The way we engage with math can be so harmful. I get many students in my intro econ classes who are, quite literally, traumatized by their experience with math.
Love this study showing empirical evidence of aspects of it.
Do you know about 3brown1blue? It’s one of the nicest math explainer yt channels out there, focusing on intuitive grasp of math (say dot or cross product, but much more like Bayesian stats or Fourier transform)
I wonder if something like it can unwind the damage.