I started learning programming ~ half a year ago, jumping from starting point to starting point, always getting caught up in the "where to start" problem. Since then, I've kept to the program I'm in, and have a path forward, but I'm also feeling more insecure about my abilities as I continue on.

I'm taking the free CS50x course to learn programming. Ultimately I would like to then transition into learning C#, and program the starting area in Pokemon Blue as a personal project.

Right now I'm in week 6 of CS50x and I have found myself reaching more and more for problem solutions on the internet, and thinking up and writing my own code less and less. I feel like I'm copying more and learning less. It's at the point that I need a solution to even start an attempt at the problem myself, and I cannot organically come to solutions on my own.

Is this normal? If not, how can I get myself out of this spiral I see myself in?