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Re:How to Force Your Kids to Do Math? by tetris11 on Sunday April 20, 2025 @06:33AM (#43742902)
Yep, 6 years of being forced to play the violin.

Sure, once I was playing it, I was fine, but I cannot explain to you the sheer dread I felt opening up the case.

Have not played in decades, despite all those lessons and concerts and orchestra sessions.

Re:How to Force Your Kids to Do Math? by ctxc on Sunday April 20, 2025 @08:23AM (#43743345)
I felt the same. I didn't touch it for ~9 years.

But I'm glad for it, since it lets me jam or enjoy myself without having to put the practice in now from scratch. I do it for fun.

Re:How to Force Your Kids to Do Math? by tetris11 on Sunday April 20, 2025 @09:48AM (#43743746)
I live in the hope that one day I will pick it up and feel nothing but contentment of being in the moment, but I'm just not ready for that yet.

Even the smell of tree resin sometimes makes my stomach tighten with anxiety.

Re:How to Force Your Kids to Do Math? by zdragnar on Sunday April 20, 2025 @12:46PM (#43744887)
Executive function / demand avoidance. Not to the point of being pathological, but it is a learned emotional behavioral complex.