I am glad you stuck with it, when I nearly lost everything in 2018 that I had worked for in 2105-2018, I felt very sad and discouraged, but because I really believe in the decentralization movement and the power to create your destiny in a more creative economic setting, I stuck with it and am slowly crawling away from ground zero again. I also take my salary now in Bitcoin and when I get time, I trade as well. I think this year might be a better year from the last two I had. I nearly lost all my shirts as they say, but I won't give up either. Thank you for your encouraging post, good for others to see and take note.
I guess that goes for everyone who went through 2018 and the start of 2019. Though you can't really blame people for being critical if they've seen how btc dropped drastically from ath. If i was someone who don't know much about btc, i'd pretty much be on the criticizing end as well. But it is how it is and we know what we're doing with our money so we make calculated risks.
if you take the credit of success for yourself by saying you have adopted good strategies, you have ability to loose knowledge, do the same when you fail. The risks in the market are not surprise for you, you should better calculate the risks first in this way you will not be disappointed. This makes you more able to deal with the situation in a better way. I would also say that do not criticize on the market for its dumps that is the built in quality of Bitcoin.