I always liked math, but when I got into high school it became my social circle. The math club went to competitions on weekends and hung out after school. The better you were at math the cooler you were.

Transitioning from the end of the basic calculus material to proofs is really hard. It's a completely different way of approaching math than you've ever done before. The material becomes super dense and the most basic sounding things can seem impossible to prove.

All in all though, cmon, being good at math makes you cool!