nellie_m

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@youronlyone @autistics @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @autism @pathfinder

I can literally count to three, that’s it.

I’m very much a verbal thinker. I love learning languages. Drop me off somewhere and I’ll speak that language within three months, complete with proper local accent. No problem. Except for, of course, the numbers!🤣

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (11 children)

@youronlyone @autistics @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @autism @pathfinder

The relationship between numbers and my brain is one of mutual dislike.

My brain doesn’t do them. I swear I don’t even know what numbers are. As a kid, I learned mental arithmetics like a poem. I recited it in every test, for every exercise. What I wrote was mostly correct, but time was always up before I had finished even half of it…
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

@youronlyone @autistics @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @autism @pathfinder

maths was my poorest subject until we were allowed to use electronic calculators. Late 70s. And then suddenly, it became fun! I loved algebra so much. Being able to do maths with my good old friends: letters!

At that point, I chose maths as a favourite subject even. I loved how unambiguous and logical and elegant it was. Just don’t expect me to do numbers.

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