If I'm not mistaken, around 2013 I already knew Bitcoin with friends, but didn't really understand what Bitcoin was, and how the concept and development were. Because we are still new to crypto.
But I really got into crypto in 2017, at that time Bitcoin was trending in the media, but a bull run with the highest price in 2018. After that, Bitcoin price dropped exactly as it is now, maybe we as crypto lovers become the subject of ridicule due to the losses we experienced, because we do not really understand the crypto market. However, we do not stop to continue to work, whether following the bounty program, trading and so on. In 2020 Bitcoin and the crypto market are trending again in the media, and become the subject of conversation among the public. And the bull run takes place in 2021 with a record high of +$68,700. That means, as long as I know crypto, especially Bitcoin, bullish and bearish have happened twice.
In conclusion, the current state of the crypto market does not make me feel worried about holding Bitcoin. In fact I keep increasing the amount of Bitcoin even though the condition of the USD balance seems to be decreasing. I am optimistic that Bitcoin or the crypto market will head to the moon in 2024. But this is not advice for investment, just sharing experiences, maybe it can be knowledge about crypto for myself.

I can't recall exactly the year when I meet with Bitcoin but Definitely, it was a bear market. Once I meet with Bitcoin the price was approx $3K, from there start bull, and went to $19K+ which was an ATH 2017 if I can recall correctly. So after that, I meet with bear again which was $3K again. Then start bull after a few years likely 2021 went 70K. Definitely, still, it's ATH for Bitcoin. As of now, we are in a bear market. Hope soon we will see another ATH based on past experience.

I can't remember for sure, but I've been here for some bullish and bearish history since mid-October 2014.
The course of price history both bullish and bearish is just a dynamic, it's just history but I managed to get some benefits during that time. It doesn't matter how big it is, but it's there.

Bearish has discouraged me in the past as bitcoin was not yet a decade old at first, but now this perception has changed and I no longer worry about the future as bitcoin continues to grow and be adopted in different countries. Increasingly hospitable legality and the strength of a thriving community are some of the things that convinced me about bitcoin's future. So, no matter how bearish or bullish we are, that's only dynamics decorate the journey.

every year we always encounter bullish and bearish market conditions so it doesn't really happen between 2021 bullish and 2002 is bearish, let's look back at the charts last year 2021 in may bitcoin fell from its high price and it happened again in may this year, So 2021 isn't completely bullish

During the year 2017-18 experienced the bull market followed is the bear market. I was new to the market and I don't have much knowledge. Those days bounties were very popular and I had few tokens that pumped very high, but I don't know this is the right time to profit and missed the opportunity. I can remember those days, because in the speculation threads were open stating that the price could go close to $8000. The real growth happened much higher reaching around $20k.

Not most early Bitcoiners still stay with Bitcoin years later or they abandoned then joined again later when Bitcoin hits new all time highs with new halvings. Most of current Bitcoiners did not experience more than 2 bear markets I think so.

I think bull markets will attract you to Bitcoin but only if you can stay, don't leave in bear market and experience a next bull market, you can become a Bitcoiner.

I came to know Bitcoin and bought my first amount in 2016. Those were good old days. I was there and ecstatic when the price rose to $20,000. I was more bullish than ever only to end up disappointed when the long bearish months and years followed. But I held on. I risked it all when I stuck with Bitcoin from $20,000 all the way to $3,000, although necessities also compelled me to convert a number of times along the way whether the price was high or low. Nevertheless, I remained a HODLer.

So this current bear market is more or less nothing to me. Back in my earliest years with Bitcoin, $20,000 was only a wish. But it happened in 2017. Now, in 2022, it is something that a lot is worried about. That's what I call growth.

I don't remember exactly when I entered the market, but the worst bear season I experienced was 2018. At that time, my knowledge and experience were not what it is now and I was very disappointed to see bitcoin drop from $20k to $3k in 2018, it can be said that I almost completely lost faith in bitcoin. It was truly a complete and worst experience in a bear season. But thanks to that experience and now I am aware of how bitcoin works and no longer feel nervous or panic when bitcoin price drops, I was even more excited when the price of bitcoin dropped to the level I expected because I could buy bitcoin at a cheaper price than a lot of other people.

This definition ("stays" at x%) is more like the definition of the sideways market not bull and bear.
Bull and bear markets are trends not what happened in the past. If price drops for example 20% in 1 week and then stays there for 6 months, that is a sideways market not a bear market.

This is why I don't consider this current situation to be either bull or bear market because the drop has been over ever since June when price reached $17500. It is just going sideways now.

BELOW not AT
ABOVE not AT

i never said AT only you did

also the 20% is a number the share/stock/forex marketeers of wall street thought up decades ago.. a long time before millenium

its a known thing in wall street