struggle with right and left directions, map directions, math problems, dance routine, counting backwards, streets, highways, addresses, telling time (analog and Military clock), forgetting phone numbers, don't know how to divide and subtract and sometimes multiply. I use my fingers or draw pictures to add, subtract, multiply. I don't even know how to divide and also when people say its a quarter to 9 I don't know what they actually meant.
WOW I've always known I struggled with numbers in all formats but to have a word to label it really does help me feel validated, thank you for this it helps me realize I'm not lazy. I answered yes to all 12. I'm 67 and still dealing with the anxiety from childhood traumas in school for being treated lesser for being stupid, yet I have an above average IQ, that was hard to understand until now. THANK YOU
I didn't really know there was a name for this! Ever since I've encountered the term "Dyslexia," I've been really interested in it especially I felt like it's the same how I have difficulties in the way I approach math as well. I always felt mixed feelings seeing my classmates immediately beinf able to calculate simple arithmetic in their head while I'm still trying to imagine the numbers in my head and trying to understand it. I got 12/12 here, and it feels nice to know this is called Dyscalculia. Thank you for this video!
Yeah, I answered yes to all of these. I have dyslexia but I always knew I was struggling even more with numbers. I went so many years thinking and being told I was dumb by teachers because I couldn't grasp "simple" math equations. To this day, I get really emotional and defensive when doing anything mathematical because of how awful and dumb it makes me feel. But I'm starting to come to the realization that I was never dumb. My mind just worked differently. I was extremely naturally talented at music as a child, and I have also gone on to become a best-selling science fiction author!
I like to think of this quote by Albert Einstein when I'm being hard on myself.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
Oh wow. I just found you. Thank you for these videos! Although (at 68 years old) I knew I had issues, I had never heard of dyscalculia. Would you believe, I'm really good at logical analysis of data, and have been in charge of billions of dollars in assets in my career. But dear god, don't ask me my times tables! I have particular difficulty with calendars. I triple check dates and still screw it up. The numbers and the days of the week get jumbled. Not the end of the world. - It's nice to understand it better.
I had... no idea. My dad has dyslexia, and I thought I was always just pants at math; learning that I probably have dyslexia, and more specifically dyscalculia is really validating. I don't have much trouble with words, but math... hoo boy. I got 6/9 for the main test and 8/12 for this one. It doesn't affect me too badly, aside from being glued to my calculator, but I'm kind of glad I got curious and clicked on these videos!
My mom is dyslexic, I have never really imagined myself as such until watching your videos. I never struggled with directions nor numbers like my mom did, however I struggled with reading slow. Now I realize I struggle a lot more than my peers. I don't do time tables well unsurprisingly, I use my fingers, calculus is easy but things like discrete math makes my brain hurt. Maybe it's time I see someone, thank you. And for the record I had a ton of spelling mistakes in this message and it took me 3 or 4 times to check. Actually more because I confused then and than again...