Raw adjustments VS Photoshop adjustments

I understand the benefit of shooting camera raw and I like the adjustments you can make without effecting the photo itself. The one thing I can't get used to is the limiting workflow in raw that allows you to undo only one change. Being a long time user of Photoshop I'm spoiled by all the image changes I'm allowed to make in combination with one another and the ability to back out of all or some of them.
I'm I missing something in the raw workflow? I wasn't sure if this should be posted in the Photoshop, Bridge or Raw forum. If any of you know of a forum that discuss's this sort of stuff, please point me there.
Thanks,
Sparky52t

Thanks to everyone for the responses. I don't think I explained myself very well so let me try again. In Photoshop I can make a duplicate layer and change all sorts of settings to improve the image. If I want to go back to an earlier point in my changes, I can simply go to history. When I'm happy with my revisions I can compare it with the original to see if I have indeed made a better image by switching between the layers.
When adjusting raw images the process seems so linear by comparison. I might adjust the exposure slider and then the recovery slider and then the fill light slider but if I'm not happy where I am, there's no way to cancel the recovery and fill light sliders and get back to only the exposure change I had made. And there's no original image I can switch to for comparison.
To be honest, I have a lot to learn about raw and at 56 learning comes a lot more slowly than it used to. I'm aware of the benefits to using raw but at the moment the costs are holding me back.

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