Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten
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- Опубліковано 26 бер 2017
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Have you ever sat down to take a math test and immediately felt your heart beat faster and your palms start to sweat? This is called math anxiety, and if it happens to you, you’re not alone: Researchers think about 20 percent of the population suffers from it. So what’s going on? And can it be fixed? Orly Rubinsten explores the current research and suggests ways to increase math performance.
Lesson by Orly Rubinsten, animation by Adriatic Animation.
"So if you experience mathematical anxiety, what can you do?"
Me: die
No cure for mathematical anxiety 💀
@@adithya9786 there is something called "practice" and dedication of doing it.
@@viole5911 practice makes perfect.
Yep.......
Exactly
100%
I’ve always felt like I couldn’t keep up with my classmates in math. They could answer equations faster than I could and I felt ashamed and humiliated in front of my peers...
It's really sad that it has to feel like a contest. It shouldn't be, everybody should get the chance to solve the problem in their own time, and experience the joy of finally finding the answer.
True that.
I used to like maths and trying new problems but at my own pace.
When I got into high school the portion teacher would teach us in one day was overwhelming. I used to prepare in advance for math class since there was this one teacher who loved to humiliate students in front of the whole class and I didn't wanted to get scolded. But at some point I just lost interest in studies.
Everyone was ahead of me. My classmates and schoolmates were doin well except for me.... even if they were not good in studies they atleast had friends who would support them and had their fun time at recess.
I felt left out.
Didn't had any friends cuz of our strict school environment and my lack of social skill (or maybe I just have horrible personality). I would just go home and read comics, play games and sleep any time I get to escape the reality.
I would skip school n classes acting sick and stuff just to avoid that teacher. My grade sucked.
I somehow pulled myself together the next year and was able to pass most exams.
Now I have 0 interest in studying all thanks to that teacher and that high school. I rather pursue fine arts.
Hope my college is not as traumatising as my high school.
Naomi Mueller Me too.
Same here :(
And on the other end there are introverts, who solve the equations and zip their mouth fearing if their answer is right or wrong...
I usually felt like crying when answering math questions in exams and my heart beats so fast whenever it's math class because I'm afraid the teacher will call me to solve a math problem
SAME
IKR Same
I think a lot of it are due to the fact that some math teachers are brutal and will encourage harassment behavior among the class, when your classmates laughs at you for answering the problem wrong more often than not the teacher will not say anything or worse scold or belittle you for your mistakes creating a traumatic experience that leads to anxiety.
I had always hated math and would have anxiety/panic attack but once i had a very compassionate math teacher who encourages and didn't rush anyone to solve the problem, things change and i learn to love and not fear Math.
Dude I literally get that all the time
same
I grew up thinking i was never good at math, i was scared of the subject and my mom often told me i was slow and not being good or quick at coming up with answers for math problems meant i had low IQ and not smart. As i moved to study abroad, i took multivarious calculus in high school and thought it was quite creative and interesting. Fast forward to college, Somehow i decided to do a double major with one major being math. I was growing to become more confident and ended up graduating as a math major with a high GPA, tutored math and graded math homeworks for my peers. I hope anyone who reads this can believe yourself that you can do it, and dont let others decide whether you are smart or not. Some people take it slow to solve things or learn new ideas, but that does not mean you have low IQ!! You can do it and make math a fun subject!!
It's sad how people who are close to us, often pulls us down. But anyways, your story motivated me, I've curently been reviewing basic maths, there are some that I have totally forgotten, and now I'm trynna get that math knowledge back again.. AND now that I'm entering 10th Grade, I hope I will have a greater knowledge on the subject that I always failed at :)
When I was younger no matter how much I studied the concepts I always felt miserable making mistakes in my homework and in the middle of tests because it meant I was getting lower grades which affected how my parents treated me.
It wasn't until I got into programming that the mistakes stopped being so permanent, bad code could always be reanalyzed and corrected, I could perceive the code running and doing *something*, the something that was so absent in the paper with the problems that seemed to statically laugh at me.
This made me emotional ! I’d love math topics but I used to feel math hates me cause everytime I got my ans wrong and that cycle gave me phobia …. But here I am trying to face it head on instead of running away ! This is really inspiring! Thank you
Here’s why I get anxious when I do math:
1. You’re either right or wrong. There’s no in between.
2. Your chances of being wrong over right are much higher. There’s only one right answer, but there are infinite wrong answers.
😭
3.not all teachers teach math correctly or adapt it for struggling students
thats false, there are also alooot of right answers that you could write in diff ways.
@@dumplinglover8042 what you mean is not right answers it's right solutions. You might get to the right answer from different solutions, but the answer is still ony one
@@dumplinglover8042 it's just saying the same thing in different ways. there's 1 right answer but the way you say it can differ. it's like saying an apple can be red and saying an apple can be crimson coloured. it's the same thing
*never knew that there was a whole type of anxiety for maths but it makes sense*
Seriously, if you're a soccer player, and somebody invited you for, say, a training session in their ice hockey team, would you have "anxiety" about it, or would you simply be like a fish trying to climb a tree?? Get real, it's not all about anxiety, nope.
the usernames in this comment reply section i cant LOL this is so funny XD
@@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892 ya ok buddy why did u just waste your time commenting that
@@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892 ah you meant to say that you are a goal keeper and someone invites you to play hockey ,you agree but then during the match ,while you are goal keeping you focus too much on the disk that you forget to actually move.
Bad analogy I know
It makes me anxious everytime i get to recite. 😟
I struggle this a lot too, especially this school year. We literally need to learn about 3 topics for a week and I can't even process each one of it, and were learning all this through online class.
I hear you! I've been doing online learning for one month now and today we had a unit test. I was the absolute last one in the meeting with the instructor doing the 12 question test for over an hour. The minute it started I felt like I forgot anything I knew and I panicked. I felt deeply ashamed being the last one left and I cried after I submitted my answers and logged off. We learn something new everyday in that class and it isn't enough time for me to really understand it, even though I practice and study almost every night.
