Sounds like projecting, also you’re a night elf.
Tell me how many shadowmeld keybinds and macro do you have?
Bet you have a stopcasting >meld. for that sweet efficient instant priest vanish.
You might not even realise how much your racial is carrying you.
As a great hunter myself, I was more dangerous when I was a night elf. No contest.
In pve, they balance when a class becomes over represented.
Dont look at it as a nerf but a wide buff for all other racials instead.