When I was doing my grad, whilst writing code & things start going wrong, my mind goes into this complete downward spiral of stress, confusion, anxiety & suddenly I would find it 5 times harder to complete the task at hand.You're not alone—coding can be mentally exhausting, & getting stuck often leads to frustration & self-doubt.When this happens, step away for a break to reset your mind.Try explaining the problem out loud or seeking an outside perspective.Debug systematically by testing smaller sections instead of rushing.Reframe the situation as a puzzle rather than a failure, & remember that struggle means growth.Don’t let one problem define your day—learn from it & move on.Over time,you’ll build resilience & can handle more challenges!

Think before you code! 1. Design your system on paper first, with constituent parts. Divide and conquer is your friend here! 1.1. This requires some training and practice to do well. Knowledge of UML and/or patterns is useful here. 2. Decide on input and output to each part/module/class in your system. This should fall out naturally if you did Step 1 well. 3. Decide on the algorithms to use for each part. 4. Implement the core parts first. In most systems the core logic is the most important but also the quickest to implement. (I know, there are many exceptions to this but that just means the core part is even more important to implement early.) 5. Test each part separately. In particular for fringe cases. 6. Merge parts while testing.

Most of the answers here mention breaking down the project/task into manageable pieces, which is definitely true. Apart from that, I also noticed that explaining the task to a colleague or a friend can be really helpful. It helps with the following points - Simplifying complexity - Gaining ideas and thoughts from a different perspective - Clarifying your own thought process and even - Introducing new improvements to your existing solution

I think by building smaller projects that offer a basic functionality and then moving to bigger and complex projects is the right way.Also having a deeper understanding of language constructs like functional programming , object oriented concepts will make coding a lot easier. Plus don't focus only on learning a language , applying it on a small project will do the trick. Reverse engineering another programmers code will help you understand the flow of the program which later you can use while taking complex tasks.

I disagree. Building logic is very fun and trying something new helps you grow. Yes sometimes it gets frustrating when you have to do same task over and over again with little bit of change.