The last time I was this emotional was in November 2021 at the peak of the bull run when market suddenly crashed without any warnings and no notable event leading the crash. Everything was going on in a stable manner, BTC was breaking ATH after ATH, and no one ever thought there was gonna be a going back, and the next thing, it began to sink, first in a slow manner, and then much more faster causing confusion that nobody could truly understand. That same feeling seems to be returning again. The heaviness. The pressure. The sense that the more you try to understand the charts, the more the charts drift away from you.
These past weeks have seen uncomfortable silence that no one can tell what next is coming. The silence defy every logic and analysts seems to be confused as well. Crypto has been sliding day after day, losing strength in a way that hits deeply. The sentiment is thinning out. Even the strongest believers are beginning to feel the weight of it.
And for many of us, this decline has turned into something personal. Ten months ago I felt like everything was finally moving in the right direction. My portfolio was strong. My crypto was performing well. I was making small withdrawals, buying things for my home, taking care of my kids, and feeling confident about the months ahead. Now Christmas is approaching and none of that feels possible. What once felt like ten dollars now feels like two. What once brought comfort now brings anxiety. It is painful watching the numbers shrink when you had already pictured a better season. It feels like the holiday is coming without the joy.
This is the emotional part of crypto that nobody talks about enough. The part where you look at your shrinking balance and try to keep your spirit from collapsing along with it. You tell yourself it is a cycle. You keep looking at the charts with the hope that things will change for good. But the annoyance keeps increasing because it seems as if everything is getting getting worse at the same time.
At a point like this, Roosevelt words make sense; "when you get to the end of your rope tie a knot there and hold on" This moment is exactly like that. The hold is very tight. The earth underneath looks shaky. The only thing that you can really do is to keep quiet and anticipate the change of the movement.
But even with the pressure weighing heavily, one thing has helped. InLeo Threads has been the only place that feels like a breathing space. No matter how ugly the market looks, you can show up there, share your thoughts, engage with people going through the same thing, earn a little, and release some of the frustration you’ve been carrying. It’s one of the few spaces where you don’t feel alone inside this emotional storm.
This moment is teaching patience again. Teaching discipline again. Teaching you how to stay calm when the excitement is gone. Every decline shapes you in ways a bull run never will. It forces you to understand the full cycle, not just the profitable part.
Crypto may look like it is losing its balance right now, but this is not new. Every cycle rises and falls. It inspires and it disappoints. The people who make it through are always the ones who can breathe through these heavy periods and keep standing.
This phase will pass. The market will find its strength again. And when it does, those who held on through the frustration will be the ones ready for whatever comes next.