This bear market is the smoothest bear market, has crypto matured or is more pain to come?

I've heard so many bear market horror stories and as a young investor I have not witness a bear market before.

People who has been around many cycles before tell that subs like these are almost abandoned during bears, suicide hotlines getting pinned and sad sob stories about losses are frequently posted here.

None of this I see!

So my questions: Are we in a real bear market? Has crypto matured and is (slightly) less volatile? Is this bear market near to its end (it's 2 years bears straight!)? Or can it even get worse?

The consensus among economists is that the Fed will pause soon (next FOMC or later) and the pivot will come in 2024. Markets already calculate this in, too.

Like you all, I wish the bull market to finally return. These 2 years crabbing and downtrends are more boring than painful.