Absolute beginner: How to deal with the Burmese script circles?

I’ve been bouncing between three different apps for a week, and every time I get to the Burmese script, I just freeze. All the characters look like bubbles and circles to me, and I can't distinguish between the similar shapes. I want to quit the apps and just find a simple step-by-step method to stop seeing them as just 'circles' and start identifying the actual phonetic components. Is there a specific mnemonic or handwriting method that helped you stop feeling overwhelmed?