Well you were a victim of shallow “got saved?” American Christianity and not the Christianity of the Bible. You were most likely not taught the Biblical definition of “born-again.” And the implications of true conversion.
What you ate was a wafer and what you drank was wine.
Christ is to be our living bread 24-7. He’s supposed to be what fills and satisfies us. Not traditions and sacraments. But HIMSELF.
And we can’t ever come to him just by “saying a prayer.” We have to understand the depths of our sin. We have to understand what truly happened on that Cross. We have to truly REPENT and understand what it means to live drenched in his blood. To think that we can just superficially confess our sins to a person or be washed by holy water denies the power of the Cross and undermines the immense lengths Christ went through to forgive AND *free us* from sin.
You are the victim of shallow catachesis, not understanding the meaning and power of the sacrements. That you rail at them and demean them shows you haven't experienced the barrenness of "reformation" Christianity.