Last night I studied with classmates for 3 1/2 hours. I wish I could better understand it and not feel so embarrassed when I don't. The instructor is really nice and I like him, but he's so fast! I can't keep up but I'm not going to give up! HANG IN THERE! we can do it, I know we can! I'm so sorry you feel the way you do and I totally understand, you aren't alone.
same
Get an average in math and get good grades in others to balance overall result
@@Kat-Bat thx you for this comment you make us feel comfortable
@@Someone345y basically me
I’m a math teacher and even I get anxious about math, students you are not alone! You can feel anxious about failing, but math is about learning from your mistakes! Your mistakes will only make you stronger ❤
My maths teacher always humiliated me in front of the whole class and that's makes me hate the subject and also the teacher..
Hope you were my maths teacher
Then, i will always be made stronger and stronger 😂😂
@@tanvighutke same :(
I wish there were teachers this dedicated to their job in India
As a high school student, thank you for this.
I feel like schools just teach math wrong somehow. There's tons of people in all other subjects that love that subject but aren't good at it. I'm like that with english; I love the class but my grades are lackluster. In math, the only people finding joy in it are the ones who find it easy.
I feel like that is intrinsic to math itself though. The joy in it comes with understanding - not necessarily with understanding quickly, with solving everything effortlessly. But if you've been sitting on a problem for hours and you finally have an insight, a new approach or idea... it's such an indescribably feeling. I get a rush in my gut when I write the last few lines down, knowing that, in just one moment, I will finally arrive where I wanted to go and it will all fall into place and work. Sometimes I cry with joy in that moment, it's so overwhelming. And if you never have that moment... it's pretty horrible, I admit that.
I find it easy and I hate it too.
I am not the best or worst in Math, but the feeling of solving is the way it cheers me on. It is also the case in Informatics it awesome to create a conclusion for a problem .
So true
I don't worry over math test now, I used to though but now that I actually trief to learn it it's fun. You definitely have to try and learn it from other sources and not just your teacher
idk why this comment section actually makes me feel comfortable because I know that I'm not the only one suffering with math anxiety-
😂 same dude many people hate math and even I hate maths too 🤣
same :)
Bro I almost failed my test today, but yes, this comment section made me feel better.
My teacher scolds me... because I'm weak in maths...I don't know why I don't understand maths
Your not alone
I am in tears right now..seriously I just feel so nervous whenever I have to explain or solve any maths equation..and this thing makes my mind totally blank and makes me feel I am useless even though I know that I am more better than my other classmates in other subjects.
I struggled with math a lot when I was younger. For some reason it was like I had a wall preventing me from understanding certain concepts until I was older.
My parents would often get really frustrated and upset when I wasn't picking up math skills fast enough. It felt like a punishement. Eventually I began shying away from math as much as possible and worked on developing my other skills. I think the difficulty and stress I had with it when first learning caused more stress as I got older.
OMG this is same as me, i already struggle with math since i was in primary school and relize that i have anxious with math when i was in high school, i cant do basic math even rn i already graduate from high school, its really frustrasing cause i try so many way to learning math and understand it but it was came out to make me cryin, sorry for my bad english :(
Human : Is born.
Math: So, you have chosen death.
More like depression
😭
The meme isnt funny
you see math is basically nature
but through characters and conventions
@@gta4haterhq Ya, it is.
When I have exam, I can see the numbers, but can't think about them. I legit can stare at basic problem for 5 minutes and not solving it. Whereas at home, with no time pressure and alone, I can work easily.
Same is with me. Exactly the same.
Same here
omg...let me put it straight..THATS THE EXACT SAME THING I FACE!
Yeah same, school just gives me so much anxiety over all.
The time test puts the pressure.... And causes silly mistakes
Math anxiety really does affect your performance greatly. I usually got pretty good grades due to my quick grasping of concepts. But once, we had a Math test, of Division of Algebra, I may have missed a class or two but I was still pretty confident. Whenever I get nervous, I begin to lose track of the what I’m doing and my heart starts racing making it much harder to concentrate. I wasn’t even able to finish the questions properly. And my score was really bad. The teacher even called me during lunch that day to ask me what happened since I was doing good in class until the test. I tried making excuses but I was too embarrassed. It seems that a few other students couldn’t do it properly cuz the teacher retook the test. I tried calming myself down and slowly going through all the steps, revised more and just overall tried to chill out. I got full marks.
She literally explained how to deal with any form of anxiety, good job..
To this day, I'm still wondering how Bob can carry 52 watermelons and why he would bother to equally divide them among his 4 friends.
😂😂😂1 commeant
@@movedtofoamyarts3191 wrong it is 1 3
@@movedtofoamyarts3191 You forgot to show your work. 0%
13 each dude!
Tech Guy17 I know right 😴
You get anxious because when you play the Game of Math, you're either right or you're wrong. There is no middle ground.
Sometimes you're both right _and_ wrong. Sometimes the problem at hand is undecidable.
Katsutoshi Morinaga Actually, I find it better knowing that I'm right or wrong. It eliminates the worry of the examiner not liking my work on the grounds of personal expectations.
When the sun rises in the West and sets in the East, when the seas go dry and the mountains blow in the wind like leaves... Then you will be good at math, my pupil, and not before.
Katsutoshi Morinaga My thoughts exactly
@Aidan Fitzgerald According to the agreed upon axioms of logic, you can, in fact, never be both right and wrong. A statement is either true or false, never both. Sometimes it is undecideable whether a statement is true or false, but no solution beeing correct does not imply every solution beeing correct.
This resonates with me so much. Ever since freshman year of high school I was expecting myself to be smart and get good grades. This went along with my dream to be a vet which requires high marks. Every time I got a bad mark, I felt awful. This lead me to panicking in class when I didn't know how to solve a problem. In grade 12, my calculus and physics teacher would give us hard questions to encourage us to think outside the box. This pressured me even more and I hated those classes even though before I was perfectly fine with them. I have always thought in the back of my mind I could have some sort of anxiety and maybe this is it. I'm not using this to diagnose myself but it has definitely made me think about it, thank you Ted-Ed.
