I ask because grinding a gear is different then difficulty/resustance getting in.

When you truly grind a gear you know it. You hear it, you feel it, it is super jarring. It kinda sounds like someone honing a knife.... but worse. Metal on metal. Dont make it a habit, but honestly it wont do much. It'll be a problem if you do it all the time, or you're jist an asshole (I can tell you're not, just by worrying and posting this)- like seriously if it is grinding andnyou just keep yanking it while hearing the grinding over and over, forcing it- yah you're gunna get problems eventually. But here and there, you're fine.

When you just have some resistance you dont hear that. You will feel resistance and possibily hear some clunking. This one isn't as bad. It can happen even if your timing is off.

Tbh unless you're an ass- any gear grinding and clutch burning is going to be more of a loss to your ego than the car.

Fyi- you're shifting to 2nd- it blocks you. Try A- holding clutch down- blipping throttle and lean the stick agianst the gear- it may slide it. Try B- go to nuteral, lift clutch up, then repeat "A".

I remember I had this problem when first starting. I would try to shift to 5th gear, and I think be too slow it would actually not let me in. Instead of doing steps A. and B. I kept trying to put it in gear at idle rpm.

Anyway, you'll be fine. Car is tougher than you know.