Rome wasn't built in a day, and Bitcoin won't take off to the moon right now. It will take a lot of improvement, a lot of new technology and a lot of hard work.
The people who buy in rallies and sell during bear markets and then don't believe in bitcoin anymore are clowns. If the price went to 25k in the next few months I guarantee it that the community will double maybe even quadruple in just a few days.
And then if it dropped back to 15k, suddenly most of these people will disappear again. They won't believe in bitrcoin and they will not care.
If you don't want your money to be created by bankers and the government at their whim the actual price of bitcoin is secondary. Bitcoin is a central part of the puzzle when it comes to the people getting back their sovereignty.
I believe the reason many people support bitcoin in its bullish move and dump bitcoin in its bearish move is because they are out for profits.
They are only motivated by how much profits they can make. These are people that do not even think of bitcoin as a currency but as an asset for investment for profits.
Only idealist will stick with bitcoin no matter what happens to the price of bitcoin.
Just like you said, Patience is the key in dealing with bitcoin