How can I turn an understanding of math concepts into the ability to actually solve problems? I've quite stupidly gotten myself 2 years into an engineering degree despite hating and being bad at math in all forms, and currently I'm a few weeks away from probably failing Calc 3 for the second time. I don't think my issue is a inability to understand math, as I can grasp the concepts and what things represent fairly easily most of the time. The problem is, every time I actually sit down and try to do a math problem, my mind goes blank and all I can do is stare at it for a few seconds and think "ah fuck, I can't solve this". I understand how the general concepts apply but can't for the life of me actually do anything with the problem. It doesn't help that I don't enjoy solving math problems in the slightest, whether conceptual or applied. I know you're supposed to get a feeling of accomplishment from solving them, but all I get is an impending dread of "well that problem is finished, but there's 10 more on this assignment, another 20 assignments in this class, two more years of similar classes after that, and then a lifetime in a field that's mostly just doing more math". How do I un-fuck myself? How can I force myself to get better at actually doing math?
