I'm watching this video because I am taking a math class at my college for the fourth time in a row.I want to cry.also I'm cashier at a fast food restaurant and I HATE counting back change in front of people. Let's say the price is 20.34 and they hand me a 50 I type in 50 to the register but then they go oh wait I have some change I could just crawl into a hole and die.

I hope dyscalculia will be more known now and in the future. There should be more tests in school especially when a teacher sees a child struggling. It's not just "you're bad at math, you need to keep studying". This is a real issue that can affect your whole life, especially as an adult. No child, teenager or adult should go through and feel the way people like us do. Nobody deserves that.

When I was 9 years of age, I couldn't tell time. My grade school teacher used to humiliate me in front of my classmates, because I didn't know simple maths. Also, my classmates used to humiliate me as well. It wasn't until I was 18 that I could actually memorize my times tables, along with addition, subtraction and division. As a result of my not understanding maths, coupled with being humiliated about not knowing maths, I developed a lot of anxiety over the years. I hope that no one will ever have to experience the shame and humiliation that I've experienced, due to having dyscalculia. Thank you so much for this video. :(

I want to cry, I finally understand why I had to drop out of high school. No teacher could recognize my problem and I didn't understand it either- I thought I was just really stupid this whole time. I legit am crying right now, I've been embarrassed for so many years and wouldn't even tell people my problems because I just thought I was stupid.

this shit hurts right now. I've gottin called lazy and stupid . i never continued school because i thought i was dumb. this fuckin hurts

This helped me so much I'm 25 and this is my first time ever hearing about this. I've always thought I was stupid and this is so damn validating.

I've had this since 3rd grade had teachers get frustrated with me. I remember trying so hard to solve math related problems and I just could not do it and would end up in tears. 23 now still have it.

I recently found out that I have dyscalculia. I'm 22 years old and I have struggled since I was a child. My mom did notice I would get confused as a kid so she took me to a couple of neurosurgeons, even the top ones in New York but they never found anything. School from elementary and all the way to high school was a living hell because as much as I payed close attention and really did my best, I just couldn't understand anything to do with math so I was put in special ed. They would also give me extra classes, tutors, resource, counseling etc but none of that helped. It made me more confused. I never fully understood what was wrong with me so I couldn't fully explain. Teachers would get so frustrated with me to the point they physically and verbally abused me, on top of the bullying from students, security guards, deans, counselors, principals, and even my own family members. I also noticed that I couldn't travel by myself or count money, buy my own things like people my age or younger. I just get so confused and lost... Like something in my brain just ain't clicking and it's so frustrating. When I was in high school, I tried to do research on what could possibly be wrong with me, I found nothing. I would skip lunch just to study and try to learn money and this one girl in my class who I opened to about it would try to help me. My uncle who was a teacher for children even tried to help me and it was no use. I would also get lost looking for my classes even though I was in the same school for years and the security guards and deans would accuse me of cutting class, saying I was lying and making bullshit excuses and give me detention. I was told in school that my work was never good enough and to basically give up because I was never gonna get it. But I tried to go above that and prove everyone wrong but it never worked. It got so bad that I ended up hating myself for years, I got into depression and had very dark thoughts. I have attempted to end everything because I thought I would never have a future if I can't do these everyday things that everyone else can do with no problem, I felt like a freak and not normal. I felt like I was a lost cause. I questioned why I was even born. I went to therapy, psychiatrists and was put on prozac for years. The prozac made the depression and anxiety worse. The therapy and psychiatrists were a waste because that wasn't what I needed but at the time I couldn't communicate that. At 17 I did drop out of high school. I did try to apply for jobs but none would accept me because I dropped out and that I haven't taken a GED. To this day my family, my neighbors, or just people I know would ask me what are you gonna do with your life? You can't be with your mom your whole life. You need to get up and do something. If I even try to explain what I go through, no one understands and they just tell me "it's all in your head", "you're making excuses", "you're lazy", "you need to get out more and practice, you're a young woman now" "you can read, you can write, you can do makeup, you can learn Korean but you're saying you can't travel by yourself, count money, get a job or go to school? You're making excuses. Just get up and do it like everybody else" or "it's just anxiety" but the cause of the anxiety is the dyscalculia. Which I now know. My family pressures me to get a job, to take a GED, etc. then compare me to others my age or younger and say "you could be doing the same". It makes me feel worse and worse about myself. I can relate to you, I wanna do so much with my life, I have so many passions. I do wanna travel the world, I wanna be adventurous, I wanna paint, do cosmetology, support my family, especially my mom, I wanna help her with anything she needs, I wanna be able to be independent, make a living myself, make my own money, be able to count money and do normal things just like everybody else but this is the one thing that has hindered me all my life from doing anything. It's so embarrassing that my mom has to go to stores with me and help me pay for stuff because I don't know what amount of money I have, how much I pay or whether I get any change back or not or take me to appointments and stuff because I don't know where I'm going, what buses and trains I have to take and I'm so scared of getting lost even when I have been to the same places over and over again. I always think how am I gonna have a future? How am I gonna get my own place and have a job? How can I have children if I can't even support myself? These things have went through my mind since I was a kid. Now I know I'm not alone and I will get there someday. Thank you for this video!

I feel like I must have it. I’m an adult and I always have to drop out of college because of math. I get high marks on EVERYTHING except I always fail my math class. It’s like a curse keeping me from achieving my goals.

My teachers humiliated me at school, in high school year 8/9 we weren’t allowed to leave the maths class until we got a maths question right at the end, and she’d ask me really simple ones at the start and I’d get them wrong 90% of the time and the whole class would laugh at me. She kept on doing this even though I was always the last to leave. It made me unable to concentrate through the entire lesson because I’d be panicking about the end of the lesson. I was already a super spotty girl with wonky teeth and unruly hair, with some emotional problems at home i already got bullied and that maths teacher made my life just that little bit worse; I just graduated uni with a first and top of my class in Illustration. But I still feel dumb, and people think I’m lazy cuz I didn’t want a part time job but I do want one but I just don’t want one in a shop where I have to do constant maths all day it’s terrible and I feel humiliated a lot.

