Math Strugglers - What's your biggest need?

Hi, everyone. I'm a math tutor looking into how I could support people preparing for the GED. I have lots of math experience, but not a lot of experience with GED students. I've known lots of students who missed something in math class and then checked out because they couldn't understand what was going on anymore. And I can imagine that if you were one of those students, studying math for the GED would feel really intimidating...

1. Am I on the right track or just making things up? Would it be helpful to have access to a human who could give you feedback and encouragement?
2. Do you feel like you struggle more with math concepts or unhelpful/discouraging thoughts when you sit down to do math? Or is it some of each?
3. If you could have a tutor help you with ONE math topic, what would it be?

Thank you for helping me understand!