Has anyone encountered the same problem?

<p>I have a problem with my reading Mathematics and Science. Usually I have to ask my teachers or friends to clarify. Or if I try to do it my way, a problem can take me as far as 2 hours. By no means it is a hard one according to me other friends.
I tend to overthink. Wrack my nerve over tests. One time I remember an easy test took me from 8 to 2 to finish whereas my friends had done long before. Because when I was younger whenever I tried to solve fast and most of the time I made mistake, I tried to do it slowly, track everything I did once or twice after I’ve done it. But even when I solve slowly, I also have some fear in me that I will make mistake. Are my peers around me do things extremely fast or is it me who is slow?
I tend to have a lot of questions around lessons, but I’m shy everytime I ask my teacher. My friends and teachers think that I ask trivial questions, but I don’t think so since I really want to know the answer. But they don’t help me much in testing because again I overthink and do them slowly.</p>

<p>This last question doesn’t involve studying but sport. Man I’m afraid playing against little kids! I play tennis, but tend to overthink and I tried to think positively, but it just doesn’t work. I feel my heart beat faster, and a little fear feeling I don’t know. But I’ve lost a lot. Today a nine year old beat me. Last month a novice 12 year old who just pick up the racket beat me. I don’t think it’s about technique but mental set. I don’t know how to adjust it.</p>

<p>Help me is what I can say right now</p>

<p>You need to make an appointment with your school psychologist so that you can be evaluated. You may have unidentified learning disabilities, or issues similar to obsessive compulsive disorder (I say this because of your need to check and re-check your work). A good educational psychologist can help you figure out the best ways for you to work with the brain you have.</p>

<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>