"I've always known that there's something not particularly right with the way that I deal with numbers. I'm numerically challenged. And I realized recently that I have dyscalculia, which is a sub-version of dyslexia. So I can't count [and] I can't add."
"I am pained because I'm trying to count the bars. I had to find ways of doing this - and counting bars is like climbing Everest."
According to a 2019 study, 3% to 7% of all children, adolescents, and adults suffer from dyscalculia. When diagnosed as a child, there are treatment plans to make learning math easier, but it seems like Mullen Jr. had to navigate the disability himself until now.
Elsewhere in the interview, the U2 member said he was 'excited to get back in some capacity' after being forced to sit out of their Sphere residency to recover from surgery.
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