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I have a learning disability which affects my ability to understand math (discalculia). Its really hard to explain how it feels, but any time I do simple math in my head I can't keep track of the numbers and they are start to blink in and out. Its like having short term memory loss for the duration of the equation? Not sure if that makes sense. I can absolutely do the math, but its an uphill battle and I end up having a lot of anxiety because I think people will judge me for how long it takes. I have a lot of trouble with addition, subtraction and multiplication so, really, the very basics.
I think if I didn't have this condition I would probably really enjoy math. I didn't know about this when I was in high school so I don't know if they could have even helped me. I also had a math teacher for a couple of years who would literally throw a chair at the wall if you did something wrong or he thought you were playing stupid. So that certainly did not help the situation.
The numbers start blinking in and out, yes! This is why I have to write out the numbers on the most simple stuff, and write a d rewrite complex problems to keep track of how the numbers change and which ones go where.