It's a lot easier to HODL when you are HODLing a POS crypto like ICP or NEAR that pays you staking rewards. That way regardless of what the market is doing you are still making money. Besides, in this industry, it pays to be early and to buy when the market is red, and that time is now.
Exactly, those who panic are those who either use the money they aren't ready to lose or those who buy at the top, a experience crypto investor will never buy when price is going up, capitulation is very important, that is the best time to buy and relax peacefully.
Most of these things happen to new projects, the biggest temptation for investors is to buy when they see the project being rising, they see a 10x and even 100x pump so that it continues to buy, but after buying and a few days the red price then they regret it,