But isnt that the part of the progression.. like kaladin failed t say the 4th ideal purely because he was holding himself back. I feel like that their progression as KR also slowly eliminates what haunts them. I think in one conversion between kaladin and syl when hes depressed he mentions how because hes broken he cant function as a KR and she laughs it off and answers with the fact that ALL the ancient KR were also broken people. I kinda get ya with kaladin as his obsession to save dalinar got annoying at times but at the same time the book did show a path of character progression both kaladin and shallan become indepent and had responsibility especially in the case of shallan. Dalinars demons have been well documented since book 1 too and the villain defeated at the end was a manifestation of his demons...
I get your point but i feel like you're gonna find the repeptitive pattern with every character who is a KR