I really wish I knew about this when I was a kid....more importantly I wish teachers and my family knew about it. I cannot tell you how terrible struggling with math made me feel then and now. As an adult I've come to terms with it but it's not without its challenges still. I can relate to alot of this. Somethings ive overcome as an adult but other things are still a persistent problem. I'm currently working part time as a cashier and it killllls me when people decide after ive entered their change that they want to round up or alter the change they gave me in some way. Afterwards, when not pressed, I sometimes get what it is they wanted to do but in the moment my mind completely draws a blank. It does wonders to your self-esteem by the looks you get!

I was diagnosed with this at 18. NO ONE BELIEVED ME OR TOOK OT SERIOUSLY. So many managers rolling their eyes thinking I had low self esteem. They hired me. Even when I told them I can’t count a till. And then they’d shrug and tell me I need to pay more attention... I’d be late to work because I’d get lost getting there every day... Eventually they’d fire me. I wish I’d had some kind of disability insurance, it always felt wrong that they expected me to be able to do something I TOLD THEM I COULDNT DO. 🙄

At 22 in my junior year studying BioMedical Science I find out that I have dyscalculia. I thought I was just stupid. I failed all my math classes in grade school, but got A’s in all my other subjects. A junior in college struggling in precalculus I thought I was worthless and deemed incompetent. But now I know. Tears of relief but sadness came, with a hard major like BioMed I have this learning disability on top. I am happy thought that I am not alone.

I have it 😔 only 5% of the population have it, I'm glad I'm not alone xx

I've had this problem with my entire life and now I don't feel crazy anymore.thank you so much

Hey Girl! Thank you for this video. I know it's old at this point, but I every once in a while, I search for videos on Dyscalculia to just feel understood. No one I know has it, they have no idea what I am talking about. I try to explain. But it's comforting to see other people who have it talk about it. Relate so much to you! I also for some reason can count 5s. That's my saving grace lol. But 4s 7s and 9s? Forget about it. They are interchangeable. And YES, reading numbers out loud is exhausting. I have to try too hard to think of the name of the number, process it through my head, and then speak it, without forgetting what the number was to begin with. When I first moved out on my own, I realized I couldn't keep count of the prices of things in shopping carts. I tried bringing a calculator, but then when I mess when putting in a number and have to start over... I can't, because I cannot remember the price of any of the items lol. So I would just buy the cheapest of everything and go to check out and hope for the best. lol. I felt you when you said how you couldn't do the job of your dreams.... Everything I love and am passionate about all have a ton of math-based thinking. I love home renovations... but can't measure. I love singing... but can't read music.... or play an instrument. I am working as a photographer, but feel like a fraud because I have no idea how someone can remember all the numbers, all the settings you need to be a photographer. UGH! I can't drive or cook because of Dyscalculia. Cereal is keeping me alive LMAO. Anyways, it felt so good to be able to relate to someone for a hot moment. I appreciate your video. Hope to make one myself one day. Wishing you all the best!

I have Dyscalculia and sure enough hace all of these symptoms. I’ve had five math tutors quit ME. I went to talk to learning disability services at my university. A math teacher/tutor was in there and when I told him about my diagnosis he said: “Dyscalculia isn’t real. That’s what they tell stupid kids to make them feel better”. I’ve never felt so humiliated. Like others have commented, I too believed I was dumb the majority of my life.

Thank you for sharing your experience. I have this disorder and I just found out about it. I’m 48 years old and my fear of people discovering how much I struggle with simple things has really kept me isolated. I feel led to share how this has effected my life as people need to know they are not alone in this. Thank you for your bravery to share and educate others.❤

I agree there needs to be more out there concerning adults with learning disabilities. I was diagnosed in the mid 80s when not much was known about learning disabilities or how to help people. I know I'm not the only adult who has lived with learning disabilities as long as I have and we're never given the help we need and spend our lives stumbling through life. I have also discovered where I work, not many who are in charge know what to do with employees who have learning disabilities. I'm being made to jump through hoops to prove I still have my learning disabilities. I don't remember having to do all this stuff when I was little and when I had my son tested per his school, I didn't have to jump through all these hoops. Part of me feels because I'm an adult, I'm being treated differently than if I was a child.

Maybe a bit late to the game but i can relate so much to this :( i’m 28 and i’ve had problems with math all my life, can’t read maps, have problem with working memory, problem with spatial thinking aswell as not understanding fractions, i feel so stupid and worthless and math has always giving me alot of anixety, i’m doing a math course right now and i’m struggling alot and me teacher thinks i might have it. I’m just glad i’m not the only one with this, this comment section feel comforting even though i know it’s hard for everyone of you ❤️

I am a teacher in higher education and I find this video very insightful. I'm currently trying to find ways to better accommodate my adult math students who undergo these problems. For me, it starts with identifying those students who are learning disabled. Many students choose not to be "labeled," so they don't use accommodations. The accommodations aren't helpful to most students unless we modify our teaching strategies anyway. Anyway, this video allowed me to see things from your perspective. Thanks for sharing!

Analogue clocks confuse me, multiplication I have never had a grip of, estimating is always difficult, memory etc. I'm not going to give up on this though, I firmly believe if I keep working at it I will be able to sort this out. This is actually really upsetting. :(

Thank you so much for this video! I've had dyscalculia ever since I was a kid, and now I'm having trouble passing my math classes at college. It's a struggle, but that's just how my brain works. Glad to know that i'm not the only one that has trouble processing math. Hope you have a great day!

