It seems like you are saying knowing that "You feel uncomfortable = curse" will mean you are better prepared for it. I think that he is saying is that knowing that is curse doesn't really matter if you don't know what curse does.

Also, knowledge of what an affect does to you does not generally prepare you for how to survive it. You either have the necessary tools in place before the affect hits you or you do not.

As with most things, you will probably be better suited to learn these things through your own tests and trials. You may find certain affects to be a bigger concern than other players do, so they may not even highlight or echo or whatever them where you feel its necessary.

Even with all the highlights of affects, the dings that go off for being bashed or whatever it is that you have built in, you are still probably going to die a lot on CF. That's part of the fun.