Well, I decided to withdraw from the course. If I focus on my other 3 courses, I can do well on them. I'm going to take the course again this spring and focus solely on it. I showed up to counselling this time. The counsellor seemed nice. She had one annoying speech pattern, but I think I can look past it. I'm getting help for my studies, both from her and writing and learning strategies and that's a start.