My previous math teacher used to choose me for most of the math problems, especially the hard ones. This was not because she wanted me to get better, she only wanted the class to be amused at my failure. Everybody loved her except me. I couldn't be more glad she left the school.
im hope ur ok now :(((
As the "smart kid" in my former school, all I can say is the math "teacher" is not actually teaching, but instead doing what the book told her to do.
Lol
That's pretty much what my Math Teachers do ...
Well yeah isn’t every teacher like that
but for math that's really all you can do, teach by the book (and that's not necessarily a bad thing)
there's really only one answer to a math question (eg. 5*4 = only 20 nothing else)
but i admit that a teacher can try to make it engaging and interesting somehow
@@imaffyy No. There are plenty of teachers who excel in their craft.
When I was at school, my teacher would keep saying that Math is easy, for some reason, I get anxiety whenever I hear it.
Me when my teacher says that: easy for you to say because your smart on maths.
me too whenever someone says maths is easy I will get angry.
math is easy... when you know the exact things you need to do-
math is easy... if you memorized how to compute a long solution
@@zestytriss5282 Not if your brain refuses to allow certain bits of information inside
"QUICKLY, QUICKLY!" My dad would constantly yell at me when I was 5 years old doing flashcards in the living room, trying to figure out addition and subtraction. I'm still trying to release this anxiety almost 30 years later.
In my opinion, kids in Asia ( especially at East, and Southeastern Asia ) have more chance to have this syndrome as almost all my classmates tell each other that the semester math test is very hard, even though the teacher tell us the questions were similar to what he have given. It's like as if my friends lost their memories about the lesson my teacher has given. Also, that makes us more anxious when the teacher who teachs us math told us that only two of 46 students only passed the test. Also, pretty much all Cindo ( Chinese Indonesian ) parents force their children to have a good math score.
true bro.. Cindo kids have it hard.
What happens if you're from polynesia?
@@marionetteproject508 I have no idea about it as I'm from Indonesia...
No it's everywhere in the world and indeed Asia dealt with it better
I was pretty good at math when I was starting school, but over time I developed a huge anxiety towards math. I sometimes look at answers to math equations I had problems with and I think "God, this is so simple, why I couldn't figure it out?". When I'm taking math tests I just can't think at all.
My story was completely different.
I was terrible at math in elementary and middle school, but somehow I developed a love and understanding for math so I passed with an A my calculus classes.
Same bro then I got almost zero marks on a really easy quiz
Omg same, I just freeze at that moment
Same its like my brain 🧠 just shutdown
same. the numbers swim in my head. i cant think at all
The constant rule in Math: When it's easy, you're probably wrong.
OMG yes
no lol that’s just negative thinking based on your past experiences
@@-guitarhero its true shut up
@@ego5652 no wonder your name is as such
Oh my goodness... Yes... Yes.... Yes....!
For me no matter how many times the teacher or professor walks me through it. Even if it’s on a one to one tutoring session or showing me slowly step by step . The second I have to do it alone my brain gets confused . I’ve learned ways to cope with my struggles with math. Daily tutoring sessions in a quiet room with someone who’s patient with me has helped tremendously. Also before tests Im allowed to have extra sheets of paper so I can solve my problems , the use of a calculator, extended time and I’m also permitted to use a formula chart that shows me step by step how to solve the problems
Ironically enough, the teachers who were the most passionate about math gave me the most anxiety my making feel bad when I didn't share the same passion.
I remember my math teacher telling someone that they might need a math tutor. You are, you’re the tutor.
I actually had a virtual tutor but the teacher said you are not following my/book method and fail ur answers right away!
Fr extra classes are bs tbh teachers should do their job
My math teacher helped me get out of my math anxiety though
I mean a personal tutor may be needed. Assuming this teacher wasn't a a-hole and really cares, they may be assessing that a student may need more help than they have time to provide.
well i used had a really good teacher who would help solve questions thats supposed to be 2 grades below us that we forgot or dont remember clearly and alot of people still failed math class
when I do too much math, I forget how to count
I forget my times tables...
Same here, man 😂
Aaron P I know my multiplication tables by heart but when someone asks me I forgot everything and start to sweat and shake :P
@@beep___ SAME! It's like I think I could reach it deep down in my brain, I'm trying to so hard to remember it but nah it's too far to reach, I can't remember it.
Pink Froyo! IKR
I am 26 and completing a science degree after transferring from the arts. I love biology so much, but math nearly crushed my dream. I know I can learn math but I am slower at learning it than any other subject. I’ve realized it’s my mindset and the lack of support I got as a child and teen learning math.
I was homeschooled since elementary school, and when I was homeschooled I started to develop a huge love for mathematics. Even teaching myself calculus (with the help of a family member) in my 7th grade year of middle school. As soon as I got into my freshman year of high school I skipped about 4 years of mathematics. But as I went to school I very much developed a anxiety and a “hatred” towards math. And it’s honestly quite disappointing.
I cried in math today
Alex Lucas I'd tear up a bit during my maths lessons sometimes or cry when I do my maths homework. At one point in time I had suicidal thoughts because of maths haha, but now I'm all good and well!
Alex Lucas I did that, but in writing and my teacher was in the air Force.
Alex Lucas although I do have stress in math homework, because I don't have a teacher who can help.like, why do they teach me things while I'm doing homework, I need someone to explain and show me.
i feel
Me too high five
Math anxiety is a symptom created by school. Without school math wouldn't have anxiety
satnamo schools really make math seem more imposing and important than it really is
I'm very sorry to hear that, but we sometimes need to do something even though if we don't want to do it. We can't always do whatever we wanted to do.
satnamo
I think I agree with that. Since I started math super early in my life, I feel like that’s why I like it so much.
Math anziety is a symptom created by Math. Without Math there wouldn't be math anxiety
Math anxiety is a symptom created by the people with math anxiety. Without those people, there wouldn't be math anxiety.
What she said is so true, I was always afraid of math and dreaded it. After I got a tuition teacher, however, it changed. She always made math to be so easy on constantly reminded me of how easy and fun it is, overall I improved in math SO MUCH. A teacher’s impact on a student is really important.