My wife has Dyscalculia. Your video has helped me understand the challenges she faces. Nice video.

Thank you so much for making this video! As a top ten percent, honor roll kid, I never even considered that I might have a learning disability. Math was the only thing I could never get As in and it felt like I had to hammer it into my brain before I could understand any of it, whereas other things came naturally. And thank you because all of the websites online ARE about kids and it's nearly impossible to find anything on adult dyscalculia. Also, you're gorgeous. Great work, love :)

Wow, my world is rocked. I'm nearly certain I have this and I wonder how my life could've been different if my teachers had recognized it. I doubt they even knew about it truly. Working with numbers has always been very traumatic for me cause I get to feeling so stupid and incapable

Math has always been my enemy. I struggled with it all my school life. I was made to think I was just dumb for not being able to understand it properly. Watching you're video made me realize I'm not the only one who struggles this way. As an adult even when I'm at work and have to give change to a customer I can't seem to grasp rounding. I also have issues with numbers switching around when I read them. I feel relief knowing this might be the same issue I'm dealing with. Thank you for you're video :)

I am 47 now. I have always had this fear of maths. I remember when I was 7 or 8 being in a maths class and because I couldn't do it, (I just didn't get it), I got out my reading book instead and sat through the entire class reading. I got into trouble. It's much worse trying to do maths while being watched. A few years ago I was at my daughters school in a meeting with other parents about the up and coming exams. Her teacher gave us a simple maths against the clock so we would understand how they would feel. I immediately got all anxious and looking at the paper I just couldn't take in what I was seeing. I have only just today heard of Dyscalculia. My daughter failed her maths GCSE at school and is having to do it at college, she's 16. I have had a parents meeting with her tutors today, they are already looking into her being Dyslexic, but are also now looking into Dyscalculia, I had never heard of it.

As a child I was diagnosed with just learning disabilities but I wasn’t told exactly what it was. I was at least told that it affected my ability to do math. Not that that made me feel less dumb. I use to wonder why copying notes on the board was so hard but now I know thanks to your video. I had ADHD so diving my attention between the teacher and what I had to write was hard. Then because of working memory and dyscalculia I had to triple check what I was writing. And if that wasn’t hard enough, I was moldy dyslexic and had dysgraphia so writing was a painful process. By the time I was in high school I just didn’t take many notes as I found it more beneficial to just pay attention. And ask someone else if I could copy their notes. It’s nice to know the name of what I have and why I can’t remember how to get to my sisters house despite it being in a town I’ve lived in for 30 years. Praise be google maps

Counting on my fingers, I discover that I'm 7 years late to this... I used to say I had number dyslexia, I've noticed other people use that term too, then for many years whenever anything to do with maths came up I would say right from the start, 'I don't do numbers' and leave it at that, after all the past humiliation I defiantly chose to avoid anything numbery or mathsy. Then, thanks to Patsy Palmer telling Joanna Page she was likely to have dyscalculia (as does Patsy), on an episode of 'Would I lie to You?' some years back, I discovered I probably wasn't an idiot after all and there are other people like me, and even though I still get into embarrassing situations because of not being able to do maths, I feel better knowing it's through no fault of my own, i.e. not because I haven't tried to learn. Thank you so much for this video, and spreading the word/helping others, as you say, there isn't much for adults with dyscalculia.

I’m so grateful for this video 😢 I’m in nursing trying to get my nursing degree and this math I’ve taken 3 times I’ve struggled my whole life and putting a name to it now I need find help 😢😢😢

You are brave to make this video. I have been looking website for adults who have this problem but it's hard to find. I only find for kids. You described me almost perfectly. I just subscribed THANK YOU

I would never take a job with a till I can't count money in my head or any numbers and mess up. Sometimes taking multiple attempts to see my mistake because I just don't get it. I can't count basic numbers apart from anything in twos like 2+2 or in ones like 2+1. Everything else requires all the brain power I can muster. I can't do anything else. I hate anything that adds too many 5,6,7 or 9's to it like 15+7 or 33+9 or 37+9 etc. I don't know why it's so hard. I would be sacked on the job within 5 mins 😅 if a person paid say $185 dollars on a coat for example that was $139 and paid in cents I would be LITERALLY counting for about 15 minutes.

This video felt so validating, I discovered that I have Dyscalculia a few years ago when I was in my early 20s and one of my teacher in Uni mentioned that she thought I might have it since I showed similiar symptoms to her son, then she referred me to the Dyscalculia testing center where I discovered I had it closer to the extreme side. I cannot tell my left from my right, I can't tell when time is passing so I have to have multiple alarm clock for EVERYTHING and even then I'll either be super early or super late to a place. GPS? Utterly useless, when I was moving to another state with my siblings, I almost got us lost with the GPS going "Turn left in X number miles" so of course I said right. Money? My budget is always disappearing and I end up overbudgeting or underbudgeting, even when you did the whole "In a hand there's five finger so I automatically start from there when counting." That was too advance for me, I have to count each finger individually. Didn't know about the sensory overload thing, that's something new I learned...but I also have ADHD & Autism so always thought it was that, didn't know people with Dyscalculia experience that as well. Thank you again for making this video, I sometimes start wondering if its all in my head but this validates my experience and also helps me educate others.

