There are specific learning disabilities around math. If you think your issue might be something fundamental about how your brain works, you should look into dyscalculia
I have this and I always struggled with math. I was terrible at mental math and I wanted to be better. I changed all of my clocks to military time so I had to do a very small and easy mental math problem if I wanted to know the time. I started to get better at it and now I am better than most people I know (not by a whole lot, and it does still take me a while to get more difficult problems done). I now enjoy trying more difficult problems just for fun. I also developed some interesting methods to chunk problems in my head so they are easier to manage.
It’s not about hours of practice. Small incremental changes over time can be a better way to go about it.
There are specific learning disabilities around math. If you think your issue might be something fundamental about how your brain works, you should look into dyscalculia
I have this and I always struggled with math. I was terrible at mental math and I wanted to be better. I changed all of my clocks to military time so I had to do a very small and easy mental math problem if I wanted to know the time. I started to get better at it and now I am better than most people I know (not by a whole lot, and it does still take me a while to get more difficult problems done). I now enjoy trying more difficult problems just for fun. I also developed some interesting methods to chunk problems in my head so they are easier to manage.
It’s not about hours of practice. Small incremental changes over time can be a better way to go about it.