The most difficult thing to explain on X is how being bearish doesn't mean you want numbers to go down. No one buys home insurance and then roots for their house to burn down.

I don't personally like roundtripping an entire year of bull market gains and when I see reasons to be bearish I play that side with hedges, going to cash, and pivot to survival. Losing a few percent or breaking even in a down year is as big of a win as doubling your portfolio in a bull.
All my upside in making money relies on the stock market recovering. I'm not going to make a ton of money on a crash but I will protect everything I've built so far.