Physics is necessarily math intensive. This is a skill which is not specific to physics, which you must develop in order to work in the hard sciences and increasingly in the social sciences, but which you also need if you wish to become a critical thinker in a quantitative sense. You won't learn the material without applying it. I encourage you to collaborate with your colleagues on homework. Not only can you get help when you need it, but you can teach other people as well.
Teaching is perhaps the most effective way to learn.
I assign homework weekly. I encourage you to work together on homework, but you should hand in your own solutions for grading. It is good ethical practice to acknowledge the help you receive. Homework due in a given week covers material from the previous week and often from previous chapters. You will receive a bound collection of homework assignments.