The person who admits they learned differently may be widening the lesson for the next group.

Saying that the standard route did not work for you sounds like an admission and functions as information. Every method has people it fits badly, and their experience is the only thing that shows where the method is narrow. When someone describes how they actually got there, the next group inherits a wider set of doors. That takes some nerve, since the first person to say it can look like the one with the problem.

If a common approach does not suit you, describe what does instead of quietly struggling. If someone tells you theirs, treat it as a design note rather than a confession.