I had tried to learn Pd several times since the late 90s but it finally clicked and i have been obsessed.
some of the things that have really helped me this time are YouTube tutorials…
Dr Andrew Brown’s 65-part tutorial series is excellent for newbies, highly recommended…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLx7kjuFheY&list=PLuxj2jXSuTvvqYcDLJ-poN-JxvqX0wq-m
following these left me with the knowledge, and something of a toolkit, to be able to get satisfying-enough results to keep me motivated and excited, and the gears turning
there is another channel, “cheeto moskeeto” , that has been helpful and is often recommended, but the tutorials are 12 years old and i believe he uses Pd-extended so alot has changed, but still worth a look… https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL12DC9A161D8DC5DC
also, the best resource I know of for interactive help is the forum at pd patch repo… https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/ the community is the largest I have found and the help is probably more helpful and less snarky than other routes.