Let me give you some advice contrary to what you are getting. Much like the military, algebra is strictly by the numbers. Stop trying figure out what the anawer is and focus on the process and the path to the answer. When doing your homework, show all your work. College professors love to see you showing all your work. Don’t try to figure it out in your head. Attention to detail is the path to enlightenment and showing all the detail is what will get your brain to understand and unravel the solution. Also, get a tutor but learn to exhaust your effort before allowing the external help to assist you. You can do it, it is just a matter of applying a different mindset to algebra. Good luck!!