I do love the effort you put in providing my curious mind of an avid learner with an expert lenses explanation!

If my understanding was correct, I guess that you meant from the beginning is that the coexistence was temporary: during the first period following becoming self-aware and committing to the serious work of destroying the bad mental patterns and limiting beliefs?

I love to believe that when we break our denial mechanism and start rewiring our subconscious program, there is no retun!