Yes, I think most of the people who have math anxiety is because by their parents or by their teachers.
And even after i realised that math is not as hard as i thought. Even though I was dependent on my parents and teacher's thought about my math .
Math anxiety is a fun irony. I was brought up to believe I was bad at math. So I worked on math twice as hard than anything else at school, and my math scores were always top of class wherever I go. From anyone else’s POV, I was pretty good at it. Yet after 20 years, I still firmly believe I am bad at math.
i hold back tears when i walk into my math class
ohmygod same
For real
same, i feel super heavy
I relate to this comment on a spiritual level.
@Prashant Mondal i can't tell if you're being serious
Most Teachers Don't know how to make a child fall in love with math.
Edit(after 1 year): The problem mentioned above is more prevalent than it might seem, but it can be irrelevant. Students with good fundamentals can learn on their own.
For me Kurzgesagt In a Nutshell and Time dilation did (mainly relativity).
I had a teacher once that would give time for some smart kid to explain to the other kids how he got it. The teacher would then pick up on how the smart kid explained to the other kids just to improve her teaching skills
@@alexandergracilla1394 Lmao...
Facts
Exactly... Man
数学できる＝頭いいとみなす文化とかって世界共通なんだ。
Hello Korean..
I really love math and I have a lot of experience in math competitions and a lot of times math anxiety is something that kinda blocked my brain and stopped me from achieving better results until I REALLY screwed up one contest. It made me realise what was my fear doing to me and i could easily solve problems from this contest at home but when there was time limit and pressure i was so stressed that I could not think properly. So I decided to relax before competition, do something really relaxing like watch a movie or something day before, try not to think about the worst outcome and little by little i got rid of math anxiety. Few months later I became national champion. Never give up!!
I get nervous when Math class starts because my teacher teaches too fast for me. Then at the end of every class it's like everyone understood the lesson but me. I'm much more comfortable with my Math tutor and I guess I just prefer one on one sessions but I still get super nervous when Math time rolls around.
Update: It's been a year since I commented this and now that I'm in 10th grade and am in online classes lemme just say that my new teacher is a huge improvement compared to the last one. My friends are also really good at math and I come to them to teach me alot, here's to hoping yall can improve too :]]]
Update #2: Yeah nvm JDKAJDKKSKDKS I hate online school. Everything started going downhill after a few months so I'm back to square one ig ://
Same
That's the exact same case with me!
Same
Haha yes
I feel this way for physics 😪
I can do the other subjects, but my brain just stops when im doing math.
same girl same
Same same it’s like the teacher is speaking in another language
it used , but it works.
its slower than other subject but i am managing
Taught not teached... there is no such word as teached.
@@redngreen922 no one even said teached .. shut up
i never knew people actually felt this way. ive always loved math despite being exceedingly better at english....i find math to be very calming. i hope everyone dealing with this receives the courage and support they need when it comes to math
tysm
calming? oh.. haha ok....
HOW-
CALMING!?! CALMING!?! DID YOU JUST SAY MATH AND CALMING BOTH IN THE SAME SENTENCE!?!
OMG FINALLY!! Most of the 20% are here whining about math and while I'm not top tier math fan I've always thought that it is just what it is. Very happy to see that there are others who don't find math soOOoOOo scary 💯
I needed this video… and looking at these comments I feel better about myself, knowing I’m not the only one, just as the video says.
I need more videos like this to help me get through my day!!
Same man I’m not good at math
@@countblack406 me too ✋
One time, my math teacher made me solve a math problem at the board. I was so anxious, I silently cried for 4 minutes while trying to answer the problem. ;-;
good !!! But it would have been better if you had really spent those four minute giving some thought about the problem rather than just crying helplessly. :(
curiosity zero some people can't do it man... A lot of times these kind of people would be scared and sometimes think they'd be judged mercilessly for such a thing. Cause nowadays, Maths is a competitive subject in most parts of the world.
What did you do to overcome this irrational anxiety? These situations are a great opportunity for personal growth.
same. Once my teacher picked on me and i just sat there for about 3 mins in silence, the whole class staring, I could feel myself getting red and I got super dizzy and embarrassed. From that day on I hated maths and I got shit grades all throughout my school years, now in uni im regaining confidence and getting better at it but hey, what can we do about shitty experiences/teachers :D
Pussy
i used to love math but my teachers made me hate it
herpsenderpsen true
herpsenderpsen Dude I'm opposite now. I used to absolutely hate maths and now I'm starting to love it. Though I'm hating it a bit again.
Same bro, had a teacher in high school that made half of the students fail the semester, me included. When i say half, i mean literally half lol
Exactly the same here. In fact I used to hate it, then one teacher made it interesting and the next one ruined everything.
payback or redemption
How my math teacher thought I was autistic and my mother hit me for the first time all cause of math anxiety💀
But I'm glad to have been able to make them understand that I had anxiety attacks and after a while they did understand. Cooperated with me which helped me overcome my anxiety. Now I can finally say with confidence i love math ^.^
I was always ahead in math when I was younger up until 5th grade I began to struggle and fall behind. In my 7th grade year I completely gave up, I never turned in homework, never passed tests due to all the stress. In my 9th grade year, I had realized I didn't know as much as my other classmates but I had put in the effort and was passing all my tests. I am now a sophomore taking Algebra 3 and I actually enjoy math now!
After watching this video, I realized that I have math anxiety too. When I'm doing math problems at school, my friends always solved it faster than me and I got really scared and anxious then I don't know how to solve it but when I'm alone and can actually finish the whole set of question.
it has been finally said! this exact thing happens with me too! whenever im alone doing a math problem/question by myself tht i just learned how to solve, i can easily get the answer. But, when it comes to solving the question on a test or with a bunch of other people, i get super anxious and forget how to solve, when i know i can solve. i just wish i could just relax a bit when it comes to math.
Bipperxj SAMEEE!!!!
SAME T^T
Well what happens to me is that everyone finishes it faster
Then I am the only one who gets the problem correct
Take your time
Exactly!!
I get the anxioty part of math because at school its like ANSWER IT CORRECTLY IN 1min OR FUCKING DIE.
