OP, back in the day there were people just like you who couldn't even fathom the idea of bitcoin ever breaking $100, much less $1,000. And $10,000 per bitcoin back then was considered "ridiculous". LOL Just search old threads in this section if you don't believe me.
No need to wrack your brain over it. Just buy the dips and enjoy the ride.
Yup. After Gox, I thought that was it. I didn't think BTC would go over 1000 USD ever again, but I continued to stick around and trade alts for BTC.
Then the unthinkable happened. I can see it happenning to some alts as well. I would never have thought some of them would reach dollar parity a few years ago.
I guess the game now is to buy and hold projects that are worth a few cents per coin, that has some probablity to rise to 1+ USD.
If someone has an idea what altcoins those are, now is the time to share them itt.