I have dyscalculia. I didn't know it even existed until I was out of high school. I just thought I was stupid at math. I worked as a cashier at a grocery store for 7 years and that's when I first thought something in my brain wasn't cooperative with numbers. My numbers would get switched around. I ended up getting into the habit of double or even triple checking the number the register gave me before I even said anything to the customer. Time also gets lost to me. I'm either really early for something (because I estimate that it takes a lot longer to drive to the destination than it actually does) or late. It's kind of the same with money. I underestimate hoe much I have in my bank account. I'll think I only have 200 dollars when I actually have 600. Names and faces are a struggle for me too. Another part about dyscalculia that I don't recall you covering is the difficulty in reading music. I took piano for five or six years and voice lessons and choir for about the same. I never could easily read music. I'd have to put my finger on the lines and count up to the note. People would always hand me music to read or play and when I would tell them I couldn't sight read, they would look at me like I was crazy and when I'd tell them I couldn't read music, they'd ask how I learned to play piano/sing so well. I'd have to tell them that I learned by ear. It is definitely a daily struggle, but I'm just glad I've learned ways to make it a little easier. Thank you for bringing attention to this!

Hi, I’m have not been diagnosed with dyscalculia. But I relate to everything you said in this video,The struggle is real. Thank You so much for this video.❤️

Hi Paresa Thank you for sharing your experiences regarding dyscalculia. you have given lots of tips. You are a very beautiful, intelligent young lady that is articulate clear and have expressed your challenges so well. You are absolutely correct about everything is targeting children rather then adults like ourselves. Being in my mid 50s I have spent my whole life battling with Dyslexia, Dyscalculia as well as my children who are both now in there 20s. You are so courageous for sharing your life experiences things that I have forgot how my disabilities have impacted my life and career choices. Per pandemic we had a profitable family Graphics company, here in the UK and before I ran my own Hair, Beauty and photography business within the wedding industry for 6 years. Looking back I have learnt that this country is 30 years behind and this educational system is so poor that doesn't meet the needs of our children. Adults of my age with these disabilities have been failed by the educational system to the point that I would never consider able to get a degree because I failed my Maths and English 4 times. 30 years ago I returned to college doing an year Access course passing with distinction along with failing all my exams . I was awarded the best student of the year leaving with 3 A levels and still not able to pass my English or Maths. Today Im currently out of work and society is only geared up for people without the disabilities. The tables are turning as you fulfil your passion as a Fashion Designer and I wish you all the best knowing you are a phenomenal talented young lady. Pursue your dreams, focus on your strengths and before you realise you will have others working for you. Congratulations graduating which is absolutely amazing . I am using this time to write a book and with time to pursue my own dreams that will help and support others just like you. Thank you All the best Esther - West Midlands - UK

sorry .....pressed the wrong button. I received no help from school and was just classed as thick. Its too late really for me, as i have managed to approximate and just guess. Like you,i have difficulties in judging distances, however i know a car is roughly 2m long, and because i drive, i tend to judge distance by how many car lengths it might be. Its this sort of thinking that i have used to get through.Its a pity really, i would have liked to put my energy into overcoming this issue,not wasting it on just getting by. Maths is the only problem (apart from Kindle putting the delete button above the send), all other subjects i done quite well in.

i can soooo totally relate to everything you talked about. i've not been technically diagnosed as dyscalculic but i can identify with almost every sign and symptom. thanks for the video. it's good to not feel alone.

You are delightful. :-) I am 47. I only figured this out about 3 years ago. It is a continual struggle. I could relate to so much of what you said. I have created a Facebook group called "Dyscalculia Math" I have shared this video on that page. It is so good to know that there are others who struggle with this. The public needs to understand this better. Thank you for this video. It is helpful for people get into the mind of someone who struggles with this.

I have the same struggle. I never knew being is a discalc was a real thing until I studied psychology. I always thought I was stupid and growing up was very difficult trying to learn numbers. I stuggle now with everything everywhere. work is difficult because of things like dealing with money. A manager told me I should "go back to school." how can I deal with it as an adult?

Thank you for this video, i'm 48 years old and this is the first time i have heard about this. I really struggled at school and the hel

I know i have this, i always had a hard time telling time on the clock, i take forever to count money, working as a cashier would be so terrifying for me. It's not that I can't learn math, it's just that it never sticks , i end up forgetting quickly ): oh and i also have to add with my fingers sometimes, how embarrassing. I feel like this will ruin so many opportunities for me. Idk what to do😥...

I have struggled with maths throughout all my time in school and even now and i relate a lot to this video, i have only recently found out about what dyscalculia is today and im now 20 and this video is really helpful in better understanding what it is and a lot of the symptoms you have described i have struggled with all my life

When you were explaining counting by 1's and said something like 2+2+1 is 3 I was like WTF? Had to listen again and was so confused that people don't count by 1's. 😳. I didn't realize that people count differently! What do you even mean that people don't count by 1's?!? 37, just learning about dyscalculia. It is such a relief, suddenly my whole life makes sense.

I am so frustrated because I have dealt with every single symptom that you have named off. Ever since I started Highschool I have not got past Algebra 2. I forget everything so quickly and I don't always understand what someone is telling me to do. I can stare someone dead in the face and sometimes I still won't get it. It is such a frustrating thing to do. I just wish there was more help.

Thank you SO MUCH for this video! I have struggled all my life and as an adult it is hard to tell others that I am not stupid, I just can't see or think like them. I shared this hoping it helps others understand me. ❤

I can so relate to this problem, at age 52 I’ve struggled all my life and won’t even go out with a small group for lunch as at the end everyone ‘splits the bill’ I’m so mortified by this that I don’t put myself in this situation. When I was younger and before I had an iPhone I used to take a calculator or pen and try to work it out on toilet paper, all the while praying that by the time I returned they would tell me but the whole experience was exhausting. Another problem for me is when someone says what year they were born and working out what age they are to date…. I’ve skipped a whole decade, it really is a debilitating problem. As for games I’ve avoided them my whole life, it’s just terrifying for me and a total no go!

Can't believe I didn't know about it. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I took the online test and scored very low and have almost all of the symptoms. I'm going to my GP to ask if I can get a proper assessment. For most of my life I've just assumed I was stupid and absent minded, it's nice to know there might be a reason to it.

