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[lostmyshoe]

Hi Laura,

Just wanted say welcome too. I had a horrible time with Math in grade school. Even a tutor was not real successful at getting through to me. I barely passed with D's. I think part of it was anxiety too after all the failure and that just made it worse. I needed to be taught differently and no one realized it. I'm actually better at it now and I think part of it is because there is no pressure. I'm not sure if I had discalcula or not but I sure did have a hard time. It did get better for me as I got older and I hope it gets better for you too. Glad you found our website. Lots of good people here with good advice and support too.

[laura]

Hey Lostmyshoe. Sorry i haven't replied earlier. As my guidance teacher said to me when i was 16 years old, it will come to me in a few years. Well i am still waiting. You know what i dont think i actually care anymore if it comes to me or not as i am seriously just glad that i am here(i know very sentimental) but i have obviously been watching the news in the UK lately and we have had terrorist attacks and its hit home at how precious time is. Ye i am gonna still do Maths and ye i am still gonna care about it but am i gonna worry about it and stress myself as i have been doing NO THANK YOU. It would be very handy to have a Maths grade as at the moment i am in a dead end job. But no doubt some time in my lifetime which i am hoping is gonna be a hell of a long time i will succeed. Ye one of my work colleagues has said to me it seems like i have a phobia of Maths. She was like what can go wrong. I said getting it wrong/being made a fool/embarrassing myself the list is endless. I know i need to have faith in myself but if you fail Maths ALL the time then i am not gonna be the most motivated person- just so i can FAIL it AGAIN. Thank you once again x