Placebo or Real?

Hello everyone, I've had my hyper x fury speed pad for 5 years now, for a while now I've felt like my performance has been hindered due to the mouse pad, just general inconsistency and a weird feeling when I'm trying to aim, I decided to get the wallhack control pad to replace it but I would like to know if this truly is a thing, my friend told me I should not keep a mousepad for more than 1-1.5 years unless its really high quality but even then those could last around 2 years, and that because I've had this mousepad for so long it's definitely ruining my muscle memory and hindering my performance, I've also heard that the hyper x fury speed does not last very long and is generally quite bad, so I would like the more experienced and educated people to let me know what they think and whether or not it has been affecting me or if its just placebo. (I play mainly valorant and cod for anyone who wants to know)