Everyone braces for the big red candle. That part is almost easy, it's loud, it's over fast, you tell yourself it's a dip and you move on.
The thing that actually breaks people is the months after. No crash, no drama, just price grinding sideways while the group chats go quiet and nobody posts gains anymore. You stop checking the app. You start feeling a little stupid for still being here. That is when most people fold, not at the bottom, but somewhere in the long flat boring middle where nothing happens and you just get tired of waiting.
I've watched myself almost give up right there more than once. The conviction survives the crash. It dies in the silence.