Pretty much this. I tried a fight stick for the first time years ago....
I couldn't even do a fireball in training mode. It was crazy. I had never felt like that before. I felt like I was playing a video game for the first time in my life. I started breaking down and crying. I started worrying about things completely unrelated to gaming: bills, love life, coursework, my future, Chinese food.... You know, things that bothered me the most.
Needless to say, I never revisited stick again. I stick to pad. Had a terrible experience.