Exotic Butters Exactly. I'm in that situation too!
I am replying to the smartest person ever!!! Do YOU watch Markiplier?
Yee... you're just overreacting. The worst thing that can happen if you dont solve it is you getting bad grade. You don't die, grades are meaningless and you can have a fulfilled life even if you drop out of school (not sayin u should)
when I was 8 I was getting private math tutoring, she would literally scream at me if I didn't answer quick enough. I'm 24 now, still have horrible anxiety about math and just anxiety in general.
when I was at second grade my teacher slapped my for not doing my homework...I think there was when my anxiety starts even though I love math :(
Dude I had to stop mid quiz today during math because I was so overwhelmed that I felt like I was going to faint. I forgot everything I learned and was stressing like crazy. I’m in an advanced math class rn and math anxiety is honestly the main focus of my life. I don’t go an hour without thinking about it. It’s hard for me to live like that but that’s how it’s been for the past two years. And my last grades haven’t been boosting my confidence either. :(
i have the same problem and i started throwing up during finals week. everyone tells me i’m good at math but i’d rather just skip tests and take a 0 bc of the insane panic response i have. getting nauseous just thinking abt next year, i hope it will be better 😔
My math teacher this year actually allowed us to listen to music while we write our tests. For me personally, it helped calm me down because often what happens is that I blank out when I see the questions on the paper, so I can get really panicky. Just taking some deep breaths while I listen to my playlist help me clear my mind and collect my thoughts.
i get anxious even hearing the word "math" 😩
don't get anxious with maths, get anxious with your math classes and homework instead.
@@seeseefok7659 this doesn't make any sense
Panda Person ikr 😂😂
@@bhupalijain1997 Same here I really don't like math ; (
same
A legend said : *"If you hate science and mathematics..you are teached by a wrong teacher"*
Thank God you didn't put Albert Einstein as the legend
@ShonenAce ??
@ShonenAce not really. There are only bad teachers. A bad teacher can make a good student feel horrible about himself.
Said by absolutely no one
It’s taught not teached. There is no such word as teached.
2:50 oh imma do that during my next math class ;)
So glad to hear this. I was decent at Pre-Calc. In junior year, and now I’m a senior in AP Calculus. I truly believed up until this that maybe I’m incapable to learning this sort of skill. I’m changing my approach. Now that I know that what I’m going through is normal, and I’m not actually incapable of learning, I’m excited.
I just hate my teacher
Seriously, I asked her a question on how to answer this equation then she said "For you to answer this equation first you try answer it" I was like inside "HOW AM I GOING TO ANSWER THIS IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO?!"
Edit: For those people who are wondering if I should've gave it a go, I couldn't because I didn't know what to do. It was a new lesson and that teacher don't take questions whenever she's discussing. I asked her that question when we were doing a seatwork and she still didn't help me and i had no score because of her.
Similar experience happen to me. My teacher said "I don't want to answer *your* question." with a very lovely voice. I never ask her another question ever since.
Every professor in every university around the world
mine will say "You should have listened, ask your classmates".
and when i do she'll say "That's why you don't know you keep on gossiping! "
gosh i hate her
Is it just me when i was younger i was really good at math and now im not..? Same i hate one of my math teachers because one time she did her usual thing and after that she said if u have questions come to me dont be shy and i asked a question how do i divide it again? She said u should have listened if u could have not talked with ur classmates. Me in my mind While i did talk but i jist asked a question.. and and ye
My teacher said: *We have already learned this*
Whenever I don't understand how a teacher got the question, they just say how they got the answer but slower. That's like if you were to go to a foreign country, say "Hello" and then the other person says "Sorry I don't speak English" in their native language, so you just say "Hello" slower as if that would help.
I can relate.
fking true
Agree. When i asked the "mechanics" for the equating he would just get upset i cant go all the way JUST for YOU! IF no one else asked you just arent paying attention at all and students would make fun of me. Of course u can get math anx like this!
I see that with Chemstry and Algebra :c
I know it’s off topic and that was supposed to be a metaphor but... in Germany they actually do that. I tried to speak english to a german cashier but she responded me in german, when I kindly ask her to switch to english she started repeating the same thing all over again... in german.
For me the anxiety came from no proper guidance and a time limit to understand a concept. No one to teach you and on top of that you are told to learn it fast. Waow. I wish I knew about online videos and resources when I was in school. Could have saved me so much anxiety.
This video makes me feel way better about that time i cried in the middle of a math test in senior year of highschool, I was so scared of failing that I couldn't concentrate and that stress made me burst into tears :( I felt so embarrassed of myself after that (still do, but less) And that made me really scared that I wasn't going to be good enough to study the university career that I wanted because I was "mediocre" at math. But I really really wanted to get into this career, so I forced myself to understand and eat up my fear of asking for help and if all payed up! Cause at the end of the year my teacher warmed up to me and treated me way nicer than years prior, he said that he was proud of me that I had changed for the better, it was really nice! That gave me the confidence to pursue the career I really wanted, which is medical technology, and I'm really glad I didn't give up bc it's such a fun and interesting career, I'm always excited to know what's the next thing I can learn and it's so refreshing compared to school. Like- I had never been so excited to go to class until I started uni! But uh anyways... going back to math, im in my 3rd year of university, and even tough I'm still not the best at math and still takes me a while to catch up to what the professors teach, im way better than how I was in highschool, and that encourages me a lot! There's obviously moments where I get the anxiety again, but taking deep breaths and reassuring myself that even if i fail I can learn from this, is really calming.
Remember that you're not born knowing how to do things, and that that's why you're learning/studying/practicing! failing is just, y'know, a part of the learning process :))
You'll end up being good at something eventually! but you have to allow yourself to understand that failing is not a bad thing bc it allows you to learn from your mistakes so in the future you can recognize them and be able to fix them! :))
(Sidenote: this definitely has a lot of grammar mistakes jajsja I'm really sorry about that, english is my second language jajsja)
Your life experience almost correlates with mine ;) I too had maths anxiety in high school and got F many times. I used to think that maths is not made for me, but I started to train my mind by focusing on logic, concepts and problem solving. After 2 years, got 1520 in SAT and 34/36 in ACT, got into CSE and we have to apply advanced Mathematics and Coding skills in Machine learning programme. I am in a stage where I find Maths addictive. Anyone can learn this, if they change their mindset, literally.
