Hey, let me say that I've been more or less interested in Bitcoin and crypto as technology since 2014, silently observing that whole world becoming bigger ang bigger every year.

My first purchase to hold actual coins for long-term, was about 1q2022 and I started DCAing since then. Like a year later, when I clearly saw that we are on discount of at least 50%, and this is great time to accumulate if you believe in a project, I started to go for it more, and did a lot of huge purchases in first half of 2023.

DCAing within those years means that I've never actually seen big losses in my portfolio - I was just around 0 a lot of the time, but it was always a reason to just buy a little more, when it was cheap everytime :D

Situation that we have today, make me calculate very different results. My overall entry BTC price is a little under $40,000, so that means I've actually seen x3 in my portfolio in October :) Was very cool to see at the moment

Now, with that entry price, I'm not even on x2 today. Shocking, it actually felt down by visible red candle for the first time! Of course, 'almost x2' is still great result to have, and I didnt even came here for fiat profits at all (mainly to be able to self custody some currency, honestly:)), also still DCAing, and idk why, but it feels great to finally have a moment like this. That quick drop of 40% is even activating some emotions in me that I didnt expected, and I feel like I have first real opportunity to get used to this, in some sense.

I guess, this is when we become ready for next cycles, and maybe even decades? :D
Idk if that post make sense for you, cause yeah I'm just describing my private experience

Cheers!