ignoring the highs. if you concentrate on the lows. and see where the lowest price of 3-6-10-12 month
you will see that bitcoin has always been on an upward movement
2016: >$300
2017: >$900
2018: >$5,800
people need to realise the bull-bear switch over is not something that happens hourly or daily.
bull and bear are the longer term directions.
maybe what the financial buzzworders should use is
short term up = Calve (young bull)
short term down = Cub (young bear)
bitcoin has been bull but does get occassional calve and cub events
People can't see longer than a few weeks or months. They always compare the Bitcoin's price with yesterday, last week or last months at the best.
Or they are young bitcoiner and not looking back to bitcoin's value history. You won't find any users old from 2 or 3 years complaining or dreaming about the price.
The price is growing over the years, as you point out. And everyone can see it, but some refuse to do so.