The only "before" there was, was when I was a child, and I don't consider that child to be me, as soon as "I" started to exist it was already like this.
That said I didn't have any plans to ctb back then, I thought it would be nice to ctb, but I thought it was normal to think that way and never thought deeper about it.
I thought how I felt was normal cause I didn't understand it and never experienced anything else, so I'd say maybe a 5/10?
It wasn't great at all, but there were also some moments that were fun.