"Taking profits" isn't really bad if you're going to use the money for something that's important lol (OP had a child, assuming the story is true). We shouldn't really be demonizing selling bitcoin because not everyone is selling their bitcoin for panicking reasons.

Maybe I used a wrong tone but that was not my intention. I even stated that my philosophy is selling strictly base on needs because I believe Bitcoin is a safer and better investment option.

However, what I'm not comfortable with is liquidating the entire portfolio with the hope of replacing it during bear season. This does not always work. You can see the confirmation from the OP that he is starting all over again and even small this time.

In the last part of the post, the OP explained his situation which suggested he really needed to do something about it and holding Bitcoin would have still been the best thing to do because selling all without putting the funds into something that will yield more profits is a wrong move considering that he now have a family.

You are now a father and should build a life for your children. Forgot about your poor background and work towards building a financially stable family. It is good that you have discovered and invested in bitcoin but you can still diversify your investment to other sectors. Other businesses could give you short-term profit as you patiently wait for your Bitcoin holdings to appreciate.

You will not be able to keep your Bitcoin for a long time if you don't have another means of income. You need to get a job and earn money that will enable you to pay your bills. I know there is a high rate of unemployment in some nations but you can consider leaning some highly needed skills.

It is always early to get in bitcoin. The only thing matters is your age and even if you are too old, you can still do it for your kids. Bitcoin has a limited supply and USD has not. That means there is only one way bitcoin can go in the long run which is up. You may buy bitcoin at the top of the last bull run and still make money if you hold it till the next bull run which usually happens every 4-5 years.

You did great till now and now the hard part starts. People think getting rich is hard. No. Getting rich is very easy. The hard part is maintaining your riches. Lots of people went from being a millionaires to zero very quickly in the past. Do your research, do the right moves so you won't be one of them.

There are different kinds of people which we have in the bitcoin community, those who had the opportunity to buy and hold bitcoin when the price for one was really affordable which was as low as the money they spend on a daily basis, but they never grab that opportunity of buying then because they don’t know how it will turn out to be and now most of them are living in regrets instead of starting from where they realize how good bitcoin is.

There are also those who did not even have the opportunity from the start, no body was their to give them the information and they also do not have stable access to the internet which will help them gain the knowledge many of those people join the network and are even big holders why many did not still join since they miss the opportunity of buying in the early stage forgetting the fact that no time is late to join the train.

There are also those who had about bitcoin as a means of investment and they have been making profit from it base on the way they have learned to day trade it which has been a good source of income for them.

Some people see it and have decided to be long time holders as holding for long is where the real profit comes from that’s if you can be able to hold for long time and until bull run. It’s good that you have enjoyed bitcoin and it have been able to add value to your life, why making profit you can also decide to add some in your saving wallet as it might be what will help your future generations in time to come.

Why would you intentionally want to be sad?

Also, do not beat yourself up about decisions you made when you were less informed. It's a normal cycle for investors to overlook some investment opportunities until they get enough information on it to understand how productive it can be. I also wasted a couple of years and capital on altcoins which should have been redirected to Bitcoin, but those decisions the led me to be able to weather bear markets today and not panic when the chart goes red or get overly excited when it goes green.

Bitcoin is sure a blessing to us all who invested with the right knowledge and proper perspective. We take profit when the going is good which is during the bull run and hold our peace when the market is bad - bear run. In all bitcoin is a blessing to us based on our timing. If we needed to meet an urgent need like finance a project and we do not want to ask family and friends for a loan, we can say bitcoin at that point is a blessing if we were in the bull run and we could take profit without any worries.

This can happen largely because of the right investment. Buy and Hold. OP's smart thing in investing in Bitcoin is to enter when Bitcoin is about to experience a bullrun, this is the transition phase from bearish to bullish, where the price is still at a low level and not yet at an upper level. It is appropriate to make purchases and save until Bitcoin goes up/bullrun.

"Bitcoin = you hold, you rich"

I can relate here because when I was first to introduced Bitcoin it was a time I was really struggling in life especially mentally.
But when I started to use Bitcoin and introduced on it, my life change, it really help me a lot especially in my financial like how  to spend wisely, how to invest and it is also my first time to deep dive in our current financial system, how bank works and governments.