For those that have survived earlier bear markets…

…what exactly does capitulation look, feel, and read like? Over the past several months, there has been a constant, overarching theme of gloom and doom that you can certainly feel. Occasionally, there have been short-lived glimmers of hope that the worst was behind us, but after this latest wave of negative price action it seems things have changed. It seems darker, more bitter; like the wind has gone out of the sails.

I read posts about quitting (and conversely, don’t quit now). I am reading more comments where the larger cap crypto are getting beaten down as if all (including BTC) are shitcoins.

Is this what capitulation feels like? I mean though the state of the sub and not through TA. Did it get worse in 2018? How did you know when the entire space had turned the corner finally (in the CC sub)? Thank you for any insights!