People who only see downsides of HODling bitcoin don't only exist now. They already existed fifteen years ago and have existed all the way through.
If everyone wasn't skeptical about bitcoin back then, then everyone who were aware of bitcoin would have already been rich by now. Even now that bitcoin has proved itself to bounce back from any dip, there are still people who think every dip is the last of bitcoin before it totally ceases to exist.
There will always be FUD spread by other people it will be up to you to believe that or not.