For me, high school math was really hard. I wouldn't have survived if not for a generous teacher who offered to provide me with some after-school one-on-one help. For me, it was a lot about just reinforcing concepts. I would have to practice and practice similar problems until I got the hang of it. I learned that it just took longer for it to stick for me. My best advice is to practice it and eventually, you will begin to see similarities between problems and be able to more quickly identify what steps you need to take in order to solve the problem.

It also helped to have a teacher who would tell me repeatedly that people learn in different ways and at different paces and to stop comparing myself to everyone else. A lot of my math anxiety came from a lack of self confidence. So it's good to remind yourself, when that anxiety starts to kick in, that just because something doesn't seem to be making sense does not mean that you are incapable; it just means that you have to work a little bit harder.