I have hypervigilant hearing, I can't filter any information. This effects my daily life because it means it's hard to relax, to concentrate, to listen to conversations, to watch TV, to pay attention to lectures or important information, to wind down in the evening, and to sleep.

1. Left and right?? Still can't get it right 2. Calculations of any kind in the mind I will never master. 3. Reading graphs diagrams and construction plans. An impossibility 4. Reading the clock. Was the last to learn it at school. 5. Setting a time line on anything. Organising my time is very challenging. 6. And the last one - personal finances. I'm sure from the last few points you get the picture.

This video is fantastic, I have wacht it years ago and now again. It is very well explain on what can happens to you when you have dyscalcula. I deeply thank you for sharing it with such an open heart and trully showing how it works. I also have dyscalculia and it is really anoying to say the least. Sometimes I even forget I have it, lol. THANK YOU for sharing.

I was studying for a masters and in one of the modules we had to use tables/grids etc and no matter how many times I said I cannot understand them, because I can't read them, the message didn't sink in and the lecturer didn't know what to do. People don't know about it and they sometimes act as if I'm making it up.

Thank you so much for sharing! I feel that most of my life, at least since I was about 10 or 11 years old, I felt like something was wrong with me. I never knew this term until just today from researching because I am & have always been bothered by it; I have always called it "math dyslexia". It frustrated me when I was growing up in school, my mother would always get mad at me for bringing home C & D grades in math only, and she would remind me I was an honor roll student from 1st grade up until 6th grade & would show me my certificates as I didn't believe her. As I read into it, I can link it to brain damage, because around that time I went 4-wheeling with my sisters, crashed extremely hard - head onto a tree, I only remember waking up with my sisters crying for me and pressing my head with a cloth as my face was drenched in blood. I guess after regaining consciousness, my sister's were so scared of us getting into trouble for not being careful drivers, I decided to hide the incident from my Mom. I regret never telling my mom, actually, I summoned the courage to tell her when I was about 25 years old, lol. But since that accident, nothing was ever the same on the subject of math. I had the most difficult time concentrating, taking the information in/learning, "blank" is the only word I can describe what was going on in my head when trying to figure out math problems, and embarrassingly enough I got by the last 2 years of high school cheating from a girl who was too much of a push-over to say no (no way shape or form did i ever bully her or anything like that - just asked her, sometimes nag). It was/is embarrassing, and I finally summoned the courage to tell my husband 9 years later that I can't help our daughter with math (explaining every detail to him & what could be the problem) but I can with English & reading since they were my favorite subjects. I don't think this to be hereditary or anything, in my case at least, because my daughter is really smart, math & science are her favorite subjects, & is an honor student, and my husband is a genius in math as well... but with that I feel alone & left-out and I hate that I can't offer anything. To this day, I have avoided college for that sole reason, and it is devastating because all I have ever wanted was to accomplish something as an adult as college was always a goal of mine. So I am very happy to have found the correct terminology, happy to see I'm not the only one going through this (although I wish no one had to go through this) & I hope to see an "educational psychologist" soon to see where "educational therapy" will take me (seriously, I really feel as though I lost a lot of my happiness & confidence to lack of knowledge in math). Best of luck to you & everyone on here who is struggling with the same thing... there are resources & help to possibly bring an end to this personal epidemic.

Thank you so much for this video! I am an adult with dyscalculia and I can't find anything about it for adults

Wow this is brilliant, I have about 90% of the same things, especially when it comes to time (honestly I'll put my socks on and ten minutes has passed???) and counting on the hands. I didn't even know starting from five was a dyscalculia thing, and I am so shit at knowing my left from right I'm still not sure how I passed my learner's license test tbh. It sucks because I work the register in a retail job so if I forget to input the cash that's given to me I have NO IDEA what change to give and then I forget how much they paid in the first place and I have a mini freak out.

I feel your frustrations. I had all these weird symptoms and just stumbled across the definition online while looking up dyslexia(my sister in law has that). I new I had math problems forever but I didn't realize my name/face recognition, time recall, direction,clock reading, and my stupid left right recognition was all under one condition. I just learned about this this year and I'm 27. Kinda nice knowing I'm not alone or just stupid.

Thank you sooo much for posting this. I went to a testing center at a university at age 40, in graduate school, and said I think I have this, and after listing some of the problems I was having they tested me, yet the tests did not have anything to do with the areas I was struggling with, they seemed general diagnostic tests and so they said I didn't have it--yet 95% of the things you mentioned, I struggle with. Maybe it was a test designed for very young kids? Maybe I'm so good at compensating now, like asking for landmarks when needing directions, that they missed it. I taught algebra for several years in a public school and was just fine, but I did several things to help. I gave candy to students who spot errors on the board (I flip digits), and made my classroom a safe space to make mistakes while you are learning. I had seating charts and memorized names by the position the students sat in the classroom (and flashcards, I worked really really really hard on memorizing faces & names of 163-189 students). I carried pencil and paper around with me when I helped students and we worked the problems in tandem, rather than doing it in my head. I had a small compass on the top left corner of the board to help me keep left and right straight. I had the times classes end (and the half-way point) written directly below the clock in the room. I asked students to tell me what the answers were, so I didn't have to do them in my head (and then I'd memorize them for the next class period). The first year I worked every single problem in the lesson and in the homework before I helped a student with it, and carried the key with me when working with students. So I have never limited myself in careers, I just found a way to compensate and work to my strengths. I never knew I flipped digits until I temped as receptionist between jobs, and a co-worker pointed out that while I had written the number correctly, I flipped the last 2 digits when I spoke it aloud. I found out I consistently would flip the last 2 digits when I spoke or wrote a phone number, so I really only needed to focus tightly on the end of the phone number. If I'd known I had dyscalculia I probably would never have been a receptionist, or a math teacher, but I still wish I'd known.

