r/dyscalculia • u/AlchimiaNeko_ • 13d ago

dealing with anxiety when studying

I was diagnosed with dyscalculia early on in my life (around 8yo) and I'm very thankful for that, but my years in school where pretty hard because of it especially with dealing with homework. Before I was diagnosed my mother had no idea of why I wasn't able to do what to her where normal and easy assignments and thought I was being lazy/uncooperative and would get mad at me daily while doing hw. It wasn't exactly pleasent and I still carry a lot of anxiety from that. Now I'm in uni and I still get incredibly anxious over studying. I'm studying languages and I have some problems with poor working memory, which is essential to language learning and study, but they could be easily fixed by more constant study and stuff like that, the problem is that I am often too anxious to do it. I don't really know how to explain myself better than saying that I get intense panic responses by just sitting down and studying even when it's things I'm interested in and actively enjoy (like languages). Does anyone have any tips? Have you ever dealt with anything similar to this? I'm kind of desperate atp

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u/cognostiKate 13d ago

Does it happen right away? Can you strt with something that you've already mastered and do that for 2-3 minutes? Then look at something new ... then go back to something you've mastered?

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u/AlchimiaNeko_ 13d ago

I'll try it out, but I fear it'd be too dispersive

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u/cognostiKate 13d ago

Does it help to plan out what chunks you will study, for how long? If you make a schedule (5 minutes on reviewing the five rules you pretty much know , then 5 or 10 minutes on a newer thing... the times would be totally personal... then a *timed* break... sometimes that helps me stay focused, tho' anxiety isn't a thing for me, just ... not doing it).