having mathematical anxiety doesn't necessarily mean you're bad at math

But having mathematical anxiety doesn't necessarily mean you're bad at math -not even close.Laurent Schwartz went on to win the Fields Medal,the highest award in mathematics.People might think that they're anxious about math because they're bad at it,but it's often the other way around.They're doing poorly in math because they're anxious about it.Some psychologists think that's because math anxiety decreases a cognitive resource called working memory.That's the short-term memory system that helps you organize the information you need to complete a task.