The thing is this "hodl" mentality has been cemented pretty well into people's psyche during this past decade. People will keep buying no matter what, metrics from exchanges show that there are almost always more buyers of BTC than sellers irrespective of market conditions.
Of course the thing is these are mostly retail investors, meaning they have very little capital so that's why prices barely budge even though the buy/sell ratio might be 80/20 after a crash. The only question is when or if big players will decide to pump the price again.
This isn't a problem in particular if you recognize these patterns, it's important you realize this because you can, in fact, profit from it. Though most will continue to be cannon fodder having never realized any real profits.