Thanks for being so open about your journey! Those HYIP scams sound scary, it's good you still made it out on top.
Crypto markets are a rollercoaster ride and make it tempting to count our lost gains... Sometimes I think about where I would be if I had joined my friend in mining bitcoin out of a shoebox computer in June 2011 (the price was around $18 per coin then, but he quit mining shortly thereafter and I just thought it was just a weird hobby). Honestly, I would have cashed out long before reaching this point haha.
Thank you for showing interest - they are really scary to the point where you are paranoid 24/7 it taught me a good lesson to always do my research.
I think I would of cashed out too haha but my sister got in around the same time I did and she held and is still holding so its really hard not to think about the lost gains haha