The first time you see an engine with the cover off, it’s chaos. By the tenth, it’s a map.

Something complicated looks like chaos the first time because you have no categories to sort it into, so everything arrives at once with equal weight. Looking repeatedly builds those categories, and the same view becomes readable: that part feeds this one, this belt drives that. Nothing changed between the first time and the tenth. The chaos was in you, and it is temporary.

Return to the thing that overwhelmed you, twice more, without trying to take in all of it. Pick one part per visit and follow where it goes. Early confusion is not information about your ability.