mh ~
Rationally (ironically turns out to mean "emotional realizations from Buddhism and psychadelics") I know that process is cumulative, can be very inconsistently episodic and that there's no instant cure for everything.
Irrationally I still buy into lots of old dogma (storm the gates of heaven in my 20s or never, quick fix solutions to complex questions, etc) and I'm pretty sure dogmatism is a short term survival technique which eats energy to actually look for different long term solutions.