Meditation practice shares many attributes w/conditioning for extreme stress (military, police, martial arts, firefighting, nursing...)
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You don't fully appreciate the progress you've made until you really, desperately need it. That's when the training kicks in fully.
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I went several years noticing no tangible benefits (except improved balance) from Judo practice. Then I fell from a kicksled...
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...my friend had just kicked off downhill at probably 50 km/h and hit the 1m barrier left by a snow plough at the bottom of the hill...
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... up, up, up I went, sliding now horizontally, parallell to the road, at ridiculous speed. My friend had already fallen off...
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... I went flying off and hit the zenithal point a meter and a half above the ground, ready to land like so many broken bones on the ice...
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... when time legitimately froze. Stood still. Stopped. I could somehow see myself adjust the angle of my wrist just a fraction before...
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... before time sped back up and I went flying off to the ground, somehow resulting in a double forward roll onto my back, my elbow...
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... being the only part of my body to sustain as much as a bruise.
That's roughly what years of meditation does for you as well.
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Just as you're careening towards a fatal collision, something adjusts itself and there you are - bruised but largely unaffected.