From that stage when I was almost failed in 11grade to now, can't be forgot, by me :D My friends still don't get to believe how I did this lol
Most people get anxiety because of the teachers.They're always like.....
Match teacher:(Walks in class)TODAY YOU ALL HAVE TO LEARN A NEW ADDITION METHOD AND I WILL GIVE 851 QUESTIONS AND YOU HAVE TO ANSWER IT CORRECTLY in 1.25 SECONDS OR YOU WILL NOT GRADUATE!!!
Students: *starts crying inside*
True
My current math teacher is the best math teacher I’ve had since 6th grade. My 6th grade teacher was too strict and my 7th grade math teacher wasn’t all there.
Haahaa
That’s why I want to do home school because of the teacher
Life is unpredictable, so you can't really tell whether there'll be mean teachers or not. Wherever school you study, there might be some mean teachers.
Math was one of my favorite subjects in school, but then I lost interest when the alphabet got involved.
LMAO SAME
That's... not how it went in my place
getrekm8 you mean variables right? Yeah then! Me too!!!
correct
Circumference and variables and exponents are a complete joke lol try learning standard deviation and anti derivatives then come back to me
One c in math made me anxious about school entirely! The next time I went to that class, I was shaking and shivering 😍😍Oh and this happened in other subjects too. Even the ones I was good at. This anxious feeling still lingers and its been a year :) Thank you math!
Sometimes I get very confident with my calculations but at the end it turns out wrong or the exam is too long to finish at the given time limit
It’s even more stressful when competing
Yeah dude the only thing that actually makes sense is they want us to suffer and depressed
It isn't stressing for me if my goal is just to have fun and see how my skills can go far up. Pro tip: dont tell ur parents you're competing for anything cuz it might end up theyll just be disappointed at you JUST KIDDING. i just hope that there are healthy households that will support their children while they are, literally, learning in life and not pressure them because it might end up to a bad relationship.
Unpopular opinion: Kahoot is very stressful and I don't like it at all especially with math
Couldn't have said it better.
Its because the educational system crams complex systems into students over a very short term and just assumes everyone can and needs to learn it at an equal pace even if it has nothing to do with what their future career might end up being and pushes students to value arbitrary and rigid test scores. Why do people have math anxiety? Because in schools numbers are often valued over actual intelligence and learning skills.
I had a moment in my math exam where I had to re use a solving method i learned a few years back. It was something like y=mx+b. I didn't remember how to do any of it because the system that taught me it revolves around undiffering, short term memorization. Ever wonder why your parents say "I don't remember all this when I was taught"? WELL THERE YA GO.
Very true.
Grades/numbers reflect your intelligence and skills. People that say that grades don’t matter are wrong; if you know the concept, then you will get a good grade. If you don’t, then you will get a bad grade. It’s that simple.
@@alexngo2709 actually its not, cuz the system focuses on memorization instead of actual understanding. Half the time the teachers themselves dont know what they're explaining; they literally tell us to "learn" a question a day so that we dont have to cram at the last minute, but THAT'S THE SAME THING IF WE STILL GOTTA "LEARN" THINGS...... Also, the things they teach are absolutely pointless!!!!!!!
It's so true man.. The school education these days are just getting too complex for students, And most of the time parents are also Guilty for this issue, as my dad does really stress me out a lot! he always tells me that if I fail my test he's gonna destroy my mobile phone right in front of me, and my mobile is one of my only hope of being able to revise for the on coming tests.. as if my life wasn't already a misery..
y=mx+b is easy at the basic levels bruh. Im just average at math.
I have math anxiety and can't do basic arithmetic when timed but I can do nearly accurate estimates when I'm not really thinking about time. I was made fun of for not being able to solve problems the same way as others even though my answers were the same as everyone else's.
There’s that, and there’s also the sharp footsteps echoing as they cross the room, and the shadow that occasionally pauses over the workspace. And you can’t talk to your peers about tough spots because school is so competitive and math is like litmus paper.
Im so bad at math to the point where i dont care if i get the answer wrong. Whenever im called on i just make a confused face as if im trying to solve it in my head when really im thinking about what i may want for dinner.
Edit: bro it’s been almost a year why is this getting so many responses now? 🤨
Mood af
LMFAOO
teacher called me today and I didn't know the answer, i feel like dying
That is cute
“Mmmm should I have chicken for dinner??? No no…”
I really love how everyone in the comment section is talking about their experiences in Math class and the others are leaving tips on how to cope up with math. That's really sweet😊
Yess
The worst feeling during high school was sitting for math exams, especially yr 11 and 12, when higher level stuff came in
Its that feeling of bugs crippling down the spine when not knowing more than half of the questions on the exam papers, having nothing to write, while the rest of your mates busy writing
I remember when I was one of the good students in math. But when the corona epidemic happened, we had to study online all the time, at that time I was just entering secondary school, everything became difficult for me because I had to learn and memorize more subjects and the teacher lectured faster, I got a huge shock especially with math. So every time I go to math class, I feel extremely nervous ;-;
same here
Videos like this give me hope. I remember being locked up in a dark library just by failing my studies during a tutoring session. Now I just freeze when I'm expected to answer any math, my brain just panics even if it's simple math. It's like I condemn myself for being so bad at math even before I try to answer. I would say I'm recovering from this, I try to answer math questions from time to time in my spare time.
I'm really bad at maths but I'm actually really good at English and History. I get so anxious about maths and because of how good I am at English my teachers often assume I'm good at maths too and it really puts a lot of pressure on me. I'll admit I'm a lazy person and even though I know I have to study to get good at maths I can't be bothered to. At school I always plan to practice my maths when I get home but when I do arrive home I'm so drained of energy from school that I am completely unmotivated to do anything that might require some hard work and effort. I know that it'll only get worse if I don't do anything but it's just so hard to break free from this cycle.
