I just checked my excel spreadsheet, which acts as a log to record my Bitcoin activity. Ever since I lost my job in 2014 March, I have offloaded some BTC23.541 and converted them to fiat. Received some $6,732 in return for these coins, at an average rate of $286 per coin. Currently the exchange rate is at least $100 higher than that. Feels bad. 
In this sense, bitcoin will never be a true currency, everyone will just hold and not use it in fear of rising btc prices
there is no good reason to spend bitcoins unless some major issues.