A Technique to Eliminate Math Anxiety | Dr. Katie Nall | TEDxOcala

[DaveNanan]

Math teachers love math, but have a hard time understanding that students may experience math anxiety, which is a difficult barrier to overcome.

[MoBlackjack]

My father 'helped' me do my math homework since first or second grade and beat me if I got even a single question wrong. That's how I got my math 'anxiety'.

[holycow]

I like maths, but when I’m asked questions face to face I panic. Especially when it’s easy ones. My thoughts are “I’m supposed to know this, what if I get held back? “

[guntherss]

People don't fear math i know by my own experience that the bad memories of failing tests & unable to understand math associated with it keeps giving us anxiety, i'm a high school student & exactly 6 month from now i'll be graduating from high school & majoring physics & my interest in physics brought my interest in math & believe me it is not your enemy it is the most interesting you will ever study more than physics.

[graysonkovar]

Math is THE WORST taught subject in the country. "Here, remember this formula, okay, moving on."

[Psychokitten]

maths brings me to tears and panic attacks, ... I don't do maths anymore

[vkrgfan]

I think more than Tapping it's imperative to have a compassionate math teacher, which is quite rare, just the fact that you have identified anxiety as an issue and proposed possible solutions to your students shows that you deeply care about your students, that alone already puts them in a better position.

[cinnamonrolls]

My teacher can explain something to me for two hours and I won’t understand it

[suhani]

No matter how many times I solve a question my answer's always wrong and that's when I start getting panic attacks... I hate maths.

[mminha]

Math honestly makes my body shiver and tremble sometimes.I watched this video some days before and I tried it during math classes and it was fine and all but today mam gave a surprise test on the first and one of the most basic of the basics she taught in the begning of this year and I got so shocked and panicked that i forgot everything even about this video to calm down. To be able to use this technique I need to be first on my right mind.

[o_o]

*Maths makes me CRY during my exams...*
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[JG-tdqw]

I find this ted talk good (and very relatable - my math teacher once said that when our highschool class graduates, she will only remember the best and the worst in math--that's me) just because it shows how a teacher can be so passionate about teaching students going beyond the numbers and into some aspects of anxiety.

[alexharper]

Seeing that others are going through the same thing makes me feel a little better I had a total break down in class today OVER FRACTIONS it’s been a while since I’ve gone to school and it’s been the second day and I’m feeling just really defeated

[elim]

I liked math until my teacher started to beat, yelled and humiliated my in front of the class. From that day, I was done with math.

[hamnakhan]

I just had an anxiety attack and shed tears over maths. I need to learn math to get into my dream college. I have been trying for 5 years now and I haven't been able to. My inability makes me so sad. At the age of 22 struggling like this makes me feel so ashamed. I might never be able to apply again after this one. Yet ironically happen to be the genius in my whole batch in my current degree.

[gungholio]

Thank you for helping me calm down with math. I am still anxious but I am trying to get better.

[philellis]

I am one of those students who hate math. I've stayed after, had multiple tutors, and watched all the videos. Its always been hard for me. I hate when math teachers try to convince me to break out pencil and paper every single time I need even rudimentary math and say its useful to do an equation. I've repeated almost every math class i've ever taken. I put the work in, and I still fail. I try my own appraoches, my professors and other people's. It all ends the same. I am so sick of math. All I want to do is pass, not become an expert in calculus, algebra, or statistics. Math is one major hurdle keeping me from graduating, and if I keep falling, i'll just drop out of college. Because its a waste of money to keep failing after trying everything.

[shatakshijadhav]

I had math anxiety and EFT WORKS LIKE CHARM! thankyou so so so much x you're the best rn.

p.s. haven't touched my math books but completed one chapter a day cuz of her

[toysandfun]

how does this help me learn? I am so lost trying to do a course it makes me cry and im a grown man

[thosesinclairs]

Math has been impossible for me for a lifetime but this video gave me hope. We are also going to do a series of tapping videos as a family to approach difficult issues. Thank you so much - your caring and courage for your students has helped so many more people as you have subsequently shared the power of EFT. ❤