Haha, so true. Everyone giving messages of HODL and yet market keeps going down. That just means people want others to HODL, so they themselves can cash out.
Many people are hodling their coins but not to that point of taking so long sometime it need more effort and patience. Most of them weren't able to survive and given up the commitment due to need of money even though they're losing much. However when price started to recover back, buying back is the other options for them.