Yes I will confirm that it takes a long long time.

 

Read as much as you can.  Post as much as you can.  It will get easier but it takes much longer than you would ever expect.

 

I used to come here and read and think "yeah right!".  I never believed for one moment that it would get easier.  It does and I just underestimated how long it would take.  Also I have a feeling that we're all ever so slightly different and so that means nothing's the same.

 

For me it's been 4 years and 8 months.  I'm still working on it.  But yessssssssssssssss it's easier lol.

 

Hope this helps