I'm literally experiencing the same thing. I would say I'm pretty good/decent at other subjects (especially English and science) but I'm really suck when it comes to math. which kind of makes me sad because I personally think people who are good at math are actually the coolest. Btw I'm also very lazy and that's probably one of the bad habits that I really should get rid of If I want to be better at math.
Oh my god same... for some reason they put me in gifted and talented math
Same... I really want to revise for maths but I just CAN'T. Someone needs to tell me how to actually revise
We're totally same!😢😢
I don’t get that. Math and science are easy. Spelling and grammar are hard! But no one is speaking about it.
My math anxiety in a nutshell
Theres a science question
Me : ohhh this is interest-
With math
Me : imma head out
Call me a psycho, but opposite for me.
fr science is interesting but had to be ruined with math as well
I really love physics but because of maths in physics problems it became tough
@@dhivya2k474 same
@Xaer Hanler yeah
Damn didn't know many people felt this way, I always felt math as interesting and challenging, in a good way. I guess I never realized how important my teachers were when I was young, and how they always encouraged me which built my confidence, so I never felt any anxiety even if I get a question wrong, I just simply use the methodology to solve a similar question and feel great joy that I learned the technique.
Here I am watching this video after an emotional breakdown during a math college test
Try living in Singapore. Math and Science is everything here. I'm an arts person. Well.
Tricia T Fellow Singaporean here, and my Math sucks big time. I failed all my Math test in P6 except PSLE.
I am a singaporean too, I took my math psle several days ago but it was so hard for me cos I'm a language person😦
PSLE math is quite easy bu upper secondary math is extremely difficult.
Tricia T Ey I’m singaporean too! I love maths, I got 94/100 for math -_-
Because careless
Especially when you take national exam and the bell curve is so high in maths that it's almost impossible to score an A1
Most problems looked like:
John has 2 apples;Calculate the mass of the Sun
@Scarlet Velvet 梦 Then, multiply it with the quantity of the stars in the sky
Mine was
Rose want to measure a water bottle length, instead of taking a god damn ruler, she wanted to use one of the most complex solution possible
OMG LMFAO
😂😂😂
@@youwantmyname9208 also: why the heck would you measure a water bottle. No one knows.
This made so much sense to me, I also feel anxious about chemistry, physics, and reading maps😞 especially maps make me so so upset since I can't live without it
Great clip TedEd. Maths is such a great subject and brings to life so much in our day to day environment.
Doing math literally makes me cry and gives me a painful headache. I love logical reasoning in other areas like philosophy and would say I'm a logically oriented person, but math makes just robs me of my will to live. Maybe I have that condition.
Couldn’t agree more
Yeah same, math always makes me dizzy and gives me a head ache, my parents think it's an excuse to not do math, but it isn't, I genuinely have difficulty in it. However as you said, for subjects like philosophy I do pretty well, but just not math.
You don't have that condition school is making you stressed out and having suicidal thoughts, thats why I don't go for 90's instead I only go for 80's. Most of the "Math" you learn in school is useless and you won't ever use in your life.
@Praful J But schools don't like it when you use different logic than theirs. Like everyone hates math because of trauma from school.
@Praful J not really, none of the rules come from anywhere
My first experience with math we would do timed tests, as many as you can answer in 60 seconds. This explains why I have so much anxiety about math and finishing it quickly.
I was the same! Its a terrible strategy for teaching young children math!
;-;
In my school, we have papers called 'sprints'. It is when you have around 40 questions and you have to try to do as many questions as you can. You have 1-2 minutes. It's basically what you where saying here!
Pickeledcoconut
I’m glad I toke those. It made me really good with my multiplication. A lot!
I have faced the same thing a few days ago. I did continuous 4 mathematics period. I was so much shocked at this that I started crying in the last maths period. I also hate my school as they most of the times they send a mathematics teacher or a science teacher for substitution in social science periods. I gives me more heart attackes than any thing else in my life.
ngl im pretty confident when im answering a math test but when it comes to forgetting one thing that ur supposed to do in the formula or getting the question wrong, i immediately start crying because idk i get scared and all
I always had anxiety with math when my dad teaches me because every time I get wrong, he slowly pulled out his anger and yelled at me. So that's why I needed my siblings to help me
I believe math is the most stressful because that's the main subject that parents care about on your report card, you don't get stressed on things like art class or music because your parents don't care about them, but for most people the main thing their parents want them to get good grades on is math
That's really sad. Don't know why parents care for fuckin maths more than other subjects.
@@carljohn-cena2726 well to be fair getting good grades in math can lead to a lot of succesful job opportunities, and parent's just want the best for their child so they try to encourage them to do more math. Yet they don't know it actually causes them more problems
@@memelord2136 yeah it can cause serious problems
@@carljohn-cena2726 Because in the real world you're always surrounded by math, for bills,taxes, groceries, rent...etc
@@maria-melek no I'm taking about useless algebra 🤦🏽♂️
Imagine being called terrible at maths by a middle school teacher only to win the highest award in it lmaoo
Just came for maths video to boost up my confidence a bit in maths.
This may sound like I ramble but this afternoon my teacher called on me to solve an equation; I could obviously solve it if I have a bit of time but I was having migraines during that period and I can’t think straight at all then my teacher saw that I was taking notes on the lessons and he called on another student to solve it, idk why I kinda feel insecure about that maybe because I think he thought that I couldn’t solve it or something ;_;
Also a lot of my classmates solved them I kinda felt like I didn’t do anything to show my skill or something like that since I don’t know the basic foundation of maths back in 8th & 9th grades that even made me more insecure.
The fact that I began to like maths made me even more stress ackkkk
I can't remember ever having this type of anxiety but I do get some sort of anxiety before taking any exam
today i didn’t attend my first math tutoring because i chickened out 😞. i don’t know math just makes me so nervous and stressed and under pressure. literally can’t do the easiest math problem in front of a teacher without being put under so much pressure like literally my stomach always feels like it’s eating itself when that happens..
edit: finally some people i can actually relate to 😫
Yeah that's why I too hate maths.
