My mistake...

I officially became that guy.

I bought Bitcoin near the top. Not the exact top, but close enough that it hurts. At the time it all made sense. Everyone was saying zoom out, you’re early, this is bigger than price. Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, all full of conviction. I wasn’t gambling, I was investing. At least that’s what I told myself.

Fast forward to now and I just sold everything in a bear market.

Perfectly bad timing. Buy high, sell low. It feels awful in a way that’s hard to explain unless you’ve actually lived through it. It’s not just about the money. It’s the months of checking prices, reading threads, defending your position to friends, convincing yourself every dip is healthy and every crash is temporary.

At some point it stops being about belief and starts being about stress. Real life doesn’t care about four year cycles or long term charts. Bills still show up. Sleep gets worse. You realize that diamond hands sounds cool online, but holding through constant drawdowns takes a mental toll no one really talks about.

The hardest part wasn’t clicking sell. It was admitting that my conviction wasn’t as strong as I pretended. I didn’t lose because Bitcoin is dead. I lost because I bought with emotion, sized too big, and assumed time alone would fix bad entry decisions.

There’s a weird mix of embarrassment and relief now. Embarrassment because I knew better. Relief because I don’t feel chained to a price chart anymore. No more waking up to red candles and telling myself it’s fine while my stomach says otherwise.

I’m not here to bash crypto or say it’s over. I still think the tech is interesting. I just learned the hard way that belief doesn’t override timing, and narratives don’t pay for mistakes. Sometimes stepping off the ride is healthier than riding it all the way down just to say you never sold.

Posting this mostly to be honest, with myself and with anyone else who’s quietly in the same spot. Anyone else been through something like this? Did you come back later or did you walk away for good?

No lessons, no alpha. Just needed to get this off my chest.