I hope you haven’t seen one without proper lenses. I use 6 pair of sunglasses on the last one and I could see it great. Actually nothing happened any more that a cloud would change your day.
Saw a solar eclipse on the west coast of Scotland in tbe late 90’s. Viewed through the shadow made with cardboard and a pinhole.
I have stood the shadow of a total solar eclipse, and looked straight at the sun with no glasses of any kind. It was a stunning sight. I can completely understand why natives of hundreds or thousands of years ago thought the world was going to end. I don’t think you have experienced that.