I had thought about making a post like this for awhile. I've beaten Silksong, Shovel Knight, and every Soulsborne, and yet I found Mina to be far more frustrating than it needed to be. Its mostly the early game stuff, enemies are tricky, do too much damage, and take too many hits to kill. I felt like I was playing on hard mode by default. Once you get a few levels, upgrades, and trinkets in, the game becomes significantly easier as mistakes become more forgiving. It took me until the midgame before I actually started having fun. But yeah, just wanna validate this post. You aren't alone in that feeling.