It might sound strange, but programming and learning to program feel intimidating to me. Even though I 100% want to learn it and dedicate my time to it, I have thoughts in my head telling me that I’m not capable of learning. This is mainly because I’ve always been terrible at math—like really bad—and I’ve always hated that subject. I often associate Python with math, which makes me feel like I won’t be able to learn it.
I keep imagining that I’ll start, learn some basic topics, and then get stuck and be unable to make progress. These thoughts demotivate me and make me stop trying to learn Python, even though I genuinely want to. It feels like wanting to complete a hiking trip but being scared that I won’t make it to the top, so I hike a little, then give up and return, losing all my progress.
This might be a psychological factor—I’m not sure—but it’s definitely holding me back. What should I do about this? Should I change my mentality? If so, in what way?
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r/learnpython It might sound strange, but programming and learning to program feel intimidating to me. Even though I 100% want to learn it and dedicate my time to it, I have thoughts in my head telling me that I’m not capable of learning. This is mainly because I’ve always been terrible at math—like really bad—and I’ve always hated that subject. I often associate Python with math, which makes me feel like I won’t be able to learn it. I keep imagining that I’ll start, learn some basic topics, and then get stuck and be unable to make progress. These thoughts demotivate me and make me stop trying to learn Python, even though I genuinely want to. It feels like wanting to complete a hiking trip but being scared that I won’t make it to the top, so I hike a little, then give up and return, losing all my progress. This might be a psychological factor—I’m not sure—but it’s definitely holding me back. What should I do about this? Should I change my mentality? If so, in what way? submitted by /u/Puzzleheaded-Bar5127 [link] [comments]
It might sound strange, but programming and learning to program feel intimidating to me. Even though I 100% want to learn it and dedicate my time to it, I have thoughts in my head telling me that I’m not capable of learning. This is mainly because I’ve always been terrible at math—like really bad—and I’ve always hated that subject. I often associate Python with math, which makes me feel like I won’t be able to learn it.
I keep imagining that I’ll start, learn some basic topics, and then get stuck and be unable to make progress. These thoughts demotivate me and make me stop trying to learn Python, even though I genuinely want to. It feels like wanting to complete a hiking trip but being scared that I won’t make it to the top, so I hike a little, then give up and return, losing all my progress.
This might be a psychological factor—I’m not sure—but it’s definitely holding me back. What should I do about this? Should I change my mentality? If so, in what way?
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