I suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. But the good thing is that I managed it 8 months back after therapy and practicing mindfulness meditation on a daily basis. Since then, I have been working on my problem solving skills and learning skills. I have improved.
In lengthy problems, I often have this 'Something is wrong feeling' which is pretty common for people with OCD (maybe normal people too). I tend to get anxiety because of this and resolve to checking multiple times. This slows me down and often leads to less scores.
What I think I should do?
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Practice more. While practicing, think about each step and do not check more than once. Match final answer if solution is available.
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Maybe, try to improve my working memory by doing more mental maths.
Please suggest how can I speed up.
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(It goes without saying that this is not actual medical advice. I'm only sharing my thoughts because this is a unique topic I can relate to.)
I have OCD as well, and it occasionally affects how I do math. I'm not sure there is any solution I (or anyone else) can offer, but it definitely helps to identify OCD as the problem. Being able to "other" this condition is useful to me, so that I can at least push back against my own brain. My best advice is the following
More concretely, here are some things that are important for me.
Anyway, sorry if that was vague. Like I said, this is not really medical advice so much as my personal thoughts on the matter. For what it's worth, you are definitely not alone in the math community in suffering from OCD. I hope it doesn't get in your way too much.