I chucked after reading this reply of yours. It is satisfying to see how rapid you have adapted and matured in this industry. Being able to overcome FOMO and FUD isn't something that happens quick. Some people have been in this industry for long, but they still panic at any market turbulence.

If you learn to invest consistently in intervals (DCA), and also learn to invest what will not affect your lifestyle, you will only get proactive and not panic whenever there's big swing.

I understand if some people feel stressed wih regards to crypto but this should not be the norm. You should not be stressing yourself especially if it comes to a point where it’s ruining your life. Most especially if it’s self inflicted. Most of the time we are in over our heads too much.

Personally aI think it took me about 24 months to figure out the Bitcoin cycle
and to try and make my own sense of the vast amount of noise which is created
around the market movements.

During that time I also learned to differentiate between Bitcoin and Crypto, Crypto
to me being all the $hitcoins. So that is one less thing taking up my valuable time.

I have definitely gotten hold of myself after 8 years, I dont react to any Bitcoin news
especially in an impulsive way - anymore.

Being involved with Bitcoin and understanding Bitcoin are two very different things.
You can spend 10 years using Bitcoin, trading it, or even working in the industry  and still never truly understand it.
Real understanding begins when you start learning about money itself: What is money? What is the history of money? How did it evolve  from primitive forms of exchange, to gold, to banks, and finally to fiat currency?
You also need to understand the fiat system, central banking, and how these systems operate. Only then can you begin to see why Bitcoin matters.
Reading a few key books like Bitcoin Standard,  Fiat Standard, Broken Money, Price of Tomorrow,Bullish Case for Bitcoin etc  , listening to intelligent people across various podcasts , and staying open to learning at some point, everything will click.
There comes a moment when you say to yourself:
"Oh my God... how did I not see this before?"
That’s when you truly begin to understand Bitcoin.
That’s when you might become a Bitcoin maximalist  not because someone convinced you, but because you’ve reasoned your way there through education.t that moment, your mindset changes you no longer think about “trading” or “timing the market.
You need to accumulate as much Bitcoin as you can, while others still don’t understand it

reacting is fine we can discuss about it share out thoughts and whatnot but genuinely some people get anxious and then they sell their bitcoins due to this fear so that is where it goes wrong when you start getting too affected by every little thing

There will always be a little bit of anxiety about the future BTC price. You can't just become numb and never feel anything, when you look at the charts. I used to be way more worried about the Bitcoin price 5 years ago, now I don't care that much, but I would panic a little bit, if the price drops below 70-80K USD.
Most of the crypto related news on social media are pure clickbait, there whole point is to "shock" the users and make them click on a link and read the post/article. This is the art of copywriting and persuasion. That's why I don't watch crypto related Youtube video and I don't pay attention to the crypto new websites like Cointelegraph.

A great idea is to find those traders with a small audience who share their personal thoughts without any selfish motives and who also do not succumb to the information noise in the crypto world.
And if you don't trust anyone, then this is also a very good way. But the main thing is not to be subscribed to a whole bunch of telegram channels and think with your own brain, because external information can very strongly influence any of the traders, knocking them off their personal goals.

It is smart move to look for crypto traders with smaller audiences who share their honest thoughts especially those who are not swayed by all confusing noise in crypto world.

If you prefer not to trust anyone fully that is also good approach but most important thing is to avoid following too many channels and to think for yourself because too much outside information can easily lead traders away from their own plans and goals.

Let us be honest here.  To over 90 percent of us, this is the same outcome.  You believe you are THE guy who takes it from 0 to 100 in a month and then you get trapped into a shit coin, you are rug pulled or you lose a ton of money you should have never bet in the first place.

Then we all realize the safer way is actually SAFER for us than throwing money at shit coins and 'sky rocketing' projects faster than a virgin would throw money at the red light.