So, if you can achieve your goal with temporary hardship, if the goal is honest then you will definitely start getting results after achieving the goal. In case of Bitcoin investment, you take temporary pains to take your investment to a certain goal, after achieving the goal, you will start reaping the results from there.
I will view "Hardship, Pain" you say as the Price that investor/Bitcoiners who have low finance ends gotta pay to reach what they aim for. As I would always say that what differentiate some investor from others is there perception about Bitcoin... For an investor that values it such investor will create and align with system that can help him to reach this goal while the other tries to gamble, chill out, call Bitcoin scam, etc.
In essence, the long term view (bigger picture) is always beautiful than the present fluctuations, and worth the time so keep your head up.
Why do you have to feel that way when in bitcoin as if being in bitcoin has to experience difficulties and pain first when we become investors in bitcoin? I think if at the end of the day there is only pain and hardship that exists in bitcoin there will be no one in the end being here and when now more and more people are in bitcoin and investing for a longer period of time it indicates that there will indeed be no thing that you mentioned where pain and hardship exist.
The journey of bitcoin and the statement of pain is our own that actually makes it seem as if being in bitcoin is like a difficulty but in the end if we enjoy the journey when in bitcoin and do not feel burdened because we know that the risk of being in the long run is like what we will certainly enjoy it even when bitcoin experiences corrections and decreases because our focus is not there but our focus is for the long term so we will not feel difficult with what happens in the short term.
Indeed, there will be sacrifices, especially in terms of time, but that does not mean as if it hurts us as investors.