Depending on the person the 5 hindrances are strong in the beginning. I guess in your case vicikicca and uddacca-kukkucca were relevant. That’s why one hovers around without knowing what is right and wrong. Learning Dhamma reduces the hindrances so that one can build faith in the Dhamma with the validation of its effectiveness.
My problem was in the beginning when I came to puredhamma.net. Learning Dhamma was something very strange to me, because I came form the field of breath meditation, where learning/grasping/comprehending was not really needed. Therefore I remember that I have send some stupid questions to Lal. I had to drop the thinking in wrong concepts first.
Great merits for Lal for all his efforts!