I often feel this way as well. I tell myself that I'll learn faster if I can get over this feeling, or learn an effective way to cope with it. Looking back at

I often feel this way as well. I tell myself that I'll learn faster if I can get over this feeling, or learn an effective way to cope with it. Looking back at difficult things I've learned helps. That is, knowing I felt this way about some other topic or domain, whether it was real analysis, fourier analysis, cooking, or more recently, RoR. Having a community to ask questions to also helps. Stackoverflow boosts my confidence a little whenever I see one of my questions or answers upvoted.