Maths

Ok, bad luck has befallen me these few months and i just need to clear this thing up. Am I the only one having problems with maths? as in furthur/additional/advance/rocket science maths? Is it something either you get or do not get? Or just by pure amount of practice?

Let's see, maths to me is like:
David to Goliath,
Kryptonite to Superman,
Athlon64 to Pentium4
Crysis to (insert any graphic card made before 2008)

But then... I can do...
Physics (easy)
Geography (even easier...)
heck, i can even figure out SketchUp and Vray... by meself..., most of the time...

Admitingly Maths is not my strongest subject i am in. Why? Its not that i want to fail/suck in maths. I attend all my classes, I might say i wanna skip classes, but i still end up in class. I do not go into class and a few minuets later and say "Let's Chill" like my friends do.

I clearly remembered saying to someone that with other stuff is skill/knowledge... with maths is sheer luck. And Maths is the only subject that can drive me to tears. Seriously...

Is anybody out there that suffer from maths? Is it genetic? It is because i practise buy not enough? or just because I can't do maths? or i just lack luck?

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Hope this helps!