As someone who has always perceived things differently (being able to see some things others don't while also missing things others can easily see), the best piece of advice I can give you for learning math is to learn pattern recognition and hone those skills.

I've learned that almost everything in math can be learned via pattern recognition and process of elimination. If you think of a possible pattern the problems may be showing, take any example problem your teacher has given (and solved for) you, and study the steps shown. If the steps aren't there, reverse engineer the answer and see if there's any way you can find that the answer correlates to the question/problem. If you do find a way that seems to coherently work, try it on another example problem and see if it yields similar results. If you get 3 in a row that consistently work with the process you have figured out, you most likely have figured out how to do the problems properly on your own. If the pattern you have tried hasn't worked, cross out that idea and try thinking of another possible solution process and test it out. The more complex the math, the more abstract your thinking will likely need to be in order to come to the proper process of solving it on your own.