I cheated in math bc it was too stressful. I just used photomath to do my problems. It sucked when they didn't work with the calculator-

I was diagnosed with Dyscalculia when I was 21 I struggle a lot on my basic maths may take me a few years to catch up. With tutoring etc this woman speaking is great well said. I want to join the police but maths is a no go at this point. I'm so glad to see other adults with it.

Thankyou soo much for this video, i know this was put up a long time ago and only just came across it. i thought i was alone with this and just thought I was stupid and not trying hard enough. I am 25 and only just came to the realisation that i could have dyscalculia after failing my maths exam over and over again as part of my course which is soo frustrating and my maths tutor doesn't understand my struggle. Everything you have said i can really relate too but i just don't understand what i can do to be able to pass my exam if i don't get anything and can't remember what I have been taught

I was educated by nuns in the 1970s. The words learning disability did not exist. It was always, "she is not living up to her potential". It took me an entire year of humiliation to go from 2s times tables to 3s. I have worked in sped for mannnny years and have only heard about it a few months ago. My life made sense. I recently tried to get help for dyscalculia and the woman in charge had no idea what it was. I started crying in her office.I My health care provider does not test for it. They told me to go private...which means thousands of dollars out of my pocket. Dyscalculia almost cost me my life...twice. Two different times I was in the middle of the desert without cell phone service. I got lost because I am horrible with direction. The guys I was with came back for me. The second time, I knew I had a life threatening disability and needed to turn back before it got ugly.

Oh my dear...it's like your describomg my life here. I am in my 50's now and growing up with Dyscalculia and attending the pitiful public school system here in America, I can tell you how much this hit me hard. I wasn't placed in "speacial education" classes until seventh grade, where I was put in a classroom with kids with behavior problems, given a math worksheet to complete each day, and otherwise ignored. It was the same each year till I dropped out of school at 16 out of frustration. I did take my GED in my 20's, and was just able to complete an Ascociate's degree a couple of years ago. My family thinks I just don't try hard enough or use it as an excuse for not working. I would love to work like everyone else but there are no jobs available for people with my lack of experience and math difficulties. I do love writing and I am currently working on a fiction series based on my family's stories I heard growing up. God bless you and this channel. It is your purpose to change how the world thinks about people with LD's. I was told by someone once that I "didn't look learning disabled." I didn't know we had a look. I guess we are supposed to have characteristics of people with developmental delays or Down Syndrome. (no insult intended). I have given up hope of my family ever understanding my disorder. They have never even tried to learn about it or showed empathy. God bless.

Thank you for creating this video. I knew I had a math learning disability since I was in elementary school. The issue with working memory is one that I have as well. I listen and accept feed back well. However, if I am under stress or feel a sense of stress or I am given new information I will have trouble encoding and processing the information all at once. Or, I will have to repeat the task and ask questions until I finally get the task at work. I do not mean to be awkward... you are beautiful and seem like a compassionate and understanding person. Continue to work toward what you want. If you can't get into your first choice then work toward something else that will make you happy. Thanks again for creating the video.

I'm chronically early because I used to be late always and so now I have to leave an HOUR before I have to be ANYWHERE. This effects my relationships because of course it puts me in situations where I'm too early and therefore become impatient.

Thanks for this. I guess there's a lot of us out there w dyscalculia. There is definitely too little info on this & so I appreciate your video so much.

I'm 43 this year and I have this. Some of the symptoms you mention don't apply, some do a bit and some are like oh yes! When I was at school nobody had heard of this, I even remember a teacher saying to me during a Maths lesson "it's like you have dyslexia with Maths!". Yeah well he was right. Right now though it is having an effect on my life still, due to failing health in my back I need to find another career, I would like to teach Design Technology but in order to even be considered as a teacher I need to have a GCSE in Maths. I'm considering trying to get this but I don't know if I could get help or if I'd have to prove I have it to be offered support?

Thank you for making this video and sharing your experiences. My 11 yr old grandson was recently tested at a facility to determine if he was autistic. He took tests for 8 hrs on one day and 4 hrs a second day. Test results showed he has ADHD and dyscalculia (referred to as mathlexia by the clinic). Fortunately, my son's insurance paid for the testing as it cost $3,000. Common core math has certainly not helped his learning, either.

This video has helped me, thank you very much. I can relate to nearly all the things you have said. I think this is why i have put off my driving test for so long. i suffer from anxiety and now i know why. i have a maths and English test today, and you know which one i am dreading. i might just tell them i have difficulty with maths. your right it does effect you every day of your life.

Whow. Thanks for sharing your personal experiences with Dyscalculia. What you describe is so similar to what my daughter is facing everyday. My wife tells me she was never good at maths, I'm good at maths (maybe my strongest area), but have mild dyslexia which I didn't realize until about 5 years ago when I read something on my computer screen which used a font for dyslexics and it was like the difference between day and night. If you do read this comment, I would like to hear if there are any areas you feel strong in, and if you have made a video about them. Bye.

I am 27 now I have dyscalculia and have you could say mild dysclexia aswell but back in school there was no help for my dyscalculia. literally unknown but anyway I dont know how I managed to get a job on the tills in co op part time yes ur right the till tells you the change to give to customers, but I had a situation a few times where the till would crash very embarrassing customers laughing at me,, so then I would call my fellow workers they would help me,, still tough tho but ur right there should be more awareness especially job opportunites/employer awareness in uk theres alot about it in usa. sorry for the long essay, I like ur video anyways yess there should be a bbc docu more out there thanks keep up the gd work...

My math teacher told me: you're not stupid, just lazy. And to think that was the best thing anyone had said about me and maths at the time... This video made me cry. I need to find out if I can be tested, because most difficulties described here apply to me even though I've created workarounds for some of it by now at 52 years of age.

