I struggle to understand grandmasters

Hey! I sometimes watch chess videos on youtube and there's grandmaster game analysis, and lots of tutorials say 'this gms style' 'that gms style' and although I really want to understand what's going on I find it really hard to understand each gm's thought process, the way they view each game and what dynamics they're considering as they play. And I don't think I understand anything for all gms I've seen. It just feels like a blank box for me. I was wondering if this is normal, and if it's okay to admit you don't understand grandmaster's games yet and just focus on enjoying the chess games you play, and players whose styles aren't so much above yours that you actually understand? Sometimes I feel there's this pressure to relate to top player's games in the chess community but I feel I'd improve more by focusing on players I understand. 

Should I leave grandmaster games appreciation to the chess fans that are more deeply rooted in the game to have the background to understand and appreciate the play? 

Hmm. I think you should keep trying. At a 1500 blitz rating, you should certainly be able to understand a lot of the things that are said. There must be some whose lectures are more comprehensible to you.

^I don't know how the quote things work but the last paragraph is my response. 

Improvement comes step by step. It is absolutely natural that you cannot understand the claims on these YT videos, and the blame is 100% at the video authors, which invariably make a very poor work.

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A better idea is picking an old book with ***WELL*** annotated games, and studying it.

Reti's "Masters of the Chessboard" comes strongly to mind, but there are quite a few of them.

"I was wondering if this is normal, and if it's okay to admit you don't understand grandmaster's games" ++ Try harder. Take time. They took hours to play a game. You cannot understand it in a few minutes. Do not passively watch a video, take a chess board and set up the position.

"focus on enjoying the chess games you play"
++ Playing your own games and analysing your own lost games is very good

"players whose styles aren't so much above yours that you actually understand?"
++ Do not replay games by weak players. Learn from the best.  Some grandmasters have a very clear and understandable style: Morphy, Capablanca, Rubinstein, Smyslov, Fischer.

"I feel I'd improve more by focusing on players I understand."
++ If you do not understand yet, then there is more to learn though it may be harder.
Do not study games by weaker players: you do not want to repeat their mistakes.

"Should I leave grandmaster games" ++ No, study of grandmaster games is invaluable.

Thanks!