So it seems like you can solve the problems… but then you are somehow frozen by fear that maybe your solution is not correct. Until someone else confirms that it is correct, and then you are able to continue. Solving the problem is not a problem; giving it to the teacher is.
On the intellectual level, you should update the prior probability that your solutions are correct.
On the emotional level… what exactly is this horrible outcome your imagination shows you if you would give the professor a wrong solution?
It is probably something that feels stupid if you try to explain it. (Maybe you imagine the professor screaming at you loudly, and the whole university laughing at you. It’s not realistic, but it may feel so.) But that’s exactly the point. On some level, something stupid happens in your mind, because otherwise you wouldn’t have this irrational problem. It doesn’t make sense, but it’s there in your head, influencing your emotions and actions. So the proper way is to describe your silent horrible vision explicitly, as specifically as you can (bring it from the darkness to light), until your own mind finally notices that it really was stupid.
I have no trouble imagining all the horrible outcomes, because I did get into trouble several times in similar scenarios, where getting confirmation from a friend would have saved me. For example, a couple of hours after giving my work to a teacher, I remembered that my friend wasn’t there, even though he was ready. I inquired him about it, and it then turned out that I gave it to the wrong teacher, and getting all my hand-crafted drawings back ended up being a very time and effort consuming task.
So it seems like you can solve the problems… but then you are somehow frozen by fear that maybe your solution is not correct. Until someone else confirms that it is correct, and then you are able to continue. Solving the problem is not a problem; giving it to the teacher is.
On the intellectual level, you should update the prior probability that your solutions are correct.
On the emotional level… what exactly is this horrible outcome your imagination shows you if you would give the professor a wrong solution?
It is probably something that feels stupid if you try to explain it. (Maybe you imagine the professor screaming at you loudly, and the whole university laughing at you. It’s not realistic, but it may feel so.) But that’s exactly the point. On some level, something stupid happens in your mind, because otherwise you wouldn’t have this irrational problem. It doesn’t make sense, but it’s there in your head, influencing your emotions and actions. So the proper way is to describe your silent horrible vision explicitly, as specifically as you can (bring it from the darkness to light), until your own mind finally notices that it really was stupid.
I have no trouble imagining all the horrible outcomes, because I did get into trouble several times in similar scenarios, where getting confirmation from a friend would have saved me. For example, a couple of hours after giving my work to a teacher, I remembered that my friend wasn’t there, even though he was ready. I inquired him about it, and it then turned out that I gave it to the wrong teacher, and getting all my hand-crafted drawings back ended up being a very time and effort consuming task.