Thank you so much for making this video. I can relate to everything, also one of the things I tend to do is switch my numbers around but also with letters. For example, I often write the num 8 as A or my num 4 to F and so on

I know your frustration with ignorant people. I'm exactly in the same boat as you. Although I don't have dyscalculia, I have autism (which is another life-long disability) and I also want more people to understand what it is. Autism is so misunderstood and not many understand how it also affects me and my life every second of every day. I just want people to take note of this; Autistic people are some of the most intelligent people on this planet (Albert Einstein was autistic!). It's because we see everything different and "think outside the box" to the average human. I am glad that I don't have it as I love maths and have always been very good at it. I'm starting a GCSE maths course next week. Thank you for enlightening me about dyscalculia, Paresa. I admit that even I didn't know what it is until I watched this video. Now I understand it better and I am very grateful for that.

I'm a teenager and think I have dyscalculia and it really bugs me because I want to be a doctor when I'm older and I can't do that without passing my maths GCSE.

Thank you so much for doing this video. You are quite correct that people know far too little about this issue.

Thank you so much for this video! I struggle with this..

Thank you so much for sharing this informative information… I definitely struggled in all the symptoms as a kid and only now as an adult I hear this term, and did some research on it and boom what do you know I believe I’m the poster person for this!!! I am finally glad I have a name for what has been a lifelong struggle to no understanding what is wrong with me

Great video 100% agree with all you said! I have been aware of this disorder for the past 7 years however in Australia it is almost impossible to get diagnosed and it is not yet acknowledged by the government so there is no support available. I am most certain I have dyscalculia and have researched into it a lot, its my passion ironically. Most frustrating thing ever when people tell you to practice or think your 'just bad at maths!' Always struggled with money, time and and pretty much all of that mentioned. However I was heart broken about what they told you about your degree! We do struggle and we are disadvantaged but keep at it! I'm a graduate primary teacher, I'm not going to lie, it was hard- i still battle the math anxiety and issues with working memory which drives me crazy because it absolutely holds me back from being an amazing teacher. But its not going to win! My aim is to find ways to teach adults (myself first, lol) ways to overcome some of these embarrassing struggles. I hated school because I could never 'get it' and teachers just couldn't understand why, I was an example student in all other areas, I wanted to become a teacher to prevent more children from growing up believing their dumb or stupid. I have also always been told I could never be a teacher because of my struggles but I'm out to prove them wrong.... hang in there everyone! :) (P.S sorry for the novel!)

Thank you so much for making this video. All my life I've had these symptoms. I have never been diagnosed but I would absolutely love to, especially because I'm currently attending college and I would love some specific validation of my learning disabilities rather than just a "math-based" disability (which I do get accommodations for, but it doesn't seem to be as much as I need). Although it costs a lot to get diagnosed, and being in college I don't have the money, even though I have looked into it a lot. I am really tired of teachers thinking I'm not putting enough effort into my work when in all actuality I am putting in as much effort as possible by spending 4+ hours on homework and also meeting with tutors as well. I was having a really hard time with music theory homework tonight and needed a good long break. This video was some amazing validation to my issues in daily life and it's amazing to know that I am not alone.

Thank you for posting this. I have the it and share your annoyance with people who don't understand how we simply CANNOT do certain "simple" things. Directions are my worst enemy. I can follow a path after practicing is 5 or 6 times but I CANNOT find the shortest path to anywhere that is off my known path or if I start from a different location. Something you didn't mention, mentally rotating objects. I can imagine certain shapes but only in a fixed position. For anyone who has dyscalculia and needs to buff up on their math skills, I highly suggest you look into the Trechtenberg system of speed mathematics. I also recommend you learn your times tables with a Mnemonic peg system. Basically substitute numbers for images.

I was diagnosed with dyscalculia in adulthood adhd in childhood and trying to find helpful information is very difficult lol thankyou for this video!

Does anyone with this disorder have trouble judging spatial measurements when driving, or social distancing?

Hi Paresa I have just listened to your video on Dyscalculia and everything you have mentioned is exactly what I struggle with. I'm 51 years of age had no support all my educational life, even after returning back to studies as a mature student I still never got the right support because of the lack of government funding. I have never been able to attend University because of my Dyslexic, Dycalculia, Dysgraphia and Dyspraxia and like yourself have only learnt in the past 18 months that I struggle with all these area at a much later time in my life. But i have never given up I support my husband in our Graphics business, but before this i set up my own wedding business as a Hair and Make up Artist and Photographer which I loved very much again I could not do the administration or accounts but I'm excellent with project managing over seeing the bigger picture, trouble shooting being solution orientated. I can't work with money or do analytical reports etc, although I'm very much a people person . After all these years I am finally having to deal with things I have a full dyslexia assessment but as with everything I have to pay privately for everything Your video blog was excellent as you was able to speak and explain with clarity. You are beautiful and full of confidence as you are realising to work on your strengths you will one day find ways to work and adapt around things and although i have never been able to do what I'm very passionately about. However, i have and I hope you will see things as your great achievements because your gifts will out weigh and over compensate the things that you find challenging Thank you so much for making this inspirational video and should you have any links for me to learn then I would love to hear from you. Esther Green, Midlands, UK.

