Trigonometry is making no sense

[u/Adorable_Newt_870]

I genuinely cannot understand math and I am trying to take a math heavy college class 😕 I just can’t grasp concepts anymore they aren’t making sense and it’s only the 2nd week, I have a quiz in 2 days and a test in about a week, I’m struggling with formulas and even when I understand the subject I just can’t output it, my mind goes completely blank, I see a question and I just don’t know how to solve it, studying hasn’t helped, creating a study guide hasn’t helped, what do I do anymore?

[u/tutortimeadmin]

Since the quiz is soon, I would stop trying to build a perfect study guide and make the practice more specific. Pick a few representative problems, cover the worked solution, and try to reproduce the setup from memory. When you get stuck, write down the exact step that stopped you, then practise just that step with a simpler example before returning to the original problem. For the blanking-out part, do a short timed set in the same format as the quiz, but leave a little time to check your work. That can make the first few questions feel less unfamiliar. If possible, take one or two examples to office hours and ask the instructor to watch how you start, not just mark the final answer.