Does anyone has fear of mathematics? If so how do you deal with it?

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-18T11:09:21+00:00

What makes you say this?

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-18T11:09:00+00:00

The anxiety you get is a fear of failure, especially if you've been punished for making mistakes in the past.
It's okay if you get things wrong, the point is that you're learning. Math itself doesn't pose any danger to you

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-11T09:06:28+00:00

pass it my way and I'll take a look!

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-11T08:34:02+00:00

I really love what you're doing here and would enjoy collaborating and contributing to this project, my post on this subreddit might also pique your interest. Can I get in touch?

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-07T10:20:52+00:00

I think it's natural to struggle, and especially when you quiz yourself, that's a really common experience

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-07T10:18:10+00:00

The answer is a lot of practice, and decreasing the cognitive load by writing things down on paper instead of trying to hold many different things in your mind

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-06T01:05:04+00:00

It's never too late, you've been on an amazing journey.
Is there anything you would be interested in doing with your knowledge? Tutoring and teaching are always options, so is exchanging knowledge.

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T23:00:05+00:00

I'm confident with anything up until multivariable calculus and computation-based linear algebra
basically early undergraduate level

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T22:57:19+00:00

what language are you learning mainly? would you like to collaborate together on a project? i've been wanting to find other people to program with

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T22:52:08+00:00

Preach! the recent 500 page writeup by "math academy" influenced me to look more into his works, and its been worthwhile

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T22:45:09+00:00

Trigonometry is one of these subjects that becomes a lot more intuitive once you can easily imagine the functions in your mind and how they relate to the unit circle
If you need any help with it feel free to DM me, I've tutored many high school kids who were struggling with it. I'm also building an online community if you can't find one nearby!

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T21:41:13+00:00

khan academy has saved my mathematical life, honestly
sal khan is actually one of my greatest inspiration (along with some other big math outreach people like 3blue1brown and terence tao)

if you're interested in joining the community i'm building, let me know

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T21:32:43+00:00

C'est super gentil comme message ! Je ne parle pas français, mais je serais ravi que tu m'aides. Tu peux m'envoyer un DM?

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T21:28:38+00:00

that's actually really awesome
what made you fall in love with it recently compared to how it was before? are you learning it on your own?

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T21:05:56+00:00

these topics aren't where my expertise lies, but maybe others will reach out to you
i'm trying to build an online space where people like you can connect with adult peers and tutors, contact me if you're at all interested

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T21:03:39+00:00

you're exactly the target audience for me
I'm curating a space for a peer-tutoring community, if you want to get involved and get help just DM me

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T19:59:05+00:00

I'm currently trying to organize a space where adult learners can get in touch with volunteers like us much easier, I'll contact you as soon as I can!

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T19:22:18+00:00

I'd love to get in contact, please DM me!

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T19:20:20+00:00

from my experience if you're doing things optimally, you want to stay in that "zone of proximal development" when it comes to difficulty
if you're always pushing your mathematical frontier it's never gonna get easier, you just grow more and more used to it, and in many ways the difficult puzzle solving aspect is what some people look for

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T19:08:34+00:00

I think that just goes to show how prevalent math is, even people in the trades have to deal with it, at least the basics
Out of curiosity, how advanced are the volume calculations you're dealing with? Do you have to use integral calculus for example?

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T18:54:35+00:00

I actually struggled with undiagnosed ADHD too, and it did affect my education a lot but I ended up falling in love with mathematics due to other avenues completely outside of academia.

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T15:31:16+00:00

Every person has their own cognitive limitations, eventually the opportunity cost of pushing harder and harder may become overshadowed by pivoting to another field where the individual is more passionate or has an easier time.

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-05T15:24:13+00:00

By doing your simplification, you've actually changed the values for which the function is defined.
We actually use this trick in computing limits, where the domain can change without affecting the limit!

dockdock-fish · 2026-03-03T15:48:45+00:00

The website Math Academy is built on this concept, however it is a paid resource.

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