Well that's me, I struggle everywhere with dyscalculia, it's hard to achieve practical things that for other is simple. But i have other gifts, like a very good memory if I read a book, excellent verbal skills, and excellent problem solving skills in life, a engineering brain, I understand everything objective because of my 3D imagination, I am able to go to a cellular size of the objects with imagination. So every dyslexic have their potential, find it and use it to your advantage

I am a thousand% positive I have Dyscalculia. I can't do math at. I've always known it was more than just a learning disability in math. I struggle with almost everything you have talked about struggling with. I've been trying for months to find a psychologist to diagnose me with this but no one in my area has a clue what what this is. I'm trying to get accommodations for the GED testing so maybe they would at least let me use a calculator and extra time with the math part of the test. Even then I'm not sure I could pass it. It's so unfair that I can't get help with this. Do you have any suggestion? Thank you -Tanisha

thank you so much for making this video. I have struggled with basic math. I have never been diagnosed. but I do think I have this. I felt alone and stupied for not knowing basic math problems. I have tried working on doing basic math. but I'm 18 now and still have trouble with it. I've been bullied for not being able to grasp basic math and also money. I still have to use my finger to count. again thank you for making this video again you have made me feel so much better that I'm not the only one that suffers from this.

Basically have what you find difficult or impossible.you now have a diagnosis so you won't think of yourself as a loser but I just felt mentally disabled.

Thank you! Your examples are very good, and you have helped me in my job today :) Tomorrow I'm going to teach some people who work with helping people who struggle with coping with their economy/dept, how dyslexia and dyscalculia affect a person's life. Your video is great!

I get lost in my car going to my drs office and have had same dr for 6 years.i have to keave my house really early incase i get lost! When i get there without getting lost i am sooooo darn proud of myself!

I have dycalculia too. Sometimes my teacher would ask me a simple math question and because i didn't expect that i would stand there and in my mind is nothing and then he counts to three and if i haven't given him the right answer he ask someone else and he would say to me that i need to go back to second grade. He knows that i have dyscalculia and keeps asking me things like that. At new evenig at the countdown i always start to count up again. I never no if the change that i got back is right. I am german and in german the numbers aren't read like it is wrote so you don't read 54 like fifty-four you read translated four-fifty that is so confusing! I always need to look at the number at the end and then at the front. I'm always too late. Left and right is also so confusing if you tell my right away i can't turn in the right direction. Sorry for my english it is my second language.

HiI am so glad that you did this video and I am glad I stumble on this video. I am 50 and have never been diagnose with dyscalculia. But just about everything you described I had or have. I began to tear up, because now I know it is not me per say but a disability it has affected me all through my life. I failed math all throughout my math it affected job and job choices and career choices that don't involve math. I have gone through a masters program my GPA is 3.95 with and overall GPA of # 3.7 at the end of the Program to reenter and do student teaching I was told I had to take a GRE test before They would let me return. The part of the test I did poorly on had qualitative analysis. I could not remember any of the math, even though I practice. I did well on a computer programs. I score the lowest you could get in the math portion. my working memory is poor, remembering steps, fractions, algebra and applying concepts to other math problems. I have struggle for a long time. now I know I am not a dummy. I just have a disability. Thank you Paresa

Thank you so much for this video. I knew I had issues with maths from kinder garden, but only found out this week what it's actually called. This has affected me in so many ways, but the strangest and most frustrating, I always got lost, had issues being able to tell my left from right, and dire ability to even read a map... The kicker in all this is, I worked in the finance sector for a long time, and this issue never came up because I worked in systems that did all the work for me. I always called it numerical dyslexia, and then I just decided to google it, and here was this word called "Dyscalculia" and the description was me all over. Now I know what it is I'm suffering from, I can actually go forward and do something about it.

I have it, I was absolutely hopeless at maths in school. I absolutely understood physics and I went on to get my Masters Degree. That took a little help but I found I could not, no matter what was tried to understand numbers as an abstract concept. When I put a cause and effect to it that made sense. I need my other half to help me work out household bills and shopping though :)

Your very beautiful!! Screw all that math. Your a smart person, do your thing girl :)

I have this and it's ruined my life I can't even get a job... I CANT BE A CASHIER EIATHER :( I feel worthless only thing I'm good at is makeup! And I can't even work at MAC because I didn't graduate high school because I have Dyscalculia I don't know what to do! I feel for you girl...

Really love your video. I have a friend who is being held back from moving on in his life because of math. This video has explained a possible reason. Thank you for taking the time and having the desire to inform.

I have most of the symptoms you listed. I was terrible at math, especially advanced math. I have to count my fingers when doing simple addition when everyone else can do it in their head. I will even forget the buttons on a calculator, so I'm usually the last one to calculate something. I'm not diagnosed though.

I can't admit to myself that i have this condition, (i'm 24 now) But i experience a lot of the same problems mentioned. I can't tell time on a regular clock, useless in math. I have a hard time reading the ferry/bus timetable. (If i don't have access to the phone apps etc for it) I like to learn languages but math is one i can't read. The thing is, i don't know my potential of improvement with said problems. So unless i overcome my fears and mental barriers i can't say for sure that i have this condition. Anyways thanks for making this video.

Thank you so much for this I really thought I was alone with this especially coming from a small village... I have had to create a lot of coping mechanisms to get by and oh it’s been tough! Constantly questioning myself “I’m I just stupid” and that’s why I can’t learn/remember simple math. I find I do push myself to learn and remember more if it’s a genuine interest for example I hated telling the time or working out the answer to times table or divide questions... I can now remember a lot of what I used to forget before I had my own business which is currently £500k turnover and employs 7. I actually enjoy working math questions now because it means something to me although I still struggle the same as I did before if that makes sense? I also struggle with English grammar and literature from time to time one minute remembering how to spell a particular word and the next minute forgetting! I don’t like to read in front of people because of the fear of messing up or being embarrassed because I can’t pronounce a word that everyone else around me can even though in my mind I can clearly pronounce it 🤦🏼‍♂️ I have hidden my learning disability so well through my coping mechanisms to the point it got me through high school passing with grade Cs and even being popular amongst my friends to then running a small successful business without anyone knowing I struggle with simple Math and English! Would be awesome to reach out to you and chat about this as I really connected with you and this condition!