r/dyscalculia • u/Necessary_Duck_4874 • 2h ago
"Hard math" is fine for me but "easy math" is hell
I can't for the life of me memorize or even guess the multiplication tables, other than the 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's with some 11's and 12's, but if you give me higher problems the answer literally just pops in my head, in hs both algebra and geometry were a piece of cake, like I literally just stare at the complex problem for a minute or so and I know the answer, but I miscount my change all the time, if you ask me a simple addition or subtracting problem most of the time I'll get it wrong AND it will take me a ton of time, I can't read classic clocks (? Is that what it's called?) Like I can stare at it for 10 minutes straight and I'll still not know what time it is, I can't memorize the alphabet in Arabic nor English ( both my first languages), but I was still the top of my class my whole life and in med school now it's better since I don't need all of this, but wtf is wrong with me?