I had XEL. I believed in it. Sold. It's dying.
I had $BTC at $200. I believed in it. Sold. Thought it died. Now it's at $6,800.

I feel you pain. my first buys were I looked at it at $2.25. didn't buy until $23-$26 range. sold all after MT.Gox. had hundreds.
And such examples are probably very much. Enough even to go to our forum HDN we live in you. And once it becomes clear that many at the time where the missed opportunity and a lot of holding on to his head.