Inasmuch as investment is concern time and patience are very crucial factors to be considered and they are the major things that drive every investment. Now come to think of what will be the profit of someone that purchased five bitcoins in 2011 when the price was about $1.00 and patiently hold the five Bitcoin till now that the price is about $100000 per Bitcoin.
The reason for investment is to make profit and this is a factor of time, patience and knowing the best strategies that will sustain the investme for longer time in order to bring a reasonable return in the future, so no investor will be happy when the value of his investment is going down instead of appreciating but if the investor critically learn the entire cycle of the system it enable the investor to have more courage and patient, knowing that the price of Bitcoin is unstable and as such will appreciate in the near future.
Most people just abandoned Bitcoin when the price is very very low. They don't even think that the price can surge and hit $100.000 because they think that is impossible. But then when the price slowly increase and hit many new ATH, they will start pay attention to Bitcoin although they still not trying to buy and hold Bitcoin.
They don't think to use Bitcoin as their investment because they are still prefer with their current investment such as gold and others. Or they don't want to open their minds to see the other opportunity to become rich in the future.
That's the biggest mistake they made for decision to abandon Bitcoin when those people think that they cannot get something on Bitcoin since the price is not appealing to them. Then look at what happen now the price of Bitcoin surge and to bad for those people that they didn't buy Bitcoin while its cheap then now they regret and have those flashbacks that they should buy Bitcoin when they think the price is so cheap.
If people think about they are late or anything negative then decide not to buy Bitcoin then provably that again these situation will happen again especially that Bitcoin potential growth has not end yet.
Also if they want to be a traditional dude then let them, but for sure they missed a lot of opportunity to gain if they decide to pass on Bitcoin.