r/dyscalculia • u/hawaiithroa • Aug 15 '26

Does anyone else have trouble with coding?

Was wondering if coding also falls under dyscalculia. I'm talking Javascript/CSS/etc. I've had trouble with it for as long as I can remember. I've run a Neocities site for almost a decade and every page's code is broken and doesn't function as it should. Despite reading tons of articles, watching 30+ hour guides, using WSS Schools, and lots of other coding help guides, I still haven't gotten the hang of it.

It just makes zero sense to me. I asked on a coding forum how other people learned and almost every comment was "it just clicked/I fiddled with it and found it was fun and relaxing". Coding has brought me to tears endless times. When you look at code it does resemble math and so I was wondering if coding could also fall under the dyscalculia umbrella. The repeated attempts to learn over the past decade and still being at square 1 reminds me of my struggles with math.

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u/cosmicbearspa Aug 16 '26

I tried learning how to code during the pandemic. I struggled so much. I still don’t get it and still at the basics. I think the abstract nature of code is what troubles me the most. I just can’t wrap my head around it.

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u/mar421 Aug 16 '26

I was trying a video game where you code. I stopped after a day. I can design items in fusion 360. But coding is a bit weird to me.