I remember a really bad moment in 2017 when it took three weeks for my bitcoin to reach the exchange from my wallet.
The mempool was full, people sending transactions after me were paying higher fees and the miners were including transactions in their blocks based on the highest fees. Meanwhile my coins had left my wallet and were sitting in unconfirmed limbo land.
Bad times! That mad episode triggered a three year bear market.
The pain we're going through now is nothing compared to then.