1+1=?
@@imdumbbut8915 2
I know it has been months since you commented this, but you can do this :) I can relate to you so much trust me. I am seriously scared of math classes. On school I would always get nervous as my teacher walked in because I was scared to be called in front to solve a problem and be yelled at if I wasn't able to solve it. I wasn't good on math and needed a tutor, but I didn't want to because I was so scared thinking that my tutor would lose patience with me if I didn't answer fastly or correctly. One day I decided to go to a tutor session and man, I felt completely relieved. She was patient and clear in her explanations I felt so comfortable with her. She tutored me from 11th to 12th grade and everything was great :) she helped me a lot, so give it a try to a nice tutor. Mine was an ex alumni of my school and she knew the methods of the teachers and was able to give me tips according to them. I wish you the best, God bless you❤️
@@imdumbbut8915 =Potato
I love Mathematics. Schools just have to teach it in a more interesting way. Plus don't make your students write the answers on the board in front of the whole class if they're not comfortable doing so.
why do you think you're weird if you love math? there are entire communities of people who love them. I'm sure you know that
I love math as well🤗. But I dont think I am weird because of that
I LOVE math and i'm pretty weird. In fact most of my classmates are pretty weird and some of the BEST people i've ever known.
Yeah I also love math! Is the way is taught, I used to be bad at math but then I had a sweet and caring teacher and she helped me! I went from a 5/20 to a 19/20.
@@srivatsajoshi4028 honestly i wrote that comment more than a year ago so I dunno what was going on in my mind. Yeah Mathematics is an amazing language and its totally fine to like it.
This is so great! Thanks!
Every time I do maths like a test I always wanna cry, especially when others say “oh this is so easy!” And then I do horrible in it and the teacher calls me up and makes me do math equations and I get so stressed like omg
not me crying while i watch this because im supposed to be doinf math homework and i have been doing it for 30 minutes and still have no idea whats happening
Aheh math is a language but we don’t understand that language
@@xq3263 it is a alien language and that's why we cannot understand it😂.
Who cares for maths just copy in the exam and chill out dude 🤘🏿.
it takes me almost 3 hours to complete my my math homework
pls same 😩
I love how this video popped up in my recommendations 10 minutes after I was just stressing and having a breakdown over my Math homework.
ikr sometimes it feels like they can read my mind
maybe you should do your homework.
@@AquosFrost trust me we try lol
I remember when I was hiding behind the chair in my junior high school because I was scared to be called by my math teacher.
But I remember my teacher in my 2nd year of high school.
She said, "You know, starting in elementary to high school, I'm scared of math and I am weak."
But when I started to college, I started to be good at math.
Now I am your teacher in mathematics, and she encourages us to explore ourselves and soon we will be good at that subject.
At first, I didn't understand her, until I graduated from senior high school.
When I met my boyfriend, he tried all his best to teach me mathematics, but I still don't understand what he is teaching.
I like to watch the motivational quotes until I see the quote, "If you want to grow, take the path of learning your weaknesses".
And I'm curious about it. But I tried those quotes, and it started then that I took the business course in college because I knew they use math there.
And now I'm in my second year of college, which is quickly turning into my third year.At first, I struggled with my grades and I was afraid of getting a failed grade in a math subject. But I always tell myself that I can do it even if I don't know.
I focus myself on practicing and practicing.
Sometimes I cry because I failed to analyze the problem until I finished that subject and I am glad I passed.
And now, because of always practicing every day, I've started to get high scores in mathematics and I am no longer scared of math because of this uncomfortable situation and surviving. I started to realize that I had gained confidence in solving the problem and I congratulate myself on surviving.
I will tell you my story because I want to tell you that you don't need to be a genius but keep working hard to practice and you will see the result ^^, YOU CAN DO THIS! FIGHTING!
A pro tip:
While practicing math
Just listen to calming relaxing music while solving as it will help resolve the cognitive space that the stress and fear takes up
It's not math that gave me anxiety during my school days, it was my math teacher. I could comfortably do calculus at home but not at school. Nails were specifically grown longer for pinching and yes it was never about understanding the concept rather it was about getting good marks.
Yes! They would pinch us with that nail on that pinky😖, here in India deep down if you understand it's all about good grades and not totally about understanding the concept like they would start revising two days before the exam adding up to our anxiety and while explaining our reports arghhh!!!
The Reason is that math class is limited unlike learning at home, you don't have to worry time to ran out. Also the teacher of course
same my teacher is horrible, beacuse of her Im sitting in math class shaking and feeling very anxious. ugh i wish i had a nicer teacher who would explain math properly and who just would be a nice person from a character.
My teacher was horrible,they changed him to other one who was great but,it was way too late because it only happened when i was about to leave the school.
me rn w my math teacher
i got that too i am really good at math but whenever is sit down to solve the exam i break down
The only way to overcome anxiety is by confronting it. Try to simulate exams at home; maybe you can get some old ones. Recreate a similar situation. It even helps simply to visualize the situation. Combine it with relaxation techniques like PMR and/or meditation.
Tariq Samaien Same here mate.I wrote the wrong date and school code on my answer sheet and was not able to complete an easy exam in time .I also did a lot of silly mistakes.I bet if i was solving the papaer in comfort of my home I would have solved it with 30 minutes to spare
Gagandeep Singh exactly if i just did it a t home
BidlaBuh thanks for the tips :)
I have a very imp exam on 9th of April.I will try your tips and see how it goes
I feel like this is exactly what i was looking for so long i mean i am actually good at maths but i can’t help but to feel like every single thing i do is wrong. I even cry during exams and after them bc i feel i did it wrong and then get a real good mark and everyone looks at me like i did it on purpose when i actually allways feel like i’m failing and it’s so stressful that no one around me is unable to understand how i feel
The grammar on this my god sorry for that if anybody’s reading
There's also the issue of curriciculum, in particular whether the material it's tailored to a particular student's learning style, cognitive abilities, and educational goals. I can remember struggling with certain segments of the math curriculum--particularly geometry and calculus--but not others.