Camera Issues[Canon rebel t5]

[Mossbot]

Hello my names Moss and I am new to this form! 
I've been having a lot of issues with my camera, It is a Canon Rebel t5, and I've had it for around about 2 almost 3 years. I should also mention that I haven't used it all that much either.

My issues are that it in every option excpet for 'movie shooting', 'flash off' and 'landscape' does it allow me to take photos. In all the other options LCD monitor will stay on the little screen that explains what this mode does, and then goes to one that says 'The use of a tripod is recommended. Standard setting'' with a number in the right corner '1948'(i don't know if that means anything, just thought I'd include it just in case.) Whenever I press the button to take a photo, everything that was on the screen will disappear, the screen going black and the flash will pop up and rapid fire? as in go off a bunch, Even if I have it set to not have the flash go off. In the Landscape mode, it won't bring up the flash, but the screen will go black and it'll start to auto focus the lense turning, but nothing will show up on the screen, and when i hold the button all the way it'll take a photo but nothing will pop up on the LCD screen other then the preview of the photo I took, that is also the case when I'm on the flash off Mode.
(Hopefully this all makes sense, forgive me if it doesn't I am not the best at explaining things so forgive me)

I'm not sure why it is doing this? I have even tried resetting it, as in deleting any saved settings or custom fuctions on it, and that hasn't resolved the issue, For all I know this could just be me not really understanding how to use it, so forgive me if thats the case, but any help on how to resolve these issues would be appreciated! 

[Waddizzle]

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@Mossbot wrote:
Aa thank you so so much for the help! Also thank you for explaining things so I can understand now! I'll be sure to read through the manual to help me out even more thank you! I'm assuming that if I were to get a tripod it would probably help resolve the issue right? Or at least if I were to get in better lighting right?

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Tripods are essential equipment.  Buy a quality tripod with an interchangeable head.  They do not sell quality tripods at the big Blue Box stores, just plastic ones that shake and break.  

Tripod load ratings can be very misleading, as there seems to be no established standards.  I recommend a tripod and head combination that can support at least 15-20 pounds.  As you raise the center column, a tripod becomes top heavy., and inherently unstable.  

I prefer to use tripods that do not have a center column, like video tripods, because they are more stable.  The down side to using such a tripod is the footprint tends to have a much wider stance than a comparable tripod of equal height that has a center column.

[Mossbot]

Thank you for all the info! I'll be sure to go and see what kind of tripods I can find and I'll use the info you gave me to help decide! Thank you 😄