IO540
The same thing happened to me when I first started flying a PA32 not so long after getting my PPL.
It seemed like a 'hot ship' to me with my low hours and I was flying the famous 'tri-county' circuits, wondering why people where cutting me up.
Then the penny dropped and I realised that I was extended downwind beyond their visual range
(or at least they weren't looking for me where I was!)
Fortunately practice converted my perception of the hot ship into the docile friend and I became a better pilot, flew tighter circuits and didn't get cut up so much. (Still never let the asi get under 9okts until final though.)
Of course, this tale may have zero relevance to you, but it seemed worth recalling.