Is this normal behavior? Any advice for a beginner?

[MusicTrash]

Hi everyone, first time posting here and first time owning a bearded friend. I got my beardie around a month ago, although certain actions that i thought would fade out still exist right now. I love my bearded baby and i wish she liked me. When I enter my room (i try to not be obnoxious or rowdy as to not frighten her, but even so..) she runs and hides or "pancakes", and its the same deal when i go to handle her. But above all else the part that bothers me most is when i do go to hold her she puffs her beard out .She'll also try to run out of my hand and jump onto the floor, which leaves me frantically trying to secure her so she doesn't get hurt, but i think in doing so its scaring her. She wont eat out of my hand (to be fair i only tried this once). I talk to her almost everyday and let her run around on my bed so she has a big area to play, but she's still not giving me the chance. I'm almost wanting to say she was maybe mistreated by store owners or wasn't handled at all during her time there. She's no bigger than 7 inches MAX, so she's still a baby, but no other forums I've read have really displayed their beardie becoming agro towards their human... any help? Am I overthinking something that's totally normal?

 

[KarrieRee]

She is going thru relocation stress - you need to work w/ her slow - approach from the side not over head - she will think you are a predator- I have had mine since Sept and still have not let him out to run -- he is still very skittish and flares when we try to pick him up and we've had him for months- he was around 8 weeks old and now is around 6 months and still aggressive-- he bit my husband last week and drew blood- I hand feed him every morning - talk to him - we handle him and pick him up about once or twice a day and yet hes still running and flaring - patience is the only thing I can say and believe me its been frustrating at times as we have the same routine every day - he gets very nervous we bring him out of the tank to hold him etc --- I would let her get accustomed to her tank more